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Chapter Two
The Hardware Unit
Acquainting yourself with the box.
As we begin to explore the universe that Organelle makes available to us, we should start
with Organelle’s place in the physical universe: its hardware.
In this age of software and “virtual” devices, please do not neglect the hardware side of
things! While its microcomputer does indeed run everything that Organelle does, we
endeavored to make Organelle an “un-computer.” Configuring and then interacting with
the physical interface is just as critical as anything you do on the software side. In fact, this is
how the pretty box can become an instrument…
Layout of the Unit
Organelle is rectangular, with three of its six faces containing either controls, ports, or other
interface items. We will start with the back and right-side panels (where all the ports are
housed) before moving to the controls of the main face.
Back Panel
If you have turned on Organelle, then you already have some familiarity with its ports, but
there is a little more here than you realize (and a little more than is labeled).
Again, our orientation would be
upside down if you walked around to
the back of the unit and directly faced
the back panel. We are assuming that you standing in front of Organelle, just as you will be
when operating it. From that position, you would access the back panel either by leaning
your head forward or by tilting Organelle upward.
• The headphone port (labeled with the icon, ) is an 1/8" TRS (stereo) jack. It delivers
the stereo audio output of your current patch, as scaled by the
Vol
(ume) knob.