The Hardware Unit
ports. One of these identical ports must be used for connecting a USB drive that houses
your Pure Data patches (such as the one included with Organelle). They can also connect
class compliant devices that utilize MIDI over USB or other computer peripherals.
Main Face
The main face is both Organelle’s primary
interface with you and the place that you
will spend the most time. While the other
panels are critical when Organelle is being setup or when you are altering its configuration,
the main face is the operations center for when you are actively running the show.
• Knobs
1
,
2
,
3
, and
4
are available for parameter control within your patch. Each knob
is typically assign to a parameter that is then continuously altered across a preset
range of values by movement of that knob. Movement of each knob can also send a
corresponding continuous controller (CC) MIDI message. [For information on the
default MIDI operation of Organelle, see
chapter three
.]
• Organelle’s display provides a window into its microcomputer brain, serving as the on-
board method of monitoring and adjusting both the system itself and your patches.
• The
Selector
encoder accompanies Organelle’s display because they are dependent
upon one another. While a patch is loaded, turning the Selector causes the display to
show the menu screen. By leaving the Selector alone for a few seconds, the display
will revert to the patch information screen.
• The
Vol
(ume) knob governs the potential audio output level of Organelle. The knob
ranges from silence (in audio terms, -
∞
) at the far left to no attenuation (unity gain) at
the far right. Any adjustments to the Volume knob take effect immediately.
• The maple key at the far left and its accompanying LED comprise one special unit: the
Aux button
. By default, the Aux button does nothing, but each patch can be
configured to use the input from the key for any type of mode switch or anything else.
The LED has eight static states (off plus seven color options) and is generally used to
provide the user with visual feedback of the Aux button’s status. As with so much
about patches, the function of this control will be anything the patch designer deems
appropriate.
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