# Advices for getting digital audio output from the Organelle (M) **URL:** \ **Category:** Organelle\ **Created:** [January 27, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450 "2020-01-27T14:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![electrafa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/electrafa/32/4388_2.png) [@electrafa](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/electrafa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450/1 "2020-01-27T14:30:28Z")
Hi everyone, soon i will have to connect my Organelle M to a pair of speakers that only has optical/Toslink and ethernet/RJ45 inputs : one of each on both units. i admit this is a first to me (i’m a bit lost), this would be for live performances so i’m looking for minimum latency., also i don’t want to buy a complete audio interface as i just need to use either 2 Toslink or RJ45 digital outputs i found this USB-to-Toslink interface that appears to work on linux : [https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/digital-interfaces/cyp-cdb-6-usb-to-toslink-optical-spdif-digital-interface-xmos-24bit-192khz-p-11929.html](https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/digital-interfaces/cyp-cdb-6-usb-to-toslink-optical-spdif-digital-interface-xmos-24bit-192khz-p-11929.html) ![cyp-cdb-6-usb-to-toslink-optical-spdif-digital-interface-xmos-24bit-192khz](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/critterandguitari/original/2X/4/4df5c837f0c2c2d341588c5185a90eb9df413d25.jpeg) and a Toslink splitter (x2) : [https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/optical-toslink-adapters/cyp-dt-12-toslink-optical-splitter-active-p-5250.html](https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/optical-toslink-adapters/cyp-dt-12-toslink-optical-splitter-active-p-5250.html) ![cyp-dt-12-toslink-optical-splitter-active](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/critterandguitari/original/2X/6/62519a76259e4f5a97d18d013eb5b4e487abacfd.jpeg) i guess that would work easily so that’s my first option, but i would prefer using RJ45 instead, i just don’t know if it would be as simple to set up on Linux/Organelle… if someone there could share some advices it would be much appreciated, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![darenager](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/darenager/32/4207_2.png) [@darenager](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/darenager)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450/2 "2020-02-09T22:57:26Z")
Why not use a analogue to Toslink converter? I have found them to be pretty good when I have used them for other applications. ---
**Author:** ![electrafa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/electrafa/32/4388_2.png) [@electrafa](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/electrafa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450/3 "2020-02-10T19:04:21Z")
thanks 😉 because i would prefer not to add DA+AD conversions to the signal (since the Organelle is digital and can work with external soundcards), also because that would add latency… (i don’t know how much but i guess a little bit) i bought the first box i linked in the first post (i didn’t try it on the Organelle but it should work after editing the Pure Data audio preferences) and i can say it’s pretty good, made of metal (or something like), feels like it’s solid (i tried 44.1 and 48khz only) ; the second one is not so good (surprisingly, as it’s the same brand), made of plastic, feels very cheap… (also, the second one isn’t usually required for running a pair of speakers, i connect the TosLink source to one speaker then i connect the speakers together using RJ45, so the second box is only useful for connecting 2 different pairs of speakers) ✌ ---
**Author:** ![darenager](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/darenager/32/4207_2.png) [@darenager](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/darenager)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450/4 "2020-02-10T19:10:57Z")
Oh I see, I never noticed any latency but I guess it definitely makes sense to keep the signal in the digital domain. You got me thinking now that I could try connecting the Organelle to my Roland MX-1 mixer PC input, I guess it would need ALSA drivers though, I wonder if someone has tried. ---
**Author:** ![thetechnobear](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/thetechnobear/32/42_2.png) [@thetechnobear](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/thetechnobear)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/advices-for-getting-digital-audio-output-from-the-organelle-m/5450/5 "2020-02-11T12:34:21Z")
the way to do this is to get a usb class compliant audio interface that has digital outputs. Ive previously posted how to use alternative audio interfaces with the Organelle, see below (applicable to both 1 & M) - Ive used this quite a lot to interface with eurorack via an Expert System ES-8, and also occasionally to record digitally to a Zoom H5. note: as my post mentions, this will likely increase latency slightly - because of the usb overhead. … but its still very useable. > [@How To : PD - using an external USB audio interface](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-pd-using-an-external-usb-audio-interface/2463): > > Ive had a few people PM’ing me about this, how to do it…and since its easier since OS 3.0 I thought Id post a quick ‘how to’… and some pitfalls, and things to consider the essence of the answer to this question - is to provide Pure Data with command line options to make it use the audio interface. so there are a few steps to this: a) what are the command line option? b) how do I know what to use? c) where to put these options so they get picked up? ok, im going to answer these in reverse …