Hello good people.
Really sorry if I’m missing something obvious here.
Bought an original (about a WEEK BEFORE the M was released - doh!) and have been using it as a standalone instrument for my live work for some time. For my next project I’d like to have it controlled via a DAW - Logic to be precise.
So looking in the manual (for the original) it seems to indicate that it’s happy to receive midi via audio jacks, but it says via the 1/8" jack…and on the original it only has the headphone o/p as 1/8".
Do they mean 1/4"? And if so, would it matter how it was configured (ie a balanced 1/4" as opposed to a non balanced).
I’ve seen how to sync the unit over wifi, but what I’d like to do is to use it as a midi slave instrument.
All the same, my preference would be to have a hardwire connection as I end up playing in all sorts of environments.
Again, apologies if I’m missing something REALLY obvious…I kinda feel like I must be.
The organelle-1 cannot receive midi via jacks - the organelle-m has specific TRS jacks for midi.
For the organelle-1 you need to use usb , using either a usb-midi din cable if you gave a midi din interface for your computer, or one of the iConnectivity boxes that’s supports multiple usb midi hosts.
Organelle 1 in my experience works great as a midi slave. I used to use it with MPC 1000 as my main sequencer sending it notes. I’m pretty sure sending from a DAW would work well too, provided your computer is optimized to send notes/clock (if you can, turn off wifi and bluetooth, or at least off wifi).
One thing I say that I’ve had a lot of trouble with is sending clock to the organelle trying to use the organelle’s sequencers - they seem to always be noticeably late in the configurations I’ve tried (keep in mind there are only certain sequencers that are designed to work and sync with external clock - and they do, just with some latency it seems). I’d love to know your experience, what configurations you try, and how you are using it
Yeah, just be aware your computer is a usb midi host and so is the organelle - which is why you cannot just connect usb to usb
Hence easiest solution is to go via midi din.
it’s a question that comes up a lot here, as some are not aware of the difference between usb host and usb device … as it’s not that common for musical instrument like organelle to be usb hosts
Thanks Mark. I’d picked up on the host thing (had come across that issue with other bits of kit - always suspicious when you see a USB slot on a bit of kit) so understood the need to work with an interface and din. Thanks for pointing it out though
