Fun with the Organelle

A combination of lockdown and a sudden influx of royalty payments last year had be buying (or “investing in”) a bunch of interesting musical instruments. One of them was the Organelle. It’s interesting because although it is a proper musical instrument it ls also a powerful computer, packing a Raspberry Pi compute module.

You program it in PureData which is a great way to create software that works on flows of sound and control. I’ve had quite a bit of fun with it, and now I’ve got the chance to write an article about PureData for HackSpace magazine. This has meant that the house has been filled with clicks, beeps and thumps. It really brings out the fun of changing patches (which is what PureData programs are called) just to hear what they do.