Organelle - Critter & Guitari

Introducing the Organelle™

The Organelle™ makes it easy to experiment with new ways of making music. It combines playful and intuitive controls with a powerful sound engine. It is limitless in musical possibility and a joy to play.

Flexible
At the heart of the Organelle's sound engine is a robust computer that runs patches. A patch allows the instrument to take on different forms. Onboard hardware for sound input and output and mappable knobs, keys and buttons enable patches to synthesize, sample, effect and anything in between!

Expandable

Customizable

Community

Audio Specifications:
• Sampling Rate: 44.1kHz; 16-bit (In & Out)
• 2x ¼" Mono Sound Output Jacks (L & R channels)
• ¼" Stereo Sound Input Jack
• ⅛" Stereo Headphone output Jack
• ¼" Footswitch Jack

Interface:
• High-Contrast OLED Display Screen
• Four Parameter Knobs
• Rotary Selection knob with Push Button Select
• Volume Knob
• 25x Maple Key
• RGB LED

Processor Specifications:
• 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 with 512 MB RAM
• Linux Operating System
• Boot time: ~12 seconds

Storage:
• 4GB USB Drive included; Patches and any required files (audio samples, etc.) stored here

Additional Connections:
• 2x USB Port (2.0 standard-A type connector). USB Host for: MIDI over USB & Serial over USB
• HDMI output port

Power Requirement:
• 9VDC, 1.0 Amp (Power Supply included)

Physical Characteristics:
• Size: 10.5" x 3.25" x 2.125"
• Enclosure: Anodized Aluminum top, ABS Plastic bottom, rubber foot pads

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Video Credits:

Director: Antonio Santos
Producer: Kristopher Rey-Talley
Director of Photography: Sam Wootton
Grip/Electric: David Gettens & Aaron Smith
Color: Irving Harvey
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Thanks for watching!
CRITTER & GUITARI™

[boybianchi]

I think i am in love with your company.

[dunklerithgensococobuffet]

this video is so lovely and the narrator's voice is so gentle

[musicandlife]

Best thing that came out of namm this year.

[stegophonic]

As soon as I saw that this was programmed using PD - I was sold :-) this is the hardware i've been looking for!

[zealousie]

funnest hardware video of all time. and that woman's voice is bliss.

[Haraamcore]

One of the most inspiring music instruments ever.

[sunwavez]

WOW ! - great to see PD getting more out there ! Awesome work dudes.

[OVXX]

with the organelle, the possibilities are endless or something blah balh balh

[ELPHNT]

So much awesome in this video. Some much want for the Organelle! :D

[adamprotz]

Everyone should check out the narrator's incredible electronic music, her name is Ela Minus

[chrisloren]

I just bought one and I'm very excite!

[videosuperhighway]

I ordered one, Will be using it with my Moog modular 15 for effects.

[videosuperhighway]

holy crap I did not expect it to support a monitor and actually run it as a music workstation.

[tokiony]

You guys always make the best video!!! and great instrument with plenty of humor... I wish you can buy this at MOMA!

[gorsefan]

Thank you for your videogramme, it was both informative and entertaining.

[siriusfun]

Very cool device. Lots of potential.

That outro sequence, though... if only it all meant something.

[pruskimusic]

It looks really cool! But I think it's a good idea to prepare more videos with different examples - how we (musicians) can use it. Surely enough - simple examples of how someone uses a sampler, synthesizer, effects etc. Of course, I know "that you can program in PD whatever you want" - but it is worth showing what I gets (at start) when I buy this stuff. For example, although I have read manual it's not clear to me how (in practice) working multitrack recording - if I had video example - probably would have been easier. Sorry if my comment is to similar what previously wrote Xavier.

[nogoogleplus]

Super cool Organelle, and equally cool vid!

[twotonyogi]

If it was able to run on batteries I would definitely get this as part of my mobile setup.

[JoeBWall]

I feel like I need smelling salts and a cool compress for my forehead. This may well be the perfect successor to my beloved Nord Micro Modulars...except blue.