#51

hey this looks great! thanks for sharing :slight_smile:

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#52

This is amazing and exactly what I had hoped to find out (but never imagined I would get everything in a single package!)

Is it possible to get pisound in the UK? I’m completely new to Raspi but have been looking to jump into it for some time now. I’ve always been somewhat deterred by the apparent complexity of getting started, but seeing all the Norns-related stuff has convinced me that I need to get involved

#53

Blokas, the people who make Pisound, are in Lithuania, and I’m sure they’ll ship to the UK.

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#54

I’ve just checked their website and they do indeed! I have a Pisound and case in my shopping basket now. Thank you!

#55

They shipped one to me in the USA but it took 30 days. I forgot I ordered it and was a nice surprise when it showed up!

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#56

They shipped one to me in Vancouver and it sounds great.

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#57

So I was absolutely blown away to all of the sudden just stumble on this… And it really could be getting more attention. I haven’t tried it yet, but the creator of JJOS (this very popular and lauded alternative operating systems for mpc1000 I am just learning about itself) is developing what looks to be an mpc clone on raspbian. Bootable from command line startup, with samples and midi sequencing and all sorts of stuff, in very cool (imo) ncurses-ey interface.

http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/rds/index.html

(look at that site counter!)

there is some language barriers to really getting the whole picture from their documentation, but the youtube videos are very helpful (and very strange?? whats with the same weird song on every video):

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#58

Question for those of you who have built physical interfaces for your RPis - I’ve been reading that Python is not the best way to go about reading the onboard GPIO pins. Per the RPi GPIO library:

Note that this module is unsuitable for real-time or timing critical applications. This is because you can not predict when Python will be busy garbage collecting.

They recommend using an external microcontroller for any real-time stuff. Has anyone tried to use the onboard GPIO with Python, and do you notice any issues? My interest is in using a few knobs and sliders for a real-time performable instrument in SuperCollider. I don’t mind using a Teensy if I need to, but just wondering if anyone else has any experience with this.

#59

This is incredible. The work JJ did on the 1000 is truly mindblowing - I’ve had a couple of 1000s over the years and would never dream of not using JJ OS on them. A close friend has the XL LCD screen and the JJ OS absolutely transforms the unit into something almost unrecognisable (in a very good way!)

#60

Thought this might be of basic interest to some folks. An article about an interesting script for interaction between a Raspberry Pi and the DX7. Aphex Twin and a partner created a Pi that listens to patches made by on a DX7 and attempt to deduce the parameters used to generate said sound. Then, with some fun tweaks, such as the wonderfully named “patch sex” option, it can morph new patches with the one’s you have generated or reproduced to create whole new sounds! Pretty cool build and something that might be possible on a norns with the FM7 (obviously with an enormous amount of work that just really might not be worth it in the end).

Either way, its a pretty cool project and worth the quick read here:
chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi65.pdf

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#61

Oh that sounds really cool

#62

Sorry I’m advance forward resurrecting this thread but I’ve been fooling around with Reaper on a pi4 and I have to say I’m pretty impressed. I’ve been sequencing MIDI, tracking and layering audio, and adding plugins with no problems other than the occasional stutter but it’s always when editing, not while recording. Using a decade old fast track pro with no issues. Just super impressed in general!

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#63

I’m quite interested in the prospects of the pi4 running a 64bit OS with the new RAM options in seeing just how ably it can handle a DAW like Bitwig or even VCV Rack. It would be pretty neat to be able to run simple VCV patches headless.

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#64

I can say I was super impressed with how the pi4 4gb was running Reaper in 32bit. Honestly the round trip latency monitored through Reaper was performing better than my i7-3770k + Saffire 40 I’m still rolling with at home, it just sounded worse through that fast track pro. I’ve just always used the latency free monitoring on the interface, this just kind of blew me away. Of course this was all simple tracking, no buses on buses like in my typical Pro Tools session, but I was still impressed.

#65

new pi user here, i am returning to unix after awhile but an unfamiliar with the modern OS builds. i am running a 3B+ which i bought over another 4 because i thought it probable i would get a Shield and cannibalize this system for its Pi. but in the meantime i want to run VCV and Orca on it and successfully installed Raspian last night and Orca is running great. VCV, when i try to double click the icon it seems to run but goes nowhere, the program never comes up. execute from command line errors out. i should prob find the VCV forum but y’all are so niiiice here…

also wondering about audio interfaces. i have used my maudio 2x2 with my Fates with no issues, and a Roland inline midi interface is working, is there some reason I would prefer to use a dedicated Pi sound card like the Pisound? do i gain anything beyond increased portability or the ability to go headless?

#66

You’ve got it right: Functionally, you’ll be able to do exactly the same things with an audio interface as you can with Pisound or other audio hats.

I use Pisound for my live set up (remembering when I could play out live…). In the studio I’ll use a USB audio interface if I need more channels.

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#67

I’ve noticed quite a bit of latency[1] using a cheap sabrent usb soundcard with my raspberry pi. Is that likely to be much better for another USB audio interface like an maudio 2x2? I’d been considering a hifiberry or pisound card to try and solve this issue.

[1] Buffer sizes any less than 512 in jackd don’t seem to work.

#68

I wouldn’t be looking for performance with that sound card. I doubt there’s good low latency stuff for sort of sound card built into Linux. I had decent results with M-Audio Fast Track Pro which is a decade old at this point.

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#69

pisound (as does the norns etc) has a more direct connection to the system via i2s, so it doesn’t have an extra usb layer.

a modern usb soundcard should be fine, however.

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#70

I’ve had issues with sabrenet USB delaying both audio and midi signals. So, I am cautious about using their gear in general.

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