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Raspberry PI - are you using it for your music purposes?

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  • Telstar5Telstar5

    Waveform DAW runs in it .

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    I have a spare Pi Zero board and I'm gonna build a Bluetooth MIDI adapter for my midi keyboard. I plan to buy this extension board or something similar, and power my Zero from 4 AAA batteries.

  • ciancian

    @hes said:
    Regarding Mozaic on Raspberry Pi, isn't there some Python (or Perl?, Go?, Ruby?) midi library that would enable something similar to Mozaic scripting, but in much more powerful environment? I would actually prefer something like that, since the Mozaic language is pretty limiting. Some library in Python that abstracts things to a Mozaic-level of simplicity would be more flexible and still pretty easy to use.

    It's hard to tell what's out there. First thing I come across that looks like a possibility is: http://trac.chrisarndt.de/code/wiki/python-rtmidi

    Supercollider is your best bet as it’s real time. Also does synthesis.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Also, I have this another project idea - I'm thinking about using an RPi to turn a Launchpad Mini into a standalone step sequencer. I know, the Launchpad Pro can do that, but it lacks some features, it's not as customizable as I'd like it to be, and it's $400.

    I think I'll start creating a prototype in Max and see how it goes

  • heshes
    edited May 2020

    @cian said:

    @hes said:
    Regarding Mozaic on Raspberry Pi, isn't there some Python (or Perl?, Go?, Ruby?) midi library that would enable something similar to Mozaic scripting, but in much more powerful environment? I would actually prefer something like that, since the Mozaic language is pretty limiting. Some library in Python that abstracts things to a Mozaic-level of simplicity would be more flexible and still pretty easy to use.

    It's hard to tell what's out there. First thing I come across that looks like a possibility is: http://trac.chrisarndt.de/code/wiki/python-rtmidi

    Supercollider is your best bet as it’s real time. Also does synthesis.

    Thanks, I forgot about that. I think it has its own language, but that's fine, I guess. Maybe better.

    Sonic Pi, a live coding music environment developed specifically for Raspberry Pi, uses (and/or is built on top of?) Supercollider, at a higher level of abstraction. (edit: turns out Sonic Pi is actually a domain-specific-language written in and bundled with Ruby for music/audio-synthesis/midi , so Sonic Pi programs are actually programmed in Ruby, with all features of Ruby language.)

    I wonder whether Sonic Pi on RPi might be similar in some ways to Mozaic. Or maybe could be used similarly. It does have midi in, out and has language that lets you process in similar ways: https://sonic-pi.net/tutorial.html#section-11

    Here's video of Sonic Pi (on Mac, but it could be on RPi) being driven by a TouchOSC interface on iPad:

  • rs2000rs2000

    @yug said:
    I have a spare Pi Zero board and I'm gonna build a Bluetooth MIDI adapter for my midi keyboard. I plan to buy this extension board or something similar, and power my Zero from 4 AAA batteries.

    Is there a project out there you can build upon?

  • u0421793u0421793

    Contains Supercollider:

  • FingolfinzzzFingolfinzzz

    Is there any way to build a basic mpc style sampler with one? Like if I built a controller to work with it

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    edited May 2020

    @Fingolfinzzz said:
    Is there any way to build a basic mpc style sampler with one? Like if I built a controller to work with it

    https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https://github.com/otem/Raspberry-Pi-Looper-synth-drum-thing&redir_token=65UJLjeoTjlNlmSxZoAA66mBMN58MTU5MDQzNDEyNkAxNTkwMzQ3NzI2&v=mCOHFyI3Eoo&event=video_description

    Also possible something with teensy

    Returning into Pi and as some pointed:

    for the pd patch lovers (and c++ aficionados)

    Ok for the pd lovers but also in iOS not just Pi... the patch behind the sooperlooper otem rellik hardware:

    Someone said standalone DVS?

    Step Sequencer?

    Then merge all (or most of these)

    Thanks for watch. If you get anything running send me one as thanks :trollface:

  • Gaia.TreeGaia.Tree

    i have a pi4 ill be paring with the Blokas Pisound kit and running MODEP (Mod Duo) on. stoked to use it as a mega portable fx box with other small gear. case looks nice too

  • audiblevideoaudiblevideo

    DIY USB HOST

  • FingolfinzzzFingolfinzzz

    @TheDubbyLabby sweet thanks for the info. Haha I’ll see if I can even accomplish it myself first

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @Fingolfinzzz said:
    @TheDubbyLabby sweet thanks for the info. Haha I’ll see if I can even accomplish it myself first

    Nonono... I don’t want sweet thanks...
    Send me something working or forget about me!
    :trollface:

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @rs2000 said:

    @yug said:
    I have a spare Pi Zero board and I'm gonna build a Bluetooth MIDI adapter for my midi keyboard. I plan to buy this extension board or something similar, and power my Zero from 4 AAA batteries.

    Is there a project out there you can build upon?

    The one already mentioned on the previous page: https://neuma.studio/rpi-as-midi-host.html
    Though I'm not gonna use their pre-made image. I'll do everything myself using the following instructions: https://neuma.studio/rpi-midi-complete.html

    When I have time, I'll see if the software (especially the Bluetooth stack) works fine, and only then I'll start thinking about the case, how to power it, etc.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @Telstar5 said:
    Waveform DAW runs in it .

    and SunVox!

  • rs2000rs2000

    @yug said:

    @rs2000 said:

    @yug said:
    I have a spare Pi Zero board and I'm gonna build a Bluetooth MIDI adapter for my midi keyboard. I plan to buy this extension board or something similar, and power my Zero from 4 AAA batteries.

    Is there a project out there you can build upon?

    The one already mentioned on the previous page: https://neuma.studio/rpi-as-midi-host.html
    Though I'm not gonna use their pre-made image. I'll do everything myself using the following instructions: https://neuma.studio/rpi-midi-complete.html

    When I have time, I'll see if the software (especially the Bluetooth stack) works fine, and only then I'll start thinking about the case, how to power it, etc.

    Sounds great!
    I'm very interested in getting Bluetooth MIDI host and client to work in the Pi Zero.
    Good luck!

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @wim said:

    @McD said:

    @wim said:
    I would dearly love to see a Raspberry Pi Mozaic script interpreter from @brambos. All it would need to do is be able to read scripts exported from iOS Mozaic and to process midi in and out.

    No GUI support in your thinking? I suppose we could just send in CC's and use physical controllers or MIDI in from an iPad/iPhone for controls and save the GUI requirements.

    I'd pay dearly for Mozaic on my Mac. I have MIDIfire and it was great to code/test on the Mac and then copy to the iPad. All the tools are there for the rapid wrangling of text on the Mac. Even the keyboards for the iPads are a pain to use... too small and "vi" muscle memory persists. Using / to find...

    No, I'm thinking of it purely as a processor for midi in and out, mainly for hardware. I'm picturing a DIY hardware controller with unlimited potential from the script engine.

    Just a geek dream. Not practical. I get these flareups from time to time. Still tryin' to find a reason / excuse for getting a Pi. So far I can find nothing to convince (fool) myself that it's a practical investment in time and money.

    Something like this: https://blokas.io/midihub/ ?

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @yug said:

    @rs2000 said:

    @yug said:
    I have a spare Pi Zero board and I'm gonna build a Bluetooth MIDI adapter for my midi keyboard. I plan to buy this extension board or something similar, and power my Zero from 4 AAA batteries.

    Is there a project out there you can build upon?

    The one already mentioned on the previous page: https://neuma.studio/rpi-as-midi-host.html
    Though I'm not gonna use their pre-made image. I'll do everything myself using the following instructions: https://neuma.studio/rpi-midi-complete.html

    When I have time, I'll see if the software (especially the Bluetooth stack) works fine, and only then I'll start thinking about the case, how to power it, etc.

    Btw, the complete instructions have a few lines of code that need to be changed on some configurations — probably because of slight changes in the OS since then. There is a place where they use a sleep value of 6 that needs to be 10 on my system. Also, the read-only. The wpa-supplicant info needs to be slightly different than what they have. Lastly, the read-only code has a line that is wrong for versions of the OS later than the one they used.

  • wimwim

    @yug said:

    @wim said:

    @McD said:

    @wim said:
    I would dearly love to see a Raspberry Pi Mozaic script interpreter from @brambos. All it would need to do is be able to read scripts exported from iOS Mozaic and to process midi in and out.

    No GUI support in your thinking? I suppose we could just send in CC's and use physical controllers or MIDI in from an iPad/iPhone for controls and save the GUI requirements.

    I'd pay dearly for Mozaic on my Mac. I have MIDIfire and it was great to code/test on the Mac and then copy to the iPad. All the tools are there for the rapid wrangling of text on the Mac. Even the keyboards for the iPads are a pain to use... too small and "vi" muscle memory persists. Using / to find...

    No, I'm thinking of it purely as a processor for midi in and out, mainly for hardware. I'm picturing a DIY hardware controller with unlimited potential from the script engine.

    Just a geek dream. Not practical. I get these flareups from time to time. Still tryin' to find a reason / excuse for getting a Pi. So far I can find nothing to convince (fool) myself that it's a practical investment in time and money.

    Something like this: https://blokas.io/midihub/ ?

    yeh, kinda like that, but I wanted to build it into a controller with knobs, pads, and faders. Good find, thanks. B)

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, the complete instructions have a few lines of code that need to be changed on some configurations — probably because of slight changes in the OS since then. There is a place where they use a sleep value of 6 that needs to be 10 on my system. Also, the read-only. The wpa-supplicant info needs to be slightly different than what they have. Lastly, the read-only code has a line that is wrong for versions of the OS later than the one they used.

    Ok, thanks. I'll keep that in mind

  • heshes
    edited May 2020

    @yug said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, the complete instructions have a few lines of code that need to be changed on some configurations — probably because of slight changes in the OS since then. There is a place where they use a sleep value of 6 that needs to be 10 on my system. Also, the read-only. The wpa-supplicant info needs to be slightly different than what they have. Lastly, the read-only code has a line that is wrong for versions of the OS later than the one they used.

    Ok, thanks. I'll keep that in mind

    Yeah, I borked one system trying the read-only stuff, decided it was easier to just start over and skip the read-only feature than to debug what the problem was.

    As I said in an earlier post, I never did get the bluetooth midi working, switched to using rtpmidi instead. I'm curious if the pre-made images have the bluetooth midi compiled in, and it works. If so, I might try using those. But the fact that the bluez branch on github that they're using is over three years old makes me wonder. There have been new versions of Raspbian and many new bluez versions since then: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @hes said:

    @yug said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, the complete instructions have a few lines of code that need to be changed on some configurations — probably because of slight changes in the OS since then. There is a place where they use a sleep value of 6 that needs to be 10 on my system. Also, the read-only. The wpa-supplicant info needs to be slightly different than what they have. Lastly, the read-only code has a line that is wrong for versions of the OS later than the one they used.

    Ok, thanks. I'll keep that in mind

    Yeah, I borked one system trying the read-only stuff, decided it was easier to just start over and skip the read-only feature than to debug what the problem was.

    As I said in an earlier post, I never did get the bluetooth midi working, switched to using rtpmidi instead. I'm curious if the pre-made images have the bluetooth midi compiled in, and it works. If so, I might try using those. But the fact that the bluez branch on github that they're using is over three years old makes me wonder. There have been new versions of Raspbian and many new bluez versions since then: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git

    Yes, the premade one has the Bluetooth midi built in. It is ready to use.

    When you built your own, what wrong with the Bluetooth MIDI?

  • heshes
    edited May 2020

    @espiegel123 said:

    Yes, the premade one has the Bluetooth midi built in. It is ready to use.

    When you built your own, what wrong with the Bluetooth MIDI?

    I'm curious, what version of bluez is it that's running on that image? And it's Raspian Buster, right?

    I'm not sure I'm remembering my attempts to get bluetooth midi going exactly clearly. But I believe I did get a bluetooth midi connection, at least within AUM it was appearing to connect. But I was pressing keys in AUM connected Auv3 and they didn't seem to be getting received on the RPi.

    It may have been at that point that I tried to enable the read-only feature and it borked my system (wouldn't boot), and I started over. This time I tried using most recent bluez version and recompiling using instructions here: https://mclarenlabs.com/blog/2020/03/22/update-korg-microkey-air-37-bluetooth-midi-keyboard-with-raspberry-pi4-and-buster/ This time I think I never even got to the point of getting a connection in AUM.

    I started over again using bluez 5.50 version, same as in Mclaren insructions, and again got nowhere. Then tried with rtpmidi and got a working connection in the space of a few minutes.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    edited May 2020

    @mojozart said:
    I have patchbox with a pisound installed on something now, but I've done more with Arduino via BLE MIDI.

    I wish it were easier to power a Raspberry Pi with an onboard battery, and that they could withstand power interruption without risk of corrupting their file system.

    There's a cheap kit for Pi Zero to transform it into a USB dongle:
    https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/zero-stem-usb-otg-connector
    https://www.adafruit.com/product/3945
    Only Zero's and some older models support this, others can't act as a USB slave device

    No data or power cable required - you just plug it into a USB port of your computer, iPad or usb hub, and connect to it over USB Ethernet
    I'm not sure if all iPads can power it, but those with the new USB-C connector definitely can: https://marcelwiget.blog/2018/12/02/tether-rpi-to-ipad-pro-via-ethernet-over-usb-c/

  • SirMcpSirMcp

    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-8gb-tested

    Didn’t expect this.

  • u0421793u0421793

    SnuVox was mentioned in au.diob.us.fo.rum in recent days
    Also, Floyd Steinberg (no relation to Cubasis) has planted a video of VunSox on Raspberry Pi

  • cyberheatercyberheater

    I probably would use one if I could get one at a decent price.

  • FingolfinzzFingolfinzz

    I’d still like to get something going with one. I have one laying around but haven’t done much with it yet. I have used arduino boards for my modular though

  • AlexYAlexY

    @nuno_agogo said:
    I have two raspberry pi 4 for development projects and I am wondering if I could use them as gadgets in my music environment.

    Anyone using a raspberry pi for something like this?

    No, but I have plans for messing around with the Sonic Pi library.

  • senhorlampadasenhorlampada

    My Raspberry 2 is being used mostly as media center nowadays, but I totally recommend using Sunvox or SonicPi

    SonicPi was a cool tool to mess while waiting for 3D renderings at work some years ago :lol:

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