On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Pierre Massat <
pimassat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I write a blog about how to make guitar effects with computers running Pure
> Data in real-time.
> When I first heard about the Raspberry Pi I thought it would be great if I
> could use it for the same purpose. It would only be much cheaper, and much
> smaller than my current laptop, and could fit in my hand-made stompbox.
> Recent improvements in Raspbian have finally made this possible, and this
> makes me very happy !
> The Raspberry Pi is now actually capable of running rather demanding Pure
> Data patches in (quasi-) real-time (at least with a latency that's low
> enough to play live with it).
> I quickly assembled a small patch to test it and make a video to demonstrate
> that it actually works very well.
>
> It is obviously not the use the RPi was originally intended for, but to me
> (and I'm sure to other musicians as well), this sounds like a revolution.
>
> I'm currently documenting my setup on my blog :
> - video :
>
http://guitarextended.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/real-time-guitar-effects-with-raspberry-pi-pd-and-arduino/
> - blog post about hardware :
>
http://guitarextended.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/raspberry-pi-multi-effects-overview-of-the-setup/
>
> There's no trick, the Pi really IS doing all the DSP work. A reader posted a
> comment to ask where the computer was :)
>
> I take this opportunity to thank the RPi foundation for all the good work
> you put in this amazing tiny thing. I see that the cam should be out in a
> few months, this is all very exciting. I'm sure the Pi has already changed
> the life of a lot of people !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pierre.
>
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