Opensource hardware CDJ/MIDIPC - Raspberry Pi ($25)
Opensource hardware CDJ/MIDIPC - Raspberry Pi ($25) Posted on: 24.01.2012 by Arcelia Siebeneck http://www.raspberrypi.org/ How about this for an idea... a self-contained opensource hardware midi controller with a built in ARM-based pc. The Raspberry Pi is a $25 ARM-based pc, the size of a credit card that can already run XBMC and lots of other software & operating systems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHlLnLqEBfg If the Raspberry Pi was setup to run VirtualDJ, Mixxx, Bitwig or one of the dj applications for beagle board then you could very easily integrate some reasonably powerful dj'ing hardware AND software within a normal midi controller. The Pi is absolutely tiny, very powerful and incredibly cheap. Why would you want to do this? Imagine having a midi controller that has an HDMI output. You just plug the midi controller into a screen, connect up your stereo outs to a mixer and you've got an all-in-one midi controller that doesn't require a laptop. Or you could integrate a 7" HDMI screen into the actual controller (so it'd look like a CDJ2000 for example). Or perhaps the Pi could be used as a hardware version of Bomes Midi Translator or GlovePie. You connect up various USB devices (gamepads, etc) and a usb midi device. You then program the Pi to translate midi messages into HID. I'm sure there are other possibilities too... thoughts? | |
| Nancey Inderlied 30.03.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cybertrash
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| Evelyn Navarijo 30.03.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
I don't see how Android OR Core Audio fits into this at all... Linux already has it's own low-latency drivers, no? OT: Rasperry Pi is awesome, I can't wait to see what people will come up with using it. |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 29.03.2012 | what has android got to do with this? surely it's a great platform for running linux on... |
| Nancey Inderlied 29.03.2012 | This has the potential to be pretty cool, but to my understanding, it's currently rendered useless by Android and the ARM chip. Unless you're going to write Core/Directaudio for Android (Google would have a permenant position for you), and then port your software to an ARM based architecture (I'm not sure if that's even legal), it's not going to have any practical purposes at the moment. It is, however, one of the greatest ideas since the concept of the CDJ, and really needs to get snagged by hardware manufacturers (believe that new Stanton console), hopefully not getting bogged down by GPL nonsense. |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 27.03.2012 | here's some more info about the i/o board: |
| Shay Wyche 09.03.2012 | Yeah, but can it play Crysis? |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 09.03.2012 | available for pre-order last week - did anyone nab one? (the first batch is sold out now!) |
| Fe Kuchma 26.01.2012 | Looks like it has potential! |
| Dannielle Glassey 25.01.2012 | Hot damn, if these go on sale I'll buy one definately ! These are a dream for engineers and hobbyists. |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 24.01.2012 | its a UK charity that's making them - they're intented for kids in schools to learn about programming computers & electronics (kinda like the old Acorn BBC computers in the 80's). The charity has David Braben on the board (the guy who wrote Elite). Oh, and the plan is to sell the more expensive Pi for just |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 24.01.2012 |
Originally Posted by Maxted
i see prices are in GBP tho... if they're from the UK then hopefully we won't get stuffed for a higher price compared to the US like we usually do... awesome |
| Melinda Shick 24.01.2012 | Are these available now? Can believe of so many uses at that price! |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 25.01.2012 | Also, there's a plan to sell an I/O board: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/411 This means that theoretically it might be possible to build diy midi controllers with a Raspberry Pi! The advantage of course would be that the developing environment would be the midi controller itself! |
| Dj LsEx 24.01.2012 | Yes. Absolutely. |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 24.01.2012 |
Originally Posted by dafe
would also be quite good for remote speakers! oh and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6FOji3lq8 |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 24.01.2012 | blood hell that's cheap the video on their website showed two usb ports, one of those is where the SD card slot is on your diagram? should be able to use one usb port to connect between the device and present itself as a set of midi devices to the host pc - or over IP would also work probably? i have to get one of these to play with |
| Scarlett Saupp 24.01.2012 | the fact it outputs 1080p, and is such a small form factor, already has me considering this as my next project for a media hub |
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