I was playing with this quite a bit yesterday … its fantastic , thanks @Giedrius
have to work out, how Im going to control ‘finished pedalboards’ parameters…
I noticed X was not installed in this image, which is no issue, but means a small touchscreen interface is out, unless I start installing X… before that, I was wondering if I could some how use the mod duo interface, and adapt it to a touchscreen.
(I was thinking something very simple… don’t want patching access, just access to parameters)
I guess some how you must be able to interrogate modhost for parameters?
how are others using this in practice? fixed CC mappings with a limited number of pedalboards?
A small screen could help. Even LCD.
One thing which would be cool as well would be to have an Eigenharp Pico plugged to this whole MODEP setup. Of course, there isn’t MPE support here, but it can be a very convenient sound source.
Have yet to burn this image but might do so tonight, after jamming with a friend (using my previous MODEP version and my Yamaha WX-11).
It’s great! i was working through some feedback but the image has basically dealt with all my criticisms. I had had sound quality (glitches) problems with the vocoders but that problem is gone…
I was still missing the tal vocoder (which is really great) but you’ve got most of what I had compiled in there now And the glitche are gone …
Speaking about jack settings, we’re considering using -p 128 in place of -p 256 which should further reduce the latency.
To everyone who is using this beta image, here are the steps to try it out:
ssh to the device from your PC:
a. ssh modep@modep.local if mDNS is working for you
b. ssh modep@172.24.1.1 if you have connected to Pisound WiFi hotspot
c. ssh modep@... where … is the IP assigned to RPi / Pisound by your router.
Then try playing around with it. This change should slightly reduce the latency, but also the stability may be impacted, so you may get more XRUNs, crackling, etc… Please report on how this change went for you, whether you had any difficulties with your normal use.
It’s comparable as it is (256) with my prynth (https://prynth.github.io/) derived settings. For the supercollider synths I’m running 128 is fine, but they are fairly ‘decent’ (ie. I’ve tailored them for latency to be responsive to controllers). I’ll try this later tonigh (err, it’s getting late now)… btw, I’m working on getting a set of button scripts for scsynth up … I’ll open a thread.
Thank you for all of the work making a new release, and thank you for the addition of the harmonizers! I haven’t had much chance to go through it, so if I missed it’s addition my bad, but is there any chance to get Zynthian or Yoshimi working in this build of MODEP?
And I agree, any and all TAL plugins would be a welcome addition. But really, there is enough to play around with in here where I’ll be busy enough as it is next time I get enough of a break to work on setup. Thanks again!
Was finally able to play with this one! Good thing too, as it might be possible for me to do a demo on Saturday. Will probably use one pisound-hatted Pi3 to demo MODEP (with a laptop to show how it is in the browser) and another pisound-hatted Pi3 to demo Sonic Pi, in Raspbian Stretch Pixel (need to prep a card for this part; will do that tomorrow night).
So far, really liking the new build. Quite nice that you were able to add so many LV2s with full GUI. Just found out that, on an iOS device, knobs work through pinch. It’s a bit strange, but it works.
Would second the vote for TAL plugins. On my previous attempts with MODEP, TAL-Noisemaker was by far my favourite, even without the GUI. It’s pretty powerful a synth, in such a context.
Here are some TAL plugins which were working for me before:
TAL-Dub-3.lv2
TAL-Filter-2.lv2
TAL-Filter.lv2
TAL-NoiseMaker.lv2
TAL-Reverb-2.lv2
TAL-Reverb-3.lv2
TAL-Reverb.lv2
TAL-Vocoder-2.lv2
Dexed could also be pretty cool. And Helm! Lots to like in Helm.
Here’s a longer list of plugins which, according to my notes, worked at some point but may not be on the current build (maybe the names didn’t match but tried to eliminate those which were actually on this install).
3BandEQ.lv2
3BandSplitter.lv2
a_law-swh.lv2
alias-swh.lv2
allpass-swh.lv2
am_pitchshift-swh.lv2
AmplitudeImposer.lv2
ams.lv2
analogue_osc-swh.lv2
artyfx.lv2
AVL_Drumkits_Perc.lv2
avocado.lv2
avw.lv2
b_overdrive
b_reverb
b_synth
b_whirl
b_whirl_mod
b_whirl_xt
balance.lv2
bentdelay.lv2
blop.lv2
bode_shifter_cv-swh.lv2
bode_shifter-swh.lv2
butterworth-swh.lv2
chebstortion-swh.lv2
comb_splitter-swh.lv2
comb-swh.lv2
const-swh.lv2
crossover_dist-swh.lv2
CycleShifter.lv2
dc_remove-swh.lv2
decay-swh.lv2
decimator-swh.lv2
declip-swh.lv2
delay-swh.lv2
delayorama-swh.lv2
dexed.lv2
diode-swh.lv2
divider-swh.lv2
dj_eq-swh.lv2
dj_flanger-swh.lv2
DPF-Amp.lv2
DPF-Synth.lv2
drowaudio-distortion.lv2
drowaudio-distortionshaper.lv2
drowaudio-flanger.lv2
drowaudio-reverb.lv2
drowaudio-tremolo.lv2
drumsynth.lv2
dyson_compress-swh.lv2
EasySSP.lv2
eg-amp.lv2
eg-fifths.lv2
eg-metro.lv2
eg-midigate.lv2
eg-sampler.lv2
eqinox.lv2
fabla2.lv2
fad_delay-swh.lv2
fast_lookahead_limiter-swh.lv2
fil4.lv2
flanger-swh.lv2
floaty.lv2
fm_osc-swh.lv2
foldover-swh.lv2
fomp.lv2
foverdrive-swh.lv2
freq_tracker-swh.lv2
gate-swh.lv2
giant_flange-swh.lv2
gong_beater-swh.lv2
gong-swh.lv2
Granulator.lv2
gverb-swh.lv2
hard_limiter-swh.lv2
harmonic_gen-swh.lv2
helm
hermes_filter-swh.lv2
hilbert-swh.lv2
impulse-swh.lv2
invada.lv2
karaoke-swh.lv2
KlangFalter.lv2
latency-swh.lv2
lcr_delay-swh.lv2
lookahead_limiter_const-swh.lv2
lookahead_limiter-swh.lv2
loopor.lv2
ls_filter-swh.lv2
LUFSMeter.lv2
LUFSMeterMulti.lv2
Luftikus.lv2
MaBitcrush.lv2
MaFreeverb.lv2
MaGigaverb.lv2
MaPitchshift.lv2
matrix_ms_st-swh.lv2
matrix_spatialiser-swh.lv2
matrix_st_ms-swh.lv2
mclk.lv2
midi-switchbox.lv2
mindi.lv2
molot-lite-mono.lv2
mtc.lv2
mud.lv2
multivoice_chorus-swh.lv2
MVerb.lv2
nodelay.lv2
Obxd.lv2
offset-swh.lv2
paranoia.lv2
Pitchotto.lv2
plate-swh.lv2
pointer_cast-swh.lv2
powercut.lv2
Prefreak.lv2
rate_shifter-swh.lv2
retro_flange-swh.lv2
revdelay-swh.lv2
rkr.lv2
samplv1.lv2
satan_maximiser-swh.lv2
sc1-swh.lv2
sc2-swh.lv2
sc3-swh.lv2
sc4-swh.lv2
se4-swh.lv2
shaper-swh.lv2
Shiroverb.lv2
sifter-swh.lv2
simple_comb-swh.lv2
sin_cos-swh.lv2
single_para-swh.lv2
sinus_wavewrapper-swh.lv2
smooth_decimate-swh.lv2
sooperlooper.lv2
SoulForce.lv2
split-swh.lv2
stereoroute.lv2
StereoSourceSeparation.lv2
surround_encoder-swh.lv2
svf-swh.lv2
TAL-Dub-3.lv2
TAL-Filter-2.lv2
TAL-Filter.lv2
TAL-NoiseMaker.lv2
TAL-Reverb-2.lv2
TAL-Reverb-3.lv2
TAL-Reverb.lv2
TAL-Vocoder-2.lv2
tape_delay-swh.lv2
TheFunction.lv2
ThePilgrim.lv2
tinygain.lv2
u_law-swh.lv2
valve_rect-swh.lv2
valve-swh.lv2
Vex.lv2
vynil-swh.lv2
wave_terrain-swh.lv2
Wolpertinger.lv2
xfade-swh.lv2
xfade.lv2
zm1-swh.lv2
A few which, according to my notes, never worked for me:
Oh, and by the by… The mDNS/Bonjour does sound like it’s working… as long as you connect to the Pi as access point. For some reason, thought it meant that the Pi would then announce itself on the LAN if plugged into it. That didn’t work in my situation. But accessing modep.local when connected through the Pisound access point does work really well. No need to remember the IP address!
Also, it sounds like the problem in saving and accessing user patches has been solved. If so: yay!
Try turning the WiFi hotspot on and off using the button after plugging the internet cable, at that time it’s restarting the mDNS service. I was able to access using the URL both via the network cable and the WiFi hotspot.
The focus in this release was to include plugins with a working GUI. If there’s votes to include non-GUI ones, we’ll consider it.
Thought about that (especially since my first burn didn’t work: the Pi wouldn’t boot). But it’s not really important for me at this point. My use cases tend to be either to connect to the Pi as a captive access point (not connected to the Internet) or plugging the Pi to Ethernet to install some stuff.
How many votes do we get? Would put a lot of them in this category.
Haven’t tried it yet. Prepping for demos to do tomorrow (at Canada’s National Arts Centre, no less) and don’t really want to mess with settings just in case something goes wrong.
Haven’t had noticeable issues with latency using the current settings. Admittedly didn’t do much with this setup, yet.
I got my pisound in the post last night. I’m totally new to linux pi pd etc. With a lot of web searching i got the beta up and running this morning with no issues.
Sound quality is excellent and it’s very simple to use.
One issue is that the interface is nearly unworkable for setting up pedal boards on a mobile phone. A desktop or tablet are required for this. A mobile can be used to view pedals board but editing is a major pain. I tested with a synth in, guitar and midi in all functioning as I expected. the variable gain on input is great. I have so many pedals that won’t function with line level devices.
My plan is to use this device to help me to get into the maker community thing. For me next step is figure out how to build a ardunio midi controller and use it to control some of the elements in modep. This may not be the right place to ask this but does anyone know if it’s best to build a usb midi controller or 5 pin din to control PD or modep on the pi. The usb method seems easier for a beginner to program and build. I am presuming modep or PD accept standard midi messages.
Thanks to all the contributors .Maybe in time I might be able to help.
This afternoon, did some pisound-bssed demos during two preshow sessions to the “Symphony Hack Lab” at Canada’s National Arts Centre. https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/15987
One Pi3 was using this MODEP image and an iPad displayed the browser interface (the other Pi3 runs Sonic Pi and Minecraft). My main issue with MODEP, in this case, is that synths are glitching. Not too much of an issue with the amount of noise around and with kids’ attention, but it’ll be important for me to solve this. Maybe it’s a latency issue, for some reason, but that sounds strange. Neither the CPU nor the RAM were being taxed too much and, IIRC, there weren’t many xruns.
Altogether, it was quite a powerful experience to show people what you can do with a Raspberry Pi. (Nobody made a comment about the glitchy sound.)
Oh, and even on an iPad Pro, it’s very tricky to twist the knobs or to move around the board.
Testing random synths i too ran across the cracking issue. unfortunately i didn’t write down the offenders. CPU usage was only about 25-35%. using the on board sequencers seemed to aggravate the issue. i did note one one occasion the CPU usage icon turning red even though it was only reporting approx 25% usage?
Either method is fine. USB MIDI might require less wiring as the USB connection is already on the Arduino itself. Have you seen Example Projects - Pisound Documentation?
Total newbie here. How do I access jack settings? do I go to the terminal prompt and input some code to pull up Jack setting? Sorry for the lame question I just need a little guidance. Thanks in advance
So I had some time to play around tonight. The am synth is crackling bad and creating lots of x runs. I attempted to change to p 128 as suggested but when I tried to ssh I I was met with a demand for a password. blokaslabs didnt do the trick! anybody any other suggestions? Im running the beta image modep
And the glitche are gone …
