Audio Production on a Raspberry Pi - Part 1 - Getting Started, and installing Reaper DAW 

same, woo

So crazy, let's go all bonkers!!

same

im watching while playing pokemnon on a pi zero

Hey Dave have you pulled it off successfully yet? I just got a Pie for this exact reason and was wondering what your set up was lookin like

I think until very recently there wasn’t the power- the 3B+ is quite the powerhouse, and it’s only in the last few weeks that Reaper has become Linux native and doesn’t need WINE to run, really lightening the load

Hop Pole Studios I’ve got a few slate ml2 mics. And have been thinking on how I can run the plugins for the mic emulations then go into my hardware live. This might be the ticket. What kind of latency are you getting?

Interesting solution- I suppose the latency is mostly interface dependent. I got 256 samples with the iD4 without any issue, I’m sure I could get it lower but I’ll need a little time with it to experiment. Busy couple of weeks coming up but I’ll be doing a part 2, also looking at getting windows VSTs running so there are more plugin options

@@adamsteelproducer while reaper wasn't "officially" supported, they have had a linux version for over a year for folks to test. even before being officially supported, it worked as good really good.

Traction Waveform looks good!

Yeah

curious to know also :O

Third.

Wahhahah, I just asked all these questions when I clicked on the title :-D Now I hope Mr. Steel or someone knowledgeable will come back with some answers to these questions.

If you’ve got a 2 or 3, it should work fine, and with a usb sound card that’s class compliant, you should be all set. Let me know how you get on!

Hop Pole Studios Hey, It worked! Thanks.

This is just part one, we’ll be looking at a lot more over the next few months.

ive been racking my brain for a few months over a way to make a sampler-looper in reaper without using Playtime, but to no avail. Any brainstorming youve done would be refreshing. on the pedal theme, my goal is to have for example a JS:Transient Controller in a pedal. It would alone with just raspberry pi (and i guess a digital interface) and have sweet switches and knobs to boot.

@@adamsteelproducer - Excellent! I'll be following your every move. And I too have similar interests to *Shane Rigsby* regarding the use of the Pi as a looper or as a master stereo recorder.

I think I’ll take my time, thanks.

Already did one. With reaper. I don’t use Ardour.

How about serving wifi midi to an iPad based studio thru reaper on a Pi? Is there latency issues putting another link in the chain? Are there any emulators to run vst plugins? Or would reaper work on a windows 10os for raspberry Pi? Does that option even exist? I’m very curious due to the low power consumption of the Pi as I run 12v solar power in my home & a laptop is a heavy drain for sustained use. Another thought would be to run the Pi as network storage for bulky sound bank collections - will that work alongside reaper on same device? ~ although using a Pi in studio maybe a bit gimmicky, I reckon it’s still worthy of a deep dive review - seems like arm architecture is taking the main stage with apple... I reckon it follows that raspberry Pi could quickly become very relevant in field work or mobile studio. How did it go with plugins you tried? Do Linux plugins have an offering for Pi applications at all?

It’s coming!

x2 part 2 thanks guyy :D

Part 2?

Still waiting for Part 2 in 2020. It must have been quarantined

why jack? and what do u mean by a real time kernel??

As far as I know, not right now

Yeah, LMMS works. I don't think VSTs work though.

Part 2 has been out for a while

@@adamsteelproducer tnx couldnt find myself at first

You’ve just made me aware of non for the first time, but I’d say Reaper wins right now because its projects are completely cross platform so I can go from a pi to a 16-core x64 monster with no hassle

The onboard audio on the pi is…. Not good. The whole thing is made on a super cheap budget so this “works” but it won’t sound good, you’d need an external audio interface to get any kind of useable quality imo

What do you mean?

I think the Pi would be absolutely solid for this, as long as you don’t need any 3rd party plugins it’s perfect and should be solid as a rock. You could even get a second one as a backup as they’re that cheap! You could even program your project on your main pc and it should translate perfectly

@@adamsteelproducer Thank you for the very swift reply! Do you think... mebbe... reaeq and readelay would crack the donkey's back? They are not mandatory, but they could be very handy, too...

It’s out there, have a look

search "reaper raspberry pi part 2"

Eh? Midi is midi, I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Yes, all of them

Good question- with solid state storage, I’d wager the older machine would be more appropriate (since it can do windows plugins) but would use a lot more ac power

@@adamsteelproducer Thanks, its a really interesting concept. I used to run REAPER in Ubuntu using WINE and had all the VSTs there but not sure if Raspbian works with WINE? I'd have to do some research. Did you ever do Pt 2 to this video?

Just read that there is a program called Carla-rack for linux that you can download packages for that allow bridging of VST's :)

As far as I can tell, most drivers are written for OS X or windows, making them useless for Linux. If your interface has specific Linux drivers then great. Otherwise, class compliant is where it’s at because in theory, that means it should work anywhere without specific drivers

That’s the idea! I’ll be working with this kind of setup in part 2

@@adamsteelproducer when will the video come out?

Can’t say, I need to film it yet! Couple of weeks maybe, once it’s edited and released

There’s no difference

Of course! There’s no platform restriction on Reaper licences

(I only know how to do this on windows / ableton so idk if it will work but Step one: Make a folder and put your VSTs in it Step two: load up your DAW, go to options and select the vst folder you just made Refresh plugins and try to load some

It’s not so simple on an RPi. Windows VSTs don’t work so it’s something I’m investigating

Does not work. Nearly impossible. I don’t speak in absolutes because someone might have done it but here’s why it’s not a good idea. DSP. A Raspberry Pi is a micro controller and not really designed for massive CPU load that VSTs require.

@@elissitdesign wouldn't the system architecture also be a problem?

Seems so at the minute, but I’m looking at VST compilers cross platform, and also if Wine can recompile on the fly

Coming eventually! It’s been a very busy couple of months here, and I’m investigating things like third party VSTs because of the different cpu architecture

So?

@@adamsteelproducer the guy on the video said "gigabit".

Maybe you would.....?

For multi track audio? It’s not designed for it at all

@@adamsteelproducer alright. Any free software for small scale podcasting ?

Why not? Some people don’t have the money for a full computer, or want a completely silent system, or just want to have some fun

no you don't even need to know how to use the terminal to use linux