On Tue, October 21, 2014 1:12 am, Len Ovens wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, rosea grammostola wrote: > >> Is it possible to install JACK etc. and for instance Pianoteq on a >> device >> like this, to create your own instrument module? >> >> http://www.rikomagic.com/en/product/showpro_id_58_pid_22.html > > It "looks" like it "should" be possible. It uses Ubuntu's Arm repos which > if they do not include jack, do include all the build tools to make it > with. There may be no FPU, so that may limit what sound modules will > build. > Unfortunately the Rockchip series are completely crap for realtime audio. Allwinner chips provide a better all round developer experience. > What I am saying is that this is a "set top box" made to do TV kinds of > things. The Ubuntu repos for the Arm will include those things people have > spent the time to do for the Arm achitecture. So I would expect to have to > build some of the things I wanted. It is impossible to know how well the > audio HW is set up, if it has it's own irq, if it is 16bit/48k, etc. Is > there a lowlatency kernel ready made or will you need to roll your own? > (Is the hw put together in a way it will work without?) Control would have > to be USB or ethernet as there is no serial port to play with. The WIFI > may be more of a liability than a help for music (it has to be turned off > on this netbook). > > Basically, it comes down to, what is the cost? Is it cheap enough I can > use it for something else if it doesn't work? The only way to find out for > sure is to buy and try. > > For stage use, it may need to be "reboxed" with good road worthy > connectors, USB stuff always plugged in or at least wired out to good > quality pannel USB plugs. 1/8 wired to 1/4 inch plus etc. > -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
