Modartt user forum - Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:37:32 +0000

Sure you're not the only one.

In other news, I don't remember the last time my W7 (now W10) computer crashed. It's rock stable, and I'd be confident enough to take it live...

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (urchin) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:24:48 +0000

EvilDragon wrote:

Well, we don't know for sure, but I'd assume it's not a trivial matter otherwise Modartt would've done it by now if they saw it feasible.

Well, I'll just hope x86-based RPi alternatives (like the Udoo) actually ship

I guess I'm not the only one who would like to run Pianoteq on a headless, low-power, always-on device that does not crash

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:19:02 +0000

Well, we don't know for sure, but I'd assume it's not a trivial matter otherwise Modartt would've done it by now if they saw it feasible.

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (urchin) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:14:52 +0000

EvilDragon wrote:

It's a completely different architecture, Pianoteq only runs on x86 CPUs, needs SSE, etc.

Sure, but I guess Pianoteq is not written in x86 assembly, and ARM has vector instructions too... (not minimizing the effort required, but it should be possible)

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:10:12 +0000

It's a completely different architecture, Pianoteq only runs on x86 CPUs, needs SSE instruction set (IIRC), etc.

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (urchin) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:54:53 +0000

EvilDragon wrote:

ARM is the deal killer, yeah.

How so? Is the ISA insufficient, or the processor too slow, or...?

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:50:43 +0000

ARM is the deal killer, yeah.

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (urchin) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:41:46 +0000

I'd like to dig this old thread; any chance an ARM build would be feasible, especially since the RPi specs keep getting better? (the Pi3 has 1GB RAM and a beefier CPU)

I use a Kawai VPC1 and sometimes booting my laptop is a chore; using an always-on RPi would be a dream setup for me.

Cheers!

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (JerryKnight) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:28:27 +0000

I've seen a lot of these ARM-based architectures getting vastly improved GPU hardware. Is there any chance that Pianoteq can be GPU accelerated? I'm not an audio simulation guru, but it seems to me that it could potentially benefit from massively parallel floating-point vector calculations.

It would just seem odd to me if a device that could play Quake 3 couldn't run Pianoteq in some usable manner.

Re: Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (Jake Johnson) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:39:15 +0000

I saw an article about these and thought of PianoTeq, too. Just an RCA jack for video, but you could use one of those USB to HDMI cables for a normal monitor.

But the processor speed is only 700 MHz. And the The RAM is low--256M. Alas.

Pianoteq on Raspberry Pi?

null@example.com (grimborg) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:24:36 +0000

Do you think Pianoteq could run on a Raspberry Pi? On the specs I see that it has an ARM processor, maybe that's a deal killer?

It'd be awesome to run Pianoteq on a small dedicated "invisible" hardware.