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Topic: Elk Audio OS: cost-effective embedded Pianoteq?

https://forum.elk.audio/t/harrison-mixb...o-os/398/4

It requires a version of Pianoteq compiled against their platform. Between the increase in power on the RPi and the focused OS design and performance tuning they do, I would expect pretty decent live performance capacities.

Not sure if this would have any use in the studio. The thread should have an answer from Ilias about expected signal chain / use cases and how it differs from https://zynthian.org/ for example

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Re: Elk Audio OS: cost-effective embedded Pianoteq?

ethanay wrote:

https://forum.elk.audio/t/harrison-mixb...o-os/398/4

It requires a version of Pianoteq compiled against their platform. Between the increase in power on the RPi and the focused OS design and performance tuning they do, I would expect pretty decent live performance capacities.

Not sure if this would have any use in the studio. The thread should have an answer from Ilias about expected signal chain / use cases and how it differs from https://zynthian.org/ for example

Just got confirmation, this would be an ideal platform for developing a dedicated (but upgradeable!) PTQ hardware module, I think, and would be very affordable. The hardware and OS design I think would be a fraction of the total cost, most of it going to PTQ. Looks very feasible.

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Re: Elk Audio OS: cost-effective embedded Pianoteq?

ethanay wrote:
ethanay wrote:

https://forum.elk.audio/t/harrison-mixb...o-os/398/4

It requires a version of Pianoteq compiled against their platform. Between the increase in power on the RPi and the focused OS design and performance tuning they do, I would expect pretty decent live performance capacities.

Not sure if this would have any use in the studio. The thread should have an answer from Ilias about expected signal chain / use cases and how it differs from https://zynthian.org/ for example

Just got confirmation, this would be an ideal platform for developing a dedicated (but upgradeable!) PTQ hardware module, I think, and would be very affordable. The hardware and OS design I think would be a fraction of the total cost, most of it going to PTQ. Looks very feasible.

Hello Ethanay,
it is really amusing. If someone thinks about realising an embedded solution with PTQ which should be "cheap" everyone looks at a Raspberry PI. I think this is the most known Maker CPU module - and it was the first of this type on the market but is it also the best solution for an audio application? You have to add audio hardware and not later than here it will not be the cheapest solution. There are better solutions on the market for audio usage.....