Old 10-09-2020, 09:31 AM   #1
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Default Reaper on a Rasberry PI4

Who would have thunk it! running incredibly well.
Question on Themes? can they be changed in the Linux version?
When I install a Theme to the Themes folder on the PI none are seen?
I can only switch between the Reaper included Themes.
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Old 10-09-2020, 11:41 AM   #2
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Drag/drop the theme file over REAPER's main window to install them.

Or open the resource folder with Options > Show REAPER resource path in explorer/finder and put the theme file in the ColorThemes subdirectory.
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Old 10-09-2020, 01:09 PM   #3
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Thank you Sir, will try to drag and drop onto main window when I get home from work.
Already tried putting in the Theme folder but none were seen?
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Old 10-11-2020, 05:01 AM   #4
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Ahh found the hidden .config folder containg all reaper resource files.
Thanks for Options > Show REAPER resource path in explorer/finder.
All showing now, thanks again
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Old 10-11-2020, 07:58 AM   #5
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When computers get smaller than a mechanical qwerty. Laptops qwerties I do not need normally, but they are there, I need mechanical qwerties instead (MX brown switches for example), then you could replace the laptop screen with another screen alternative, a tablet, anything, even something tiny, if it is already enough for your use case scenario, like musical use cases. Some tiny form of screen as long as your f1 .. f12 keys could be useful already. Dynamic mapping of functionality to f1 .. f12 so you could access those functions via your qwerty, instead of touching the screen each time. More predictable, better feeling hitting mechanical buttons instead of a glassy surface.

In short: rasperry pi 4 + (cheapest) tablet + mechanical qwerty = can be musical alternative.

And if it is not expensive, you can have 2 of them, or 3 or 4. The most expensive part would be the mechanical qwerty I guess.

My favourite would be having 3 tiny screens:
1. screen: for putting above f1..f4
2. screen: for putting above f5..f8
3. screen: for putting above f9..f12

This would integrate your screen into your qwerty. Just behind the qwerty, your raspberry box would sit. A system consisting of a mechanical qwerty more or less. If you really need more, just add another tablet, as mentioned above, for seeing your reaper window for example, if you really need.
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My favourite would be having 3 tiny screens:
1. screen: for putting above f1..f4
2. screen: for putting above f5..f8
3. screen: for putting above f9..f12

I have a very tiny ADAFruit touchscreen that I've run REAPER on with my older Raspberry Pi 3 B+. So tiny it fits in my hand, but grabbing the faders with my big fingers is a chore.

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Old 10-11-2020, 06:49 PM   #7
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Cool images, thanks for sharing.
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Yeah!you all are way beyond what I can do with linux.
But wow linux has come a long way from my last trials ten years ago or so.
And the PI sure has my interest peaked.
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Old 10-12-2020, 08:29 AM   #9
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Raspberry Pis are cool little computers. The one I had in my hand with the little touchscreen is now a dedicated Kodi media player in my living room. It streams live/recorded HDTV from a MythTV server, plus music, videos, and pictures from a network share.

The other one I have in my studio and is on my security system as one of the feeds. Some sharp eyes out there might have noticed the "xfce" desktop. Both my Raspberry Pis have the stock Raspberry Pi OS on them, but I installed xfce as the desktop and it makes them feel right at home.
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Old 10-12-2020, 10:57 AM   #10
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If it were not for the PI I most likely wouldn't have tried Linux again.
Have a few older i3's and i5's going to install Linux on one and see what its all about in 2020.
But yeah what a neat little computer the PI is, lol bough PI4 4gb on sale for $45 and am have a blast. Can get linux sampler, dexed, obxd and yoshimi (zynaddsubfx) running fine with no xruns lol and then found Reaper runs on it. Have a hifiberry being shipped, read some good things about its efficiency? will see? There is so much more for linux since the last time I tried! good times we live in, umm with the exception of covid.
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How hot does it get? the raspberry pi is a power hog.
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Old 10-14-2020, 09:20 AM   #12
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How hot does it get? the raspberry pi is a power hog.
Runs at 45-52c I do have heat syncs and a fan.
Had to put feet on the case to lift for air flow underneath.
Helped quite a bit, no more warm desk under the case.
Overclocked to 2.1ghz running at 48khz 128 samples.
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Old 10-14-2020, 09:39 AM   #13
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I use one of these solid aluminum cases on my Pi 4. It has multiple contact points inside where you use thermal grease so the whole entire case becomes a big passive heatsink for all the components that generate heat.



I scratched the paint off down to bare metal on all the contact points before applying thermal grease too.

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If it were not for the PI I most likely wouldn't have tried Linux again.
What you have against linux, it is best operating system on earth, or not?

Now where Reaper, Renoise or Bitwig are available for linux as well, meaning best music tools one could think of, there is no reason to stay with any other nonsense OS. For programming and other things it is anyway miles better, the only remaining thing, music is also available.
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What you have against linux, it is best operating system on earth, or not?
Please do make this known to Native Instruments (and many more commercial plugin providers).
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Old 10-19-2020, 07:30 AM   #16
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What you have against linux, it is best operating system on earth, or not?

Now where Reaper, Renoise or Bitwig are available for linux as well, meaning best music tools one could think of, there is no reason to stay with any other nonsense OS. For programming and other things it is anyway miles better, the only remaining thing, music is also available.
Lol, nothing Sir
Last time I tried (oh 2010 or so) things did not look so exciting.
I guess things have changed a whole lot since then, Thank You Justin :-)
Only wish I could ask for at this point is for .lv2 to be supported in Reaper.
Would open up enough plugins to Reaper that I most likely would ditch Windows and run only Linux for my DAW machine.
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I do also have a very tiny ADAFruit touchscreen that I've run REAPER on with my older Raspberry Pi 3 B+. So tiny it fits in my hand, but grabbing the faders with my big fingers is a chore.
what could be interesting, to eliminate/replace need for qwerty keyboard and user input problem, is to use a game controller (via midi remapping?) perhaps one with integrated touchpad (ps4 controller?) and then don't some other game controllers also have a small video touch screen?
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what could be interesting, to eliminate/replace need for qwerty keyboard and user input problem, is to use a game controller (via midi remapping?) perhaps one with integrated touchpad (ps4 controller?) and then don't some other game controllers also have a small video touch screen?
Kind of like a Zynthian but more general purpose.
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Old 10-23-2020, 02:34 PM   #19
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I did xbox360 to osc remapping via osciibot. Working greatly.
From x360 controller you can also make a great mouse or qwerty input device, using another software. In short you can use it for any software (as mouse + qwerty) or for musical stuff like Reaper daw (osc + osciibot).
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