The PiSound looks great but would require a different housing. Mmmmhhh . . . How does Pd communicate with it? Does it show up as a sound card and MIDI device?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pd-list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexandros > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PD] How to use a DAC expansion board with the RPi4 > > I can confirm that the Pisound works great, but it's not a cheap solution. > > On 23/9/21 4:34 . ., Ingo wrote: > > cat /proc/asound/cards says --- no soundcards --- > > Pd doesn't see any soundcards. > > > > I think the problem is that the DAC get its data from the GPIO pins > > that Pd cannot communicate with. > > > > I wonder if anybody made a "virtual soundcard" that talks to the RPi > > GPIO and shows up as a ALSA device. > > > > I have a very small Sounblaster card that works fine and sounds ok but > > it's still too large to fit inside. > > With the internal headphones out my software doesn't even start up. > > > > I'm afraid that this won't even work at all with Pd . . . > > Has anyone ever used any of these RPi DACs? > > > > Ingo > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Pd-list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter P. > >> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:19 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [PD] How to use a DAC expansion board with the RPi4 > >> > >> * Ingo <[email protected]> [2021-09-23 14:04]: > >>> Hi everybody! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I just got a DAC expansion board for my RPi4 but Pd doesn't see it. > >>> > >>> https://www.berrybase.de/en/new/argon-nanosound-one-case-f-252- > r- > >> raspb > >>> erry-p > >>> i-4?c=2389 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Since there is no room for a sound card in such a small box and the > >>> RPi headphone out is no good it looks like the only compact way. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Can anybody point me to instruction for making Pd use these DAC > >>> expansion boards as a sound card? > >> What do the commands > >> $ pd -listdev > >> $ $ cat /proc/asound/cards > >> tell you about available cards? > >> > >> What does the manufacturer of the expansion board tell you about it? > >> Will it be a separate sound card from the built-in one? Or will the > > expansion > >> merely provide the built-in one with more channels? > >> > >> You might want to subscribe to the linux audio users mailing list for > > assistance > >> as well. > >> > >> P > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
