[L2Ork-dev] RPi3 l2ork installation

Tue Feb 14 18:42:40 UTC 2017

Sure! Thank you.

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Computer Music
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Virginia Tech
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On Feb 14, 2017 11:33, "Aidan Taylor" <aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Ok great thanks - thanks for taking the time for all the replies!
>
> I will order a pHat DAC anyway as I will surely make use of it at some
> point - if you like I will report back on it.
>
> Aidan
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> No idea. I know USB soundcard works really well.  Beyond that I am not
>> sure.
>>
>> --
>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>> Associate Professor
>> Computer Music
>> ICAT Senior Fellow
>> Director -- DISIS, L2Ork
>> Virginia Tech
>> School of Performing Arts – 0141
>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>> (540) 231-6139
>> ico at vt.edu
>> www.performingarts.vt.edu
>> disis.icat.vt.edu
>> l2ork.icat.vt.edu
>> ico.bukvic.net
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2017 11:03, "Aidan Taylor" <aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok I will have a look tonight, I didn't try adjusting the buffer or
>>> anything, just pressed go basically :) A quick question for you if you
>>> don't mind - I was thinking about using a DAC expansion for the Pi like
>>> this: https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/
>>> phat-dac#shopify-product-reviews - lots of people seem to think that
>>> resolves the inherent noise issues that the Pi built in jack has- but is it
>>> compatible with PD? I'm not sure if it behaves like a sound card per se.
>>>
>>> warm regards,
>>>
>>> Aidan
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pd on RPi? If so, you may be using more ambitious default audio buffer
>>>> settings, particularly if you are using visual shortcuts/icons to start
>>>> pd-l2ork that come with ambitious audio flags embedded. Audio engine
>>>> between the two is otherwise essentially identical.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>>>> Associate Professor
>>>> Computer Music
>>>> ICAT Senior Fellow
>>>> Director -- DISIS, L2Ork
>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>> School of Performing Arts – 0141
>>>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>>>> (540) 231-6139
>>>> ico at vt.edu
>>>> www.performingarts.vt.edu
>>>> disis.icat.vt.edu
>>>> l2ork.icat.vt.edu
>>>> ico.bukvic.net
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 14, 2017 07:51, "Aidan Taylor" <aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sure - but the equivalent patch in PD plays a recognisable sinewave
>>>>> (with a bit of background crunch) this wasn't recognisable as a sine -
>>>>> after that I reran the unpacking script it didn't return any errors this
>>>>> time, but I had to run off as I have a Max/MSP class to teach ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> RPi has a bad audio driver and/or chip. Best thing is to buy a $8 USB
>>>>>> stick-like soundcard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>>>>>> Associate Professor
>>>>>> Computer Music
>>>>>> ICAT Senior Fellow
>>>>>> Director -- DISIS, L2Ork
>>>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>>>> School of Performing Arts – 0141
>>>>>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>>>>>> (540) 231-6139
>>>>>> ico at vt.edu
>>>>>> www.performingarts.vt.edu
>>>>>> disis.icat.vt.edu
>>>>>> l2ork.icat.vt.edu
>>>>>> ico.bukvic.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 14, 2017 05:47, "Aidan Taylor" <aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK it now installed, and I was able to open the app. I just did a
>>>>>>> super quick test [osc~ 440.] > [*~ 0.5] > [dac~] and the audio is very
>>>>>>> broken up and choppy sounding, i'm just trying to run dpkg again as you
>>>>>>> mentioned - won't be able to play properly until later on. Excited about
>>>>>>> this now though!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> many thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Aidan Taylor <
>>>>>>> aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Ico, thanks a lot for the prompt (and Sunday!) reply - I am
>>>>>>>> having a look today. One question, how do I tell if pd-l2ork partially
>>>>>>>> installed? It doesn't seem to have unpacked anything in the folder that I
>>>>>>>> was working in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Will let you know the results,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Aidan, and thank you for your interest in pd-l2ork. The old RPi
>>>>>>>>> is arm6 and the new is arm7. If you are using Raspbian, I discovered it has
>>>>>>>>> some issues pulling certain packages when they are a part of the
>>>>>>>>> dependencies. For this reason, you may need to do the following:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please note these instructions apply to pd-l2ork not Purr-Data
>>>>>>>>> a.k.a. pd-l2ork 2.0, although they may very well apply there, as well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) make sure pd-l2ork is not partially installed (as in installed
>>>>>>>>> with an error and therefore left unconfigured)--if it is, the following
>>>>>>>>> option may uninstall it first in which case the step 2 may need to be done
>>>>>>>>> twice. You will need to have internet access via RPi for these steps to
>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) type:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get install libstk0-dev libfluidsynth-dev librtaudio-dev
>>>>>>>>> librtmidi-dev
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3) after it has installed, try again (this is assuming you are in
>>>>>>>>> the folder where pd-l2ork deb file is located):
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sudo dpkg -i pd-l2ork*deb
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4) type:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get -f install
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let me know if this fixes your problem. Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ico
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2/11/2017 10:07 AM, Aidan Taylor wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh, is it perhaps because the RPi3 uses ARMv8?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Aidan Taylor <
>>>>>>>>> aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -f install, after
>>>>>>>>>> it runs the check it returns "the following packages will be REMOVED:
>>>>>>>>>> pd-l20rk"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Aidan Taylor <
>>>>>>>>>> aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, actually I can see a string of errors when I run sudo dpkg
>>>>>>>>>>> -i pd-l20rk*deb - it basically comes up with "dependency problems prevent
>>>>>>>>>>> configuration of pd-l2ork..."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Aidan Taylor <
>>>>>>>>>>> aidanrtaylor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi there, I am having trouble running and/or possibly
>>>>>>>>>>>> installing l2ork on my Raspberry Pi 3, I opted to just install it straight
>>>>>>>>>>>> on my Pi as I have a touch screen attached.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I approached it following the tutorial on the l2ork site using
>>>>>>>>>>>> the following commands:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wget l2ork.music.vt.edu/data/pd/pd-l2ork-armv7l-20170119.deb
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *I can see the package has downloaded to my home folder...*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> sudo dpkg -i pd-l2ork*deb
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *This takes a long time, but seems to be doing something.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -f install
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *This runs as expected. I rebooted at this point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> pd-l2ork -version
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *This returns "*bash: pd-l2ork: command not found*" in the console.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It looks to me like the package isn't unpacking correctly perhaps? Please advise!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> warm regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Aidan Taylor
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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