Activities such as "Maker Faire" to show all the "homemade" things, including electronic work and electronic musical instruments, are often seen as Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Although it exists in the heart of robots and in the control parts of various machines, Arduino is based on work and programming, and it is difficult to use without skills. On the other hand, Raspberry Pi is basically a device that can be used as long as various programs on the Internet are installed, so it is also very easy for us amateur users.
In fact, I've also seen running a software source in Raspberry Pi as a small synthesizer, but if I ask what to do, it seems a little impossible for me to recreate the environment, for example, I need to compile, so I give up.
However, a few days ago, Tracktion's DAW software "Waveform", not to mention Windows, Mac, Linux=Ubuntu and even Raspberry Pi, was officially released in China, which made me want to check it out. Tracktion also put forward the version of Tracktion3 exactly 10 years ago in this series. The Waveform listed here is the equivalent of Tracktion8, and its name has been changed to Waveform since this time.
Waveform(画面はWindows 10上で動かしたもの)Tracktion has been actively committed to Ubuntu from the past, dealing with beta in Tracktion5 and formally responding from Tracktion6. And this is the first time to deal with Raspberry Pi in this Waveform. The corresponding models are Raspberry Pi2 and Raspberry Pi3, so the first-generation Raspberry Pi purchased by the author in 2014 is not within the scope of the target. Because it is cheap equipment around 5000 yen, I tried to buy a model with a plastic shell.
Raspberry Pi 3のプラスチックケース付きモデルFor those who are not familiar with it, Raspberry Pi3 is a small PC with CPU, memory, graphics, audio, USB,LAN,Wi-Fi,Bruetooth and other functions on a credit card-sized substrate. Because there is no storage device such as HDD/SSD, it becomes the form of joining microSD. The power supply is supplied by microUSB terminals, and the video output is equipped with HDMI terminals, so connecting the mouse and keyboard to the USB while connecting it is a device with incredible functions and performance in terms of the price that can be used as a PC.
CPU is not the Intel used by Windows or Mac machines, but the ARM used by smartphones. Having said that, because it is 64bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, it should be quite powerful, but is it really something that DAW can move? it makes people a little worried. Therefore, it seems worthwhile to confirm whether this can be used properly and whether the software sound sources and effects really work.