Pedal Pi Kit Review - A Raspberry Pi Zero Guitar Pedal 🎸
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- The Pedal Pi is a Raspberry Pi Zero programmable guitar pedal from ElectroSmash, a UK-based open source hardware company. The kit comes with all of the components that you need to build it and ElectroSmash has a download for Raspbian Jessie Lite with the drivers and effect code examples pre-loaded.
ElectroSmash was kind enough to send this kit out to me for review. Of course this is not a paid review and I was under no obligation to say anything in particular. All thoughts, views and opinions expressed in the video are my own.
ElectroSmash Pedal Pi link: www.electrosmash.com/pedal-pi
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You are awesome. Thank you for this video. I had an idea for this, popped it in Google, and here you are. Thanks for this project. You gave me a springboard for my own ideas.
Holy smoke! The reverb portion is awesome! If that isn't a song already you should make it one!
Great video. I’m stoked to have found your content.
Just to split a terminology hair, a 'trim pot' is typically adjusted with a screwdriver to calibrate some 'set and forget' adjustment-as opposed to a regular 'pot' with a knob, meant for frequent re-adjustment. Otherwise a great and useful review. Thanks!
Love the look of that PCB! Cool kit, good vid!
Thanks! Yeah I love matte black PCBs; really aesthetically pleasing.
Great video!!!
that sticker is dope AF
nice! that's awesome, i would like to build one, thanks a lot~~~~
Still Awesome!
Just wanted to ask : Is it possible to replace the Raspberry Pi Zero-based to Raspberry Pi 3? Like is there anything to be added or removed on some way on the Raspberry Pi 3?
I'm still really new to this.
I really like this project, just imagine, if you use a signal generator as an input, and a oscilloscope as an output, you can put in the middle any analog pedal and copy his effect in each frequency with a bunch of coding, and also you can get your own library of multi-effects and set your own pedal box. Cool.
Enrique Montes yeah that's exactly what I was thinking about.. Have you tried it by any chance?
this would copy the EQ curve (like Impulse Responses do), but wouldn't work for the time domain. So, you could do that for a distortion pedal, but not for a delay pedal.
I was looking for a course on electronics to start building my own pedals, but then it struck me that nowadays a lot is digital as well. I'll check out your other videos, but do you know whether any kits like these exist nowadays that you can program in Python?
sudo raspi-config might be a little more user friendly to make the keyboard change
Nice overview thanks. How is the latency on this pedal?
Thanks for this inspiring video about the PedalPI from ElectroSmash. For a school project, I have choosen to create my first electronics project with a short lines to my playing the electronic guitar hobby.
I have started with building my own PedalPI, but got stuck after soldering the PCB and starting programming the PI. The ElectroSmash forum is not working anymore and gives an content error. Can you help me with the mentioned URL to download the Jessie Lite OS including BCM2835 and PedalPI software? And/or do you have some guidelines to start programming the PedalPI?
Many thanks in advance en hopefully you can boost my schoolproject to start the funn stuff of programming the first sounds.
Now I am not a guitarist in anyway (Drummer) I love seeing tech. I can see sooo many possible options, upgrades, expansion which would compete if not blow out some of the big players.
Things like
Apps which connect using WiFi to change the buttons depending on songs.
Small screens to show tuning, current settings etc in real time while playing.
Ability to add more buttons to assign more effects
USB to record onto a USB drive
Ability to use Analog valves for that vintage sound
Playback from a USB drive while playing over (like a temp track or backing track)
And that was just after watching this one video WOW if only I had the knowledge and or skills
I agree! I think it's a great platform that ElectroSmash has introduced. I just built an effects switcher for it here: czcams.com/video/vDX4SsmK0_I/video.html
Your ideas are really great as well! I especially like the tuning idea.
Just wish I had the skills, I can picture it in my head and I can see it being used on stage, on the home studio both by pros and hobbyists, I just dont have the software skills
It takes a bit but teaching yourself with open source resources is definitely doable. I know how intimidating it can seem but I'm completely self taught by doing projects that have scaled up in difficulty, and only seriously over the past year and a half, and although I'm definitely not an expert it definitely gets easier. I'd encourage you to try experimenting with an Arduino board or a Raspberry Pi and see how it goes!
Something that listens to your playing, composes drum fills and talks MIDI to something that can play them.
Nice.
Does it work with the zero 2 w? Also would it support Modep virtual pedal board?
How does the looper effect sound? Did I hear some Runaways in your playing?
So cool! Subbed....
Have you tried to run since sort of simulator on it like Rakarrak or Guitarix?
Hi! Im just starting with programing arduinos and playing bass, would you recommend this one over the pedalShield uno for a beginner? great video btw regards from Mexico
Hello and thanks! Glad you're jumping into the open source world. This is a really good question. I think both options have pros and cons. Where you have an Arduino Uno then the pedalShield Uno would be building on the architecture that you're familiar with. But with the Pedal Pi you'd be getting some Raspberry Pi exposure but you would have to buy a Pi Zero board separately. I would probably suggest starting with the pedalShield Uno to get a feel for it and then once you're a little bit more comfortable with programming try out the Pedal Pi. Hope this helps and good luck!
what software is running the fx??
Why did "REVERB" sound more like a low-gain distortion?
Because programmers are nerds who don’t know how to rock ‘n’ rooooooooll! 🍺🍻
The kit uses a 12 bit adc-dac, so you got that kind of grain. The project is sold as a "lo-fi effect pedal" though.
Is there a way to make this pedal work like a Beat Buddy drum pedal?
I have one question: could you use that board to use it on a raspberry pi 4 or 3?
because it could be interesting to use it as a multi effect such as a kemper
what does it sound like
test sound?
Have you tinkered with Guitarix any?
I really want to get Guitarix on a pi3 with a MIDI switcher but it looks lik Pi+Guitarix died off
Had that in mind also but found another solution .. Pi 3 + audioinjector + zynthian software which is a fork of MOD duo. The software can be found in github or the zynthian web page.
Guitar? I can't find any examples of someone using guitar and zynthian
Yes, guitar. Zynthian project is for synthesizers primarily, but you can use it with guitar also. Audioinjector has an audio input and that can be used with guitar. Zynthian has a lot of LV2, LADSPA, etc plugins which are usable also with guitar. Keep in mind that the software is based on MOD duo which is primarily for guitar. Why there isn't many examples ?. The answer is pretty simple .. not that many has used zynthian for this purpose ...
uhhh i need help.... can you make a video for aduino Uno 4x4 midi drumpads and multiplex the buttons without the multiplexer and midi port
So you're in luck :) I actually did an Arduino MIDI Fighter project a short time again. Video with resource links in the description here: czcams.com/video/RswQLylJZVU/video.html
thats was the pro micro well i only have UNO but still does the code has compatibility for both micro controllers?
The Uno's chip doesn't support HID natively, so you'll either have to use serial commands and a software converter or you'll have to update the Uno's firmware so that the computer sees it as a MIDI device. If you want to use it as an Arduino you'll have to flash the firmware back to the Arduino firmware. There's some info on those methods here: forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=57784.0
To be honest I've tried using an Uno for MIDI and it can be a real pain. I'd really recommend getting a board that either has a 32u4 chip like the Pro Micro or one of the new m0 Express boards from Adafruit that support HID, especially if you want this to be a permanent project.
what's your upcoming projects? and what if you collab with evan kale xD
Thank you now i understand.... very helpful btw OwO
I think its better than arduino
Hahaha in the future bands are going to have little servers on the cloud and show up to gigs with server racks/ firewalls/ cradle points lol
Hi friend, could you tell me if it is possible to install Guitar Rig 5 on raspberry pi?
It's only for Windows and Mac. You might be able to find an equivalent Linux program but you'd have to keep in mind that it would need to be both 32-bit and ARM compatible to run on Raspbian.
Eventually it might be doable with Wine.
Wine allows Windows Software to run on Linux but it can be a little hit and miss. Somethings work perfectly out of the box, some might need some tinkering and some other are a PITA and might never work... So it's a matter of trying.
Also, Wine eats some system resources on top of the application itself and I really don't know if the Pi Zero has enough power for all of this... There again, it's a matter of trying but it might actually work.
This should have other buttons,, so it could be build in to the guitar, but it is still possible whit some modification i believe.
It has USB, you can add as many buttons as you like..
Only 10 bits ADC
J PL lame
Did anyone tell you that your voice similar to Jodie Foster? Good video anyway...
That should come on a metal case... Looks fragile AF
do some math and u could build one from wood for sure
When IT guys are also musicians
He doesn't have guitar? Why making pedal if you can't play?
Why bother yourself with this low sound quality kit. You can gain far better results with audioinjector soundcard for pi zero. I have them in pi3 and pi zero and they sound great.
Yes I know that this is a different product. My point was that you can build a far more capable pedal using these two components, a Pi and a audioinjector or similar sound card with audio input and output. Just google for zynthian and/or MOD duo. The information is out there, just use it....
Hannu Hanhi
Thank you for the tip. That combo looks interesting. I will seriously look into that. Since it just uses Pulseaudio, it should be easy to learn how to program for it.
Linux in a guitar pedal seems like overkill, but being able to connect a monitor to it for debugging output or whatever would be interesting. I have thinking that visual output would be helpful to developing spectral transforms and such. And, I imagine that existing libraries for Linux would make advanced audio processing much easier.
Austin P
I would advice you not to use Pulseaudio because it's not designed for real time audio processing. Zynthian and MOD Duo are using Jack. Jack is designed for real time audio. I'm running Jack with latency < 5 ms with Pi3. Linux being an overkill in a stomp box, not really if it fits in your box then it's all fine :)
Thanks for the tip. I'm looking into that now.
Ive bought the ultra2 exactly to try and code a pedal!
I love Raspberry PIs and I love playing guitar but this is a shit idea. It's more expensive than good regular pedals and will not stand up in real life usage. Pedals have to be very strong and resistant to liquids. It doesn't work until the system is booted up and if there's a problem booting when out gigging, you're screwed. As a POC fine but not for anyone that plays seriously.
Very bad sound!
it has a PLASTIC SHELL!!! that is BS for a pedal........its a toy nothing more