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The TronPi - A Raspberry Pi Mellotron Emulator

Published on Nov 2, 2012 Marc Girard·17 videos

"The TronPi is a Mellontron Emulator based on the 35$ Raspberry Pi computer. It has the 4 classic Tron sounds: Choir, Strings, Brass and Flute. The TronPi is controlled with a standard USB/MIDI Keyboard and doesn't have any perceptible latency.

All the audio in this video was taken straight from the Raspberry PI's audio output, no further processing was added to the source. It's straight out of the computer. The reverb ambience you hear on the recordings is built in the sampler and adjustable.

The computer boots in 30 seconds or so. It supports MIDI program changes and once loaded, program changes are instant, no lag.

Comments are welcome,

Marc Girard
bluaudio.org"

1 comment:

  1. Klaus Ruthmann1/22/16, 11:51 AM

    Phew! It was to me, as if Peter Gabriel stood before me an wears the bat-hat watching the sky...
    I would like to know if this is a bare metal system or does it run upon a host os ( RiscOS, Raspian etc.)?
    Your demo ist fantastic - the sound itself stoods for a nearly forgotten aera of prog-rock and real musicians. The sound of a mellotron still gives me the heebie-jeebies, just like a Wurlitzer-Piano with a looooong release time. Klaus

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