Clockwork PI, ESI XSynth - when these work together, it's awesome (lots of sound examples)

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"The ClockworkPI u console is a so-called Cyberdeck (think oversized Blackberry) powerful enough to run DAWs. The ESI XSynth is a digital synthesizer that registers both as an audio interface and as a MIDI keyboard. Now this should be the perfect match, right? Table of contents:

00:00 sound example
00:05 hi
00:20 what on earth is this
01:19 what is the XSynth?
02:07 hello linux
03:13 patch examples: A001 XSynthGo (Poly AT demo)
03:37 A006 LoFiPicks
03:54 A008 Fatness
04:13 A009 Whales
04:26 A015 On Clouds
04:47 A028 7Flower
05:42 A074 Pianism
06:05 A102 LeGrand
06:45 B060 EP Pad
07:18 B075 RevPad
07:48 some patches I made: C001 Nostalgia
08:40 C002 David
09:07 C003 Warm Pad
09:42 C004 Chaos
10:00 C005 TR909L
10:14 XSynth Architecture: Creating a patch with FM, PWM and Ring Modulation, Mod Matrix, Effects, ...
15:25 Layering tracks on the ClockworkPi to create this track (XSynth only)
17:16 some thoughts on this setup
18:35 bye, subscribe, support

Links:
ClockworkPI https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-ucon...
Clockwork OS https://wiki.clockworkpi.com/ClockworkOS
Reaper https://www.reaper.fm/

Commands:
I had the best result with Pipewire, Jack and ALSA.

sudo apt purge pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pipewire pipewire-audio-client-libraries pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack

systemctl --user daemon-reexec
systemctl --user enable pipewire pipewire-pulse
systemctl --user start pipewire pipewire-pulse

sudo apt install qjackctl a2jmidid

Then reboot.
start qjackctl and set it up as usual, specify the XSynth as your audio interface.
Start the jackd.
Then, on another console, start

a2jmidid -e

Then start REAPER. Go to properties and select JACK as audio driver. You should get a running system with the occasional popping sound.

In order to avoid this, just use a second audio interface and skip all the steps above. ;-)


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