Picoloop nanoloop clone (Page 13 of 17)

I don't remember everything I did for building picoloop, and now my system is configured for this so it just work. You can post your errors and I'll try to help. I may also try to build an updated version (I'm not using the pocketchip that much at the moment)

I assume you have read the readme, but anyway:

- have you installed the required libraries?

apt-get install libsdl* libasound2*  libpthread*  g++  make libjack-dev  

- have you run the correct makefile?

cd      picoloop
make -f Makefile.RtAudio_pocketchip               clean
make -f Makefile.RtMidi_pocketchip                clean
make -f Makefile.PatternPlayer_pocketchip_RtAudio clean
make -f Makefile.RtAudio_pocketchip
make -f Makefile.RtMidi_pocketchip
make -f Makefile.PatternPlayer_pocketchip_RtAudio
make -f Makefile.PatternPlayer_pocketchip_RtAudio

I don't remember having modified the cflags and such, it seems it's already in the makefile: LSDL/lib

But I remember now Yoyz told me he added support for SDL2 recently, so maybe we need to change the pocketchip makefile to select the correct version.

Meanwhile, try adding this in the Makefile.PatternPlayer_pocketchip_RtAudio file:

CFLAGS_SDLVERS=-D__SDL12__

and run the commands again.

I'll have a look this weekend.

Last edited by garvalf (Apr 28, 2017 10:57 am)

Yes! It's working for me now on PocketCHIP.

Thanks!

yeah, it works for me too. Thanks!

hey, I got a good idea.

The keyboard on the pocketchip really suck, making it a bit tedious to use picoloop on it. So I've found you can connect an usb gamepad to it, and use it like on the psp.

Just get a kind of "usb snes" on ebay (I got mine for under 3 €, like there: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Super-Controller … SwNyFWekeq)

Install qjoypad: https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad (on debian / ubuntu / mint / pocketchip just "sudo apt-get install qjoypad")

Copy my settings from there:
https://github.com/farvardin/picoloop-m … /.qjoypad3 and put the .qjoypad3 folder into your home directory ~/

(or redefine your own from the gui, if you're using an other gamepad like a ps3 one. It seems the gui doesn't work on pocketchip because there is not systray?)

You can also use it from your pc. I haven't tried it enough to choose if it's better than from the keyboard but it seems convenient. The buttons are like the PSP one, just on the pocketchip it's X instead of A and Y instead of B so you can use the same qjoypad settings everywhere.

Last edited by garvalf (May 1, 2017 4:50 pm)

I believe the jack output mustn't be much better than the one on raspberry pi. For me it sounds rather ok. I could try to record something to hear the comparison. I'll also try to plug a cable for midi with the joypad, and I'll tell you (maybe not before next weekend).

In my opinion the pocketchip is funny, but it's not that useful, especially if you own other devices for making music. Anyway it's rather cheap so why not.

I've tried an usb hub (non powered from ext PSU), and it works, I could plug my midi master keyboard and this snes gamepad (the latency when using midi in sunvox is quite high, I'd say at least 200 ms).
I think you can also plug an external keyboard. It works fine for me with a bluetooth mini keyboard (yeah, there is also BT which is quite convenient)