Phil Atkin has been hard at work developing synth systems with the Pi. Here is a video (above) of his latest effort. I’ll let him explain: A first-generation Raspberry Pi (Model B+ overclocked to 950MHz) runs a sequencing application which drives…
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Speech recognition on the Raspberry Pi with SphinxBase and PocketSphinx
Wolf Paulus (which is a fabulous name in itself) has written a comprehensive tutorial which teaches you how to install SphinxBase and PocketSphinx on the Pi and have it perform speech recognition. As Wolf points out, you can’t expect it to…
Piezo ring tones with the Raspberry Pi
Roberto Marquez has written a tutorial over on the Adafruit site to generate ring tones on the Pi and play them via a simple piezo buzzer. Nice beginners project that anyone should be able to do. Read it here.
Piana – the Raspberry Pi synthesizer
Phil Atkin has been experimenting with bringing synthesizer software to the Raspberry Pi. Normally, this kind of equipment can cost £1000s but he is proving that the $35 Raspberry Pi is more than up to the job. Hackaday has just…
Cambridge 105 interview with Eben Upton about the Raspberry Pi
Eben Upton of Raspberry Pi has been interviewed by the guys over at Cambridge 105. It has some general stuff about the Pi and also some nice geeky technical detail! Listen to it here. Nice listen for a Sunday afternoon 🙂
Vibration sensors tell a story using a Raspberry Pi
Artist Catodo has created an art installation which uses vibration sensors to drive sound samples from a Raspberry Pi. Here’s what he has to say about it: We created a geometric structure using ribbons of red cotton and we applied…
BBC Radio on the Raspberry Pi controlled with a tiny web server
Stephen Phillips wanted to listen to BBC radio stations on his Raspberry Pi, but control which station via his mobile phone. So, he’s created a small web server and some interface code to enable him to do it. He’s open-sourced…
Streaming Raspberry Pi radio player uses Google Sheet for scheduling
Here’s an interesting Instructable. It’s a 3D-printed radio unit with a Pi inside that reads from a Google Sheet online to determine when it should play. It’s a lovely case, but I expect you can find something pre-fabricated if you…
CBBC Newsround looks at Sonic Pi on the Raspberry Pi
Jenny from CBBC’s Newsround has been talking to Sam Aaron and some of the kids at a Sonic Pi Live & Coding event. You can watch the piece on the CBBC website.
Raspberry Pi transceiver adapter shown at Chelmsford
Peter Onion recently attended the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society Skills Night and showed off his Raspberry Pi Panadapter. I’ve seen it in person at Potton Pi and Pints and I have to say it’s brilliant. You set the equipment up…