Yoshimi Pi

[Folderol]

I though it was worth giving this it's own thread.

The first bit of news is that YP003 is now alive, kicking and has been running for most of the afternoon and evening

Looking for a home

[Martin Walker]

Bravo Will!

Martin

[zenguitar]

Not ready for one yet, but could I be first on the list for YP007, Live and Let Pi.



Andy

[ConcertinaChap]

As I said on the other thread I was going to leave playing with YP002 until the New Year but the thing is too much fun. It's a synth that has lots of good presets and can be programmed via a proper GUI but at the same time you can open a terminal window and write shellscript if you want to. OK, if you're not an old Unix hacker you may not want to but there's a Raspberry Pi 4B in the box just waiting to be played with.

You will need a USB wired keyboard and mouse to use Yoshimi but they're cheap as chips nowadays. You can plug a bog-standard (i.e. class compliant) MIDI interface and/or keyboard into one of the USB ports and it will recognise and play ball with both of them as you would want and expect it to.

Go on - treat yourself for Christmas - you know it makes sense!

CC

[Drew Stephenson]

Apropos of nothing, what kind of a price might a device like this cost?
Asking for a friend...

[BJG145]

It looks smashing; I'd be interested to see a demo on YouTube. Once word got around I think you'd get a bunch of orders for these.



PS a quirky label with a serial number and something like zenguitar's "Live and Let Pi" suggestion would be cool...or something along the lines of the electrical warnings on the Micro Q or Mesa Boogie.





...then there's the Yoshimi Pink Robots stickers and T-shirts...

[ConcertinaChap]

Apropos of nothing, what kind of a price might a device like this cost?
Asking for a friend...

I paid £260. I'm sure your friend would agree that represents superb value for money.

CC

PS I've currently got mine working with a larger screen because that's nicer in a semi-permanent installation but I'm keeping the small screen to hand because I want to retain the portability option. I'll bring it along to the next SoSmeet I come to.

[Folderol]

@BJG145
Thanks for your support.
Them robots get everywhere don't they

[ConcertinaChap]

You ought to collaborate with Martin Walker. I'm sure the world is ready for a Yoshimi SteamPi.

CC

PS For a Youtube video it would probably be better to wait for Eddy D to be back in the parish. I'm a lousy keyboard player, I mostly play it with my MIDI anglo.

[zenguitar]

Wouldn’t a steam pi be a pudding?

Andy

[Wonks]

Wouldn’t a steam pi be a pudding?

Or a fresh cow pat on a cold winter's morning?

[ConcertinaChap]

How disrespectful

CC

[Martin Walker]

This of course is why Wonks' music has SO little bass end - he always lowers the tone

Anyway, I think the Yoshimi SteamPi is a great idea!

Martin

[Folderol]

Thanks Martin. I'd be quite interested in a steam punk version actually - the more character this has, the better I think

Oh, and let them scoff, it may be only a little fellow but it punches well above its weight

For those interested in such things, here is the latest one opened up. As you can see it is pretty compact, and there is very little empty space inside. Those slots for the Ethernet and USB sockets were the hardest to get right. It doesn't help that they are not always quite square on the Pi itself

[zenguitar]

It’s the time of year for scoffing the finest Pi

How about 007GoldenPi?

Andy

[Wonks]

How disrespectful

CC

I was simply commenting on the term 'steam pi', not the Yoshimi.

But anyway, are you disrespecting my disrespect?

[Folderol]

It’s the time of year for scoffing the finest Pi

How about 007GoldenPi?

Andy

Ah yes, of course
I must be getting a bit slow in my old age

[Martin Walker]

I must be getting a bit slow in my old age

I think we all are Will

[ConcertinaChap]

But anyway, are you disrespecting my disrespect?

Damn right, Sir!

CC

PS thanks for the pic, Will. It saves me opening mine up.

[Folderol]

But anyway, are you disrespecting my disrespect?

Damn right, Sir!

That's it, you tell 'im

CC

PS thanks for the pic, Will. It saves me opening mine up.

The PCB in yours is slightly different... and the one in Eddy's is different again.
Continuous development donch no.

By the time we get to Zenguitar's fabled 007 (assuming there is the interest) I'll have moved to 'proper' PCBs instead of stripboard. I'm also considering using untreated boxes (quite a bit cheaper), and turning a corner of the cellar into a paint shop. There could even be a copper one for Martin and a gold one for Zen

[ConcertinaChap]

So in days to come the original "blueberry" ones will become particularly sought after and valuable because of their classic vintage warmth, so much better than all those later flashy gold ones. Eddy and I are sitting on potential goldmines here.

CC

[Wonks]

There could even be ...a gold one for Zen

You only need to do golden 'I's.

[Folderol]

There could even be ...a gold one for Zen

You only need to do golden 'I's.

Well, that certainly cuts down on the amount of paint. Presumably i should then leave the rest of the box naked

[Wonks]

I think he'd like that.