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The last few units of the final batch I will make are available here: reverb.com/au/item/81150262-picotracker-portable-v1-2024

it is 100% *NOT* a headless M8. It has *nothing* to do with the M8. The picotracker currently only supports samples. If you are referring to purchasing one from the tindie listing, please just get in contact through the "contact seller" function and you can get a refund.

@@mksln Thank you VERY much for the quick reply. I’ve been running a headless M8 (weakly) on an RG351v and it’s absolute heaven (when it works). I was able to cancel my Picotracker order. I appreciate it!

Thanks! I'm hoping to have a few more kits in a couple of weeks.

​@@maksmakes I'll keep my eye on the alert.

Thank you! I you'd like to see more videos, I'll have some more long form videos on the picotracker coming soon, so do subscribe if you'd like :-)

I've got a listing on tindie for the kit: www.tindie.com/products/maksmakes/picotracker-kit/

Thanks! I'll take it you are referring to the MIDI function and not my terrible tune 😅

Thank you!

It sure does, the TRRS jack is *both* mono input and stereo output, that's how you're able to use a headset with a mic on phones which have a 3.5mm jack.

Thanks, yes that's a great idea! I'll make sure to include a comparison with lgpt on the rg280v.

@@maksmakes If you have an RG35XX LGPT runs very nicely there too...

Mine sounds the same, while lgpt runs fine on a bittboy 3.5. What can be done to remove the noise crackling?

Very sorry to be so slow to respond, I only just saw your comment! Yes others have reported this same issue running on the new "beta" builds of the firmware. I'm going to have a go at getting this fixed soon, using the picotracker fork as a starting point.

@@maksmakes I'd recommend you checking if you can get it to build without libasound and libjack and just letting SDL handle audio. This has proven effective for the miyoo build that member of the community has been working on

Brill thanks @DJDiskmachine I'll look at doing that as I already had on my to-do list to try porting to SDL2 to get it working on odroid go super as there the Linux distros only support SDL2 for good gfx perf.

Thank you, I'm happy to hear you like using the patch loading feature. I'm not sure why there would be a latency issue on the redmi 10 as I haven't changed anything in the app code that would be related to midi latency. I suspect it may be to do with the app needing to target newer versions of the Android SDK to meet Google Play policy requirements. I do have on my todo list to switch to using the Android MIDI system interface instead of the old USB Midi handling code inside the app, so that may improve the latency on newer devices but I'm afraid I don't have a time line for when I'll have time to get that done.

@@maksmakes I understand. Thank you for the answer!

Thanks Floyd! I'm going to do a more polished video once I get sequencing working, taking tips from how you do your great videos! 🙂

I've done this with several Android devices including Pixel 3a, 4a, a Lenevo 8in tablet, I think it should working with any fairly recent Android device which supports OTG - it maybe your C1 can't supply enough power though for your audio interface?

@@maksmakes I figured that I have a dodgy USB interface. As for the Xenyx, I will further experiment. But I'll try this mod :-)

Glad it was useful for you! On the subject of short usb-c->a cables, I got one of these recently for use connecting a teensy running M8 to a handheld game console and it works very well: www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B01LX0IF95

@@maksmakes excactly something like that, yeah. Gotta go look for that. The setup so far works like a charm. Been using it couple times already. Thanks again for the tips.

Sorry but I don't have a 3ds or even know what toolchain is needed to build for one, so it's not likely I'll be able to.

You have to have trrs jack like the ones that come with headsets. The jack is divided as left right mic. You notice these jacks have three rings instead if two.

@@theledleague I get that, I thought I tried that, and I haven't seen or heard any explanation of anyone doing it.

I've cut a headset wire just before the mic and rewired(twisted) lol, the mic wire and married it with whatever input I wanted. Just remember When you activate the input you're canceling out the Androids microphone also you have to make sure that your wiring external speakers or whatever output you want so you can monitor whatever you're recording

@@theledleague So it's mono input only, right? Also what version of Android were you using. Looking back it could be possible that the cable I was using was just broken. I've switched Koala to a first gen iphone SE at this point because it crashes way less and the sound quality is much better.

You can, you just gotta restart the app and plug the source into the mic input again. It's trial and error, I'd recommend the audio interface over this method for better sound quality, but it does work.

Hey Maks, back again with an update! The Powkiddy Q90 arrived, I have set up LittleGPTracker and it is working WELL! I need a suggestion of a sample editor and library combo for Android to support my device, do you have any suggestions?

@@reidfamilydroid sorry for the very late reply, for some reason I didnt get notifications for your comments. Very glad to hear you got LGPT working on your Q90! Hopefully you found a good sample editor to use on Android, I can't actually say I've found any good ones I can recommend myself. You may also be interested in a new DIY project that gets LGPT running on RPI PICO based hardware: th-cam.com/video/28nLhhtUNqs/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=democloid and I'll be making some videos about it on this channel soon in case you want to subscribe to know when I post them.

Sorry I haven't yet had a chance to get a new release of the droid-synth app out to Google Play that supports this, I'll update here when I do. The link to the app is in the description for this video but here it is also: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manichord.synthesizer

This app is not available for any of your devices

@@rankovsrdjan what device are you trying to install droid synth on?

Redmi note 10 pro Mi A3 Mi Max 2

@@rankovsrdjan hmmmm maybe those devices are rooted and so don't pass Google Play checks? Anyways, if you open an issue on the project repo I'll let you know when it's available outside of Google Play

Sorry for the late reply, but no, only in mono with this device

Thanks and yes I'm well aware of the difference between TRRS and TRS. In theory a TRRS cable should work BUT I've tested with 2 different cables on sale from ebay and amazon and both do *not* work. Pls subscribe to be notified when a new video I have coming soon showing these tests is posted.

Thanks for letting me know, I didn't realise there was one, I'll definitely go join.