pi-Stomp!

pi-Stomp is a DIY high definition, multi-effects stompbox platform for guitar bass and keyboards

For more info about what it is and what it can do, go to treefallsound.com

pi-Stomp Software and Firmware

The raspberry pi inside a pi-Stomp runs a Raspbian based OS created by blokaslabs called Patchbox OS

Patchbox OS includes a module called modep which is a port of MOD for raspberry pi. modep/MOD provide the audio host (mod-host) and UI (mod-ui) for pi-Stomp

The pi-Stomp hardware requires drivers to interface with potentiometers, encoders, footswitches, MIDI, LCD, etc.

A pi-Stomp software service, mod-ala-pi-stomp, uses the drivers to monitor all input devices, to drive the LCD and to send commands to mod-host for reading/writing pedalboard configuration information.

This repository includes:

• the pi-Stomp hardware drivers ('pistomp' module)
• the mod-ala-pi-stomp service ('modalapistomp.py' & 'modalapi' module)
• setup scripts for downloading/installing the above plus:
  • python dependencies
  • the 'modep' module for patch OS
  • sound card drivers
  • system tweaks
  • hundreds of LV2 plugins
  • sample pedalboards

Installing

Patch OS must first be installed. See this guide

After first boot, set up networking so that you can ssh

    ssh patch@patchbox.local

Once connected, download the software:

    git clone https://github.com/TreeFallSound/pi-stomp.git
    
    cd pi-stomp

Now run the setup utility to install the software and audio plugins. It could take about a half hour. For most hardware, including pi-Stomp Core, just run:

    ./setup.sh

For the original pi-Stomp hardware (pcb versions 1.x) pass the version to the setup script:

    ./sethup.sh -v 1.0

If all went well, you can then reboot

    sudo reboot