<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yeah don’t forget you can boot ZynthianOS on your own spare RaspberryPi to check it out too, and it’s flexible enough you can connect external MIDI devices which you might already have to drive the ZynthianOS UI.<div><br></div><div>I have mulltiple Zynthian boxes in my setup - my favorite has a touchscreen and audiophile-level DAC and two Griffin Powermates that I wired up as control knobs, based on this hardware:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.max2play.com/2019/11/raspberry-pi-hi-fi-streamer-mit-7-zoll-touch-display-und-hifiberry-soundkarte/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.max2play.com/2019/11/raspberry-pi-hi-fi-streamer-mit-7-zoll-touch-display-und-hifiberry-soundkarte/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#6F6F6F;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#6F6F6F" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(111, 111, 111, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.max2play.com/2019/11/raspberry-pi-hi-fi-streamer-mit-7-zoll-touch-display-und-hifiberry-soundkarte/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);">Raspberry Pi Hi-Fi Streamer mit 7 Zoll Touch Display und HiFiBerry Soundkarte</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.max2play.com/2019/11/raspberry-pi-hi-fi-streamer-mit-7-zoll-touch-display-und-hifiberry-soundkarte/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(235, 235, 245, 0.6);">max2play.com</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.max2play.com/2019/11/raspberry-pi-hi-fi-streamer-mit-7-zoll-touch-display-und-hifiberry-soundkarte/" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:3px;" width="30" height="30" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon" alt="logo.png" src="cid:F6C0A5C9-C82E-4409-9AC9-B8A34EF40AC0"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>But you can run it on literally any kind of raspberry Pi, also … I have the official v4 as well and am gonna get the latest official hardware revision for some work related test harness needs… it’s a wonderful audio Swiss Army knife. So very useful for a lot of things, semi-permanently installed…</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">;<div>--</div><div>seclorum </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 20.10.2026, at 13:09, Jay Vaughan via music-bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Zynthian started life as a way to host ZynAddSubFX in a standalone box, so .. yeah .. :)<div><br></div><div>If you’ve got a spare RaspberryPi floating around give it a boot. Pretty great to be honest, perfect little performance-friendly plugin host that you forget is a plugin host and just treat like a hard synth/FX unit. Albeit infinitely patchable.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I have 3 of them, mostly in use as USB/MIDI hubs and effects units, as my rig these days includes both my 19” rack, a bunch of small and portable standalone synths, a couple of different sequencer/grooveboxes, and a eurorack section with its own set of clock-dependent thingies. Zynthian ties it all together …</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Will get another one to host the 3 FM1’s that I’ll integrate soon as well. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">;<div>--</div><div>seclorum </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 20.10.2026, at 12:13, Niall Munnelly via music-bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Oh, Zynthian is hardware! I think I was thinking of… Zyn Add Sub FX, or some similarly-named software?<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yours,</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Niall.</span></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:03 Niall Munnelly <<a href="mailto:niall.munnelly@gmail.com">niall.munnelly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks! I haven't thought about Zynthian in yonks. I'll give it a wee look.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 at 10:27, Jay Vaughan via music-bar <<a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" target="_blank">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">This is where Zynthian truly shines. <div><br></div><div>So many MIDI Effects modules to chain, gang, etc. Plus there is CV/Gate, MIDI timing is generally very tight, and you can rely on it as a general Swiss army tool for exactly these kinds of MIDI-based use cases.<div><br></div><div>Seriously don’t bother with Arduino and Claude (unless that’s your $vibe)- Zynthian can do all the MIDI FX you need, plus so, so much more …</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td><table bgcolor="#5F5F5F" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(95,95,95)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">x42 MIDI-filters | The open music instrument</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(235,235,245,0.6)">zynthian.org</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" target="_blank"><div><favicon.ico></div></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div><br id="m_-8551551730486494733m_3108653512080972337lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">;<div>--</div><div>seclorum</div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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