Audiopint : A Robust Open-Source Hardware Platform for Musical Invention

In this paper, we present our work on Audiopint, a portable, physically-robust platform for expressive musical invention built around Pure Data for audio processing and inexpensive commercially-available hardware. Audiopint is a small ruggedized Linux-based computer with a number of physical and software modi cations. These modi cations are intended to make the platform high-performance and reliable for a live performer, while preserving the exibility of a programmable PC-based system. In addition to communicating our current progress, this paper represents an invitation for a discussion around the relevant design and technology issues.