> custom device OS, purpose-built for music making, lots of I/O, good hardware interface.. HDMI or display out.. There's a history of such devices built by/for

> custom device OS, purpose-built for music making, lots of I/O, good hardware interface.. HDMI or display out.. There's a history of such devices built by/for professional and hobbyist musicians, and it seems increasingly it's becoming more accessible to the public, with low-cost microcomputers like Raspberry Pi. It might be too niche for big companies to care about, but I'm hoping that there's enough of a trend/demand for specialized music devices that are tiny computers one can hook up a monitor or SSH into, and hack to our hearts' desire. As a hobby project, I'm building a programmable sampler/sequencer with PiSound. It comes with a custom Linux distro for low-latency audio. https://www.blokas.io/pisound/ https://www.blokas.io/pisound/ https://blokas.io/patchbox-os/ https://blokas.io/patchbox-os/ I love that the musical possibilities are endless, extensible with commodity hardware and software. I believe there's plenty of room for innovative products that provide curated setups, like synths and drum machines.