RPi-Band

RPi-Band fuses the Pimoroni Piano HAT and Drum HAT code to a single software, which gives the possibility for playing two intruments on a single Raspberry Pi. The code in this repository is Python3, but rewriting for Python2 should be no issue.

Tutorial

Find more info in my tutorial
http://www.knight-of-pi.org/rpi-band-drumhat-and-pianohat-simultaneously-on-a-single-raspberry-pi/

Hardware setup

(rpi_band_setup.jpg?raw=true "RPi-Band")

Installing RPi-Band

cd ~
sudo apt-get install python3-pianohat
sudo apt-get install python3-drumhat
git clone https://github.com/JoBergs/RPi-Band

pHAT DAQ installation

Ĝives better audio; if the default PWM out shall be used, just don't perform these steps

sudo nano /etc/asound.conf

add

pcm.!default  {
 type hw card 0
}
ctl.!default {
 type hw card 0
}

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

add

dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac

replace

dtparam=audio=on

with

#dtparam=audio=on

Autostart

Opening .bashrc with

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

and add the line

python3 /home/pi/RPi-Band/rpi-band.py

Usage

cd ~/RPi-band
python3 rpi-band.py

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Parent GitHub repositories and original READMEs

Piano HAT: https://github.com/pimoroni/Piano-HAT
Drum HAT: https://github.com/pimoroni/Drum-HAT Drum HAT: https://github.com/JoBergs/RPi-band