To keep up the progress report…
Final steps are happening right now.
I am (literally right now ) preparing the “factory image” we use when shipping new devices, as a semi-automated process that anyone in our team can easily follow.
For the Duo, things were easier using the Allwinner “FEL” mode, it allowed us to write directly to the internal storage.
On the Duo X it is not so simple, it is now a procedure of 2-steps. First we flash the bootloader, and only then we can write the entire OS image.
Nothing we cannot handle, of course
Something that happens after the initial OS deploy is a hardware test.
We start the unit in a special test mode, which then we use to ensure the hardware is working fully (control chain, usb, midi din, knobs, buttons, leds, etc)
We are finishing the last details to make sure we can test the units before they are shipped. (and ensure it all works)
Our current goal is to finish all remaining “initial release tasks” this week, so we can begin shipping next week.
We invited a musician to our offices next Monday, so he will be doing a final stress-test of the unit.
So yeah, our goal is to ship middle to late next week.
we will surely try.
spdif should not be hard, the important parts are already in place, it is more of enabling the right things in the system.
CV is being worked on.
for midi clock output position I am not fully aware of what the issues are, likely just needs better jitter correction.
For the nerdy ones, here’s something else you also don’t see everyday (or ever…).
This is a graphical representation of what is really happening inside the Duo X with a somewhat simple pedalboard loaded:
Each one of those boxes is an (internal) jack client, the “effect_*” ones being the plugins.
Blue is for audio connections, red for MIDI.
So yeah, there are a few things happening behind the scenes that you just do not usually see
PS: for the even nerdier ones, those that might recognize that canvas - yes, that is carla running in the Duo X, controlled remotely over OSC. More on that sometime later.
) preparing the “factory image” we use when shipping new devices, as a semi-automated process that anyone in our team can easily follow.
