Open audio hardware: prototype and funding

Prototype: Orange Pi 5 Plus, Slint UI on DRM/KMS, JACK plus lilv, an M-Audio interface, developed on the target. First milestone: one LV2 plugin, touch bypass toggle, audio through.

SKUs: guitar floor unit (7" touch, ~$399–499); desktop synth (12" touch, Fatar keybed, ~$699–899).

Fundraising sequence imagined: self-fund, crowdfund, seed; Shuttleworth fellowship noted. He keeps interaction design himself and uses coding agents for plumbing.

Live: re-check with James before relying on this.

Split from open-audio-hardware. Provenance: James, in conversation with Claude, Sept–Oct 2026 (unverified).

Related: open-audio-hardware, music