DesignPhilosophy

There are few observations for the setup of software synthesizers:

• Most software synthesizers run best in Linux
• Realtime software synthesizers is hard to setup
• The more variety in hardware, the more customization, testing and troubleshooting

There are few observations for the people:

• The more variety in hardware, the more developers to contribute
• Most pianist are not Linux developers

It is clear that this project can either favour developers or users, but not both. Since The Pianist Box is a replacement of expensive sound modules, the design philosophy should also be in users' mind.

What is in users' mind?

• Zero configurations
• Easy to use interface
• Zero maintenance

What is in developers' mind?

• Configuration is a norm
• Features is more favourable than nice interface (e.g. CLI is better than GUI)
• Knowledge for dos and donts (e.g. run "shutdown" to power off instead of unplug the power socket)

The Pianist Box should be designed with users' mind.