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X1 on a PocketCHIP. Single core, 480×272, keyboard only.
A stripped-down waveOS for the Next Thing Co. PocketCHIP — the full X1 engine on a tiny screen.
| Device | PocketCHIP (Next Thing Co. C.H.I.P.) |
| CPU | Allwinner R8 — single-core Cortex-A8 @ 1GHz |
| RAM | 512MB |
| Display | 480×272 (rendered at 240×136) |
| Audio | Onboard sun4i-codec (or USB interface) |
| Input | Built-in QWERTY keyboard |
Single keys, no combos. Numbers toggle effects: odd = input, even = output. Same key again turns it off; killing an input kills its output twin.
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| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| play stop | SPACE |
| record toggle | R |
| rewind | W |
| reverse | D |
| clear | Q |
| speed cycle | S |
| input config | I |
| overwrite | T |
| loop set in | A |
| loop set out | Z |
| loop toggle | / |
| chew | H |
| eat | J |
| flat | K |
| pop | L |
| copy extend | O |
| double loop | P |
| save loop | TAB |
| fx delay in | 1 |
| fx delay out | 2 |
| fx grit in | 3 |
| fx grit out | 4 |
| fx radio in | 5 |
| fx radio out | 6 |
| fx chorus in | 7 |
| fx chorus out | 8 |
| fx hall in | 9 |
| fx hall out | 0 |
| gate toggle | G |
| compressor toggle | C |
| pan left | LEFT |
| pan right | RIGHT |
| volume up | UP |
| volume down | DOWN |
| prev audio device | , |
| next audio device | . |
| settings menu | ENTER |
| quit | ESC |
| 1 / 2 | Delay — moderate time, medium feedback |
| 3 / 4 | Grit — medium drive, warm tone |
| 5 / 6 | Radio — mid tuning, narrow bandwidth |
| 7 / 8 | Chorus — slow rate, thick depth |
| 9 / 0 | Hall — medium size, moderate damping |
| H | Chew — chop and shuffle a section of tape |
| J | Eat — consume and compress audio forward |
| K | Flat — flatten the reference window |
| L | Pop — pop the reference window back |
| O | Copy Extend — duplicate ref and extend loop |
| P | Double Loop — double entire loop content |
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1. Copy the archive to your PocketCHIP:
scp pocketwave-arm.tar.gz chip@chip.local:~/
2. SSH in and extract:
ssh chip@chip.local tar xzf pocketwave-arm.tar.gz cd pocketwave
3. Install dependencies and run:
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0 libasound2 DISPLAY=:0 ./waveloop-x1
For auto-start on boot, run sudo ./install.sh — this sets PocketWave as your LightDM session, replacing PocketHome.