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Box Of Stops is designed to run on the Raspberry Pi, which is a great size for plugging into a musical keyboard, and comes with everything Box Of Stops needs built-in.
It is also possible If you're interested to install give Box Of Stops on Windows. It is noticably slower under Windows (see the topic on [[Latency]]), but still quite playable - certainly good enough for a test drivewithout a Raspberry Pi, here are some instructions on how to set it up.
Because The key differences between running Box Of Stops on the Pi and Windows are:* It is a bit slower under Windows (see the topic on [[Latency]]). Especially with large chords, Windows isn't quite as responsive, but it is still generally playable* Form factor - the size of the Pi is much more suited to creating a standalone instrument* Also when setting up, the install on the Pi is simpler Unlike the Noobs operating system on the Pi, Windows doesn't come with everything Box Of Stops needs built in, . This means you will need to install a few other dependencies first:
* [[#Installing Java|Java]]
* [[#Installing Python|Python]]
Once you are installed, instructions about [[#Starting|starting]] and [[#Stopping|stopping]] are below.
For reference, Box Of Stops is un-fussy about the version of Windows you use - Vista or later is fine. And the machine spec needed is fairly modest - it's likely your Windows install has at least the spec of a Raspberry Pi. Due to the multi-threading in Box Of Stops, we recommend at least a dual-core processor, but even 1Gb of RAM is fine.
== Installing Java ==