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If you're interested to give Box Of Stops a test drive without a Raspberry Pi, here are some instructions on how to set it up on Windows. Alternatively, you may be interested to boot the PC from a USB stick - more details [[Running on a PC|here]].
The key differences between running Box Of Stops on the Pi and Windows are:
Similarly, if you don't already have Python, this can be downloaded for Windows from [https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ here]. The latest version of Python 3 is recommended, but because [[#Downloading PortMidi|PortMidi]] below is 32 bit, please ensure you download the 32 bit version of Python. I.e. the "Windows x86 executable installer" instead of the "Windows x86-64 executable installer".
Please ensure Also, when installing Python , please ensure that you tick the option to add it to your PATH:
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