It's been a long time the making, but
XSTREAM open beta is now live!
The global pandemic's impact on factors related to production of the
DIYino Infinity boards has delayed production for the time being. Originally we wanted to roll out the Home Brew and the genuine Infinity boards at the same time. Given the situation, we've deiced not to delay the release of the software any further and are beginning the home brew open beta today. In a way this is a good thing as it follows the tried and true tradition of releasing open platforms as a DIY kit spec before a more compact all-in-one board. It's territory users of FX-SaberOS and my previous gen STREAM system are already familiar with.
Features at a glance:
- Up to 10 sound fonts
- 12 blade profiles
- OmniSwing™ (our flavor of Smooth Swing)
- Power Up, Power Down, Lockup, Swing, Clash, and Blaster sound and light effects
- User friendly PC App for configuration and firmware upload
- Sound font selection memory (font won't revert after battery power is cut)
- Supports both RGB HP LED and Neopixel blades (up to 144 pixels)
- One-button or Two-button operation
- Adjustable motion sensitivity
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No programming skills requiredSupported Font Formats:
A conversion tool is included that will adapt sound fonts for use with the XSTREAM system. Supported font input formats include:
- NEC
- CFX
- Proffie
The tool handles ensuring everything is at the right sample rate and file names expected by the firmware.
Notes on Features:
While we expect the feature set will grow as it matures, to start with we kept it simple by focusing on the most popular features for sabers today (pixel blades, dynamic swings, multi-font support, etc.). There is still plenty of room for optimization and enactment in future releases. For example, the 10 font limit is an arbitrary limit that is imposed by legacy code carried over from the old 8-bit STREAM system. In fact, this open beta will be a rolling baseline where it could change as often as every few days.
Philosophy:
This is an early release and we expect there will be some growing pains but ultimately this is supposed to be user friendly. Home Brew DIYino Infinity paired with the XSTREAM software is aimed squarely at those who don't mind the extra time with a soldering iron to build their own sound board in exchange for cost savings but who may not want to get a computer science degree to learn how to program. The only skills you should need to build an XSTREAM saber are those you probably already need to build any other light-and-sound saber including only basic computer literacy. All the software work has been done for you; it's plug and play!
Open Beta announcement video:
Full Demo video:
Download for free here:
https://github.com/JakeS0ft/XSTREAMOS