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Technical Notes

Because the SquishBox can connect to networks, it may be vulnerable to attack. Effort has been
made to make it secure, but you can make it more secure with the following actions:

Change the default login password for the 

pi

 user with the 

passwd

 command.

Change the login and password for the browser-based file manager. To do this, edit the file

/var/www/html/index.php

 and edit the 

auth_users

 array. You can disable the 

file manager entirely by renaming 

index.php

 to something like 

index.php.block

.

You can set your own unique password and port for the remote link feature. To do this, add 

remote_passkey

 item with a six-character password and/or 

remote_port

 with a 

network port number to the SquishBox config file. Add these same items in FluidPatcher’s 
settings on your computer to connect.

Troubleshooting

If any problems arise with your Squishbox unit, visit 

geekfunklabs.com

 for assistance.

Credits

SoundFont® is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc.

License

This work is licensed under a 

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 

International License

, 2021 by Bill Peterson.

SquishBox User Manual

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Summary of Contents for SquishBox

Page 1: ...The sounds come from soundfonts a widely available sample based sound file format that can contain multiple instruments referred to as presets The buttons on the SquishBox allow you to switch between...

Page 2: ...with a long thin cross head screwdriver USB Connections You can plug up to four MIDI controllers into the SquishBox s USB ports Controllers should be auto detected when plugged in even after the unit...

Page 3: ...isible to other operating systems Usage Navigating Patches Menus Tap the buttons to switch between patches Long press hold 2sec the right button for the main menu long press the right for system relat...

Page 4: ...make them permanent System Left Button Menu Power Down To protect the memory card of the SquishBox this option should be used before unplugging Allow 30 seconds for complete shutdown MIDI Devices This...

Page 5: ...your computer and enter the IP address in the address bar The file manager login is squishbox and the password is geekfunklabs You can use the file manager to upload new soundfonts or banks or edit yo...

Page 6: ...ribed in plain text bank files A patch consists of a batch of settings that are sent to Fluidsynth when the patch is selected This includes soundfont bank and program settings for any number of MIDI c...

Page 7: ...starting with channel 1 the way they are on virtually all synthesizers controllers DAWs etc This is in contrast to FluidSynth which numbers channels beginning with 0 Patcher handles all of the transl...

Page 8: ...n the to range par2 controls how the parameter values are modified e g the note velocity or continuous controller value fluidsettings a mapping of FluidSynth settings to values cc a list of control ch...

Page 9: ...also in YAML format It sets the root location of banks soundfonts and effects plugins the current bank file and FluidSynth settings The config file has the structure shown below soundfontdir root pat...

Page 10: ...x php to something like index php block You can set your own unique password and port for the remote link feature To do this add a remote_passkey item with a six character password and or remote_port...

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