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I've heard enough things about these to think they might be the solution I'm looking for.
Basically, I'm progressing through my piano grades but the wife won't let me buy a piano yet until she's 100% sure I'll keep at it. Instead, I've got a midi keyboard which I plug in to the laptop, running a midi generator and have some portable speakers. It's a lot of hassle plugging everything in, unplugging if she wants to use the laptop, etc.
I'm sure I can use some kind of Raspberry Pi thingumybob to plug in the keyboard and some speakers, and when I power it on it automagically loads the midi generator and doesn't need a screen. But what exactly do I need?
Are you thinking along the lines of ...
[url= https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=115585 ]This[/url] or [url= http://jacquespi.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/synthesizer.html ]this[/url]?
Have a look on the Pi site ..... [url= https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Araspberrypi.org/forums/&rlz=1C1CHAF_enGB450GB451&oq=site%3Araspberrypi.org/forums/&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.16258j0j1&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=site:raspberrypi.org%2Fforums%2F+midi ]loads of info[/url].
Or if you have an iPhone or ipad you could [url= http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/igrandiphone/ ]use this[/url]
No Apple products unfortunately, otherwise that would have been ideal.
The links from spacemonkey and sharkbait look a bit fiddly to me. All the python script stuff is a bit beyond me for now, although I'm happy editing config files within Linux.
If I were using an old desktop computer I'd have no problem setting up a Linux install to do what I needed, but realistically it's a bit bulky for the space I have available at the mo. Could I do the same with a plain Raspberry Pi 3, install linux, install a midi generator, and with a bit of initial fiddling about with settings get it to just work?