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This project is intended for people who want to use the beat-link
library to integrate with Pioneer DJ equipment, but are running in a
non-JVM environment (like [PureData](https://puredata.info) or
[Max](https://cycling74.com/products/max/)), or who need to run a
non-JVM environment (like [PureData](https://puredata.info),
[Max](https://cycling74.com/products/max/)), or [TouchDesigner](https://derivative.ca),
or who need to run a
lightweight headless process (that is, with no attached monitor,
keyboard, and mouse for the GUI) on something like a Raspberry Pi, and
thus are unable to take advantage of the features of [Beat Link
Trigger](https://github.com/Deep-Symmetry/beat-link-trigger#beat-link-trigger).

> Note that if you have a Raspberry Pi 4 or newer, there are plenty of resources
> to run a GUI environment in a headless VNC server, and thus have the full
> power of Beat Link Trigger available. This is a much better solution today.
>
> Or, if you want to build your own integration using a richer API and can
> write Java code, you should start by forking
> [java-beat-control-example](https://github.com/Deep-Symmetry/java-beat-control-example)
> which will allow you to get much further.
To begin with, only a few features were supported, but over time (and
based on interest and requests) more are being added when practical
approaches can be identified. The
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