{"id":149444,"date":"2025-07-09T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=149444"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:52:45","slug":"bela-gem-stereo-multi-audio-sensor-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/07\/09\/bela-gem-stereo-multi-audio-sensor-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bela Gem Stereo &#038; Multi Audio &#038; Sensor System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Bela Gem Stereo &amp; Multi\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4XK2xe8EQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Bela<\/strong> team let us know that they&#8217;ve introduced the <strong>Bela Gem<\/strong> series, a high-performance audio and sensor system for their PocketBeagle 2 compact single-board computer.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Bela Gem <\/strong>system is made up of two boards: <strong>Bela Gem Stereo<\/strong> and <strong>Bela Gem Multi<\/strong>, both designed to transform the PocketBeagle 2 into a powerful platform for real-time audio and sensor processing. The open-source systems are designed to provide the tools needed to create innovative audio projects with minimal setup and configuration.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All Bela Gem systems run on PocketBeagle 2, a 4-core 1.4GHz Linux system, and have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Latency as low as 1ms<\/li>\n<li>8 16-bit analog inputs<\/li>\n<li>16 digital GPIO<\/li>\n<li>On-board Qwiik connector<\/li>\n<li>USB-A port for wifi\/bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>Synchronous audio\/analog\/GPIO<\/li>\n<li>Browser-based IDE that launches right in your browser, with even more great tools for learning and building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Bela Gem Stereo<\/strong> has all Gem features, plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 channels of audio in\/out, up to 96kHz and 24 bit<\/li>\n<li>On-board TRS jacks<\/li>\n<li>58mm x 45mm x 22mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s priced at $69 USD (add a PocketBeagle 2 for $28 USD).<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Bela Gem Multi<\/strong> has all Gem features, plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 channels of audio in\/out, up to 96kHz and 24 bit<\/li>\n<li>Up to 8 are configurable as DC coupled outputs for analog or CV<\/li>\n<li>2 on-board TRS jacks, plus included detachable wings with 8 more (remove the wings for a lower profile)<\/li>\n<li>70mm x 58mm x 32mm (with wings) or 22mm (without wings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s $159 USD (add a PocketBeagle 2 for $28 USD).<\/p>\n<p>Details are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdsupply.com\/bela\/bela-gem-stereo-and-multi\">available<\/a> now at Crowd Supply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Crowdfunded projects can involve risk. See the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdsupply.com\/bela\/bela-gem-stereo-and-multi\">site<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The open-source systems are designed to provide the tools needed to create innovative audio projects with minimal setup and configuration.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/07\/09\/bela-gem-stereo-multi-audio-sensor-system\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bela Gem Stereo &#038; Multi Audio &#038; Sensor System<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":149465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,33,4,1],"tags":[31047,35796,2406,1113],"class_list":["post-149444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio-interfaces","category-computer-hardware","category-computer-music","category-music-news","tag-bela","tag-bela-gem","tag-diy-projects","tag-synth-diy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bela-gem-multi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149466,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149444\/revisions\/149466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}