The Pi 4 is my go-to machine for sound installations. Where the 3B was just too short on memory (I run mostly on JVM which can be demanding). You also have headroom to create a big RAM disk, which can speed up processes quite a bit. The plenty of USB ports means you can easily connect sound interfaces, external harddrives etc., or plug-in a Pico if need to outsource some sensor code to a micro controller.
an hour of commandline fiddling
This is of course if you are not familiar with it. I guess the Pi 4 appeals a lot to linux users, like myself, because I don't even have to think about most things I do on the command line, as they are essentially the same as on my desktop laptop. Logging in via VNC makes it just another computer that works exactly like the other computer. So yes, learning curve is there, but then it becomes second nature; been using them for four years now (3B and 4B).
The Pi 4 is my go-to machine for sound installations. Where the 3B was just too short on memory (I run mostly on JVM which can be demanding). You also have headroom to create a big RAM disk, which can speed up processes quite a bit. The plenty of USB ports means you can easily connect sound interfaces, external harddrives etc., or plug-in a Pico if need to outsource some sensor code to a micro controller.
This is of course if you are not familiar with it. I guess the Pi 4 appeals a lot to linux users, like myself, because I don't even have to think about most things I do on the command line, as they are essentially the same as on my desktop laptop. Logging in via VNC makes it just another computer that works exactly like the other computer. So yes, learning curve is there, but then it becomes second nature; been using them for four years now (3B and 4B).