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I remember that article. I read it after I tried lmms on multiple
platforms over eighteen months, and was beginning to wonder in
general. I'm glad you wrote it, because if you hadn't, I might not
have thought that there were usable components on Linux. Certainly my
hardware (quad AMD 2.6 GHz, 4G RAM, running lean & tweaked AVLinux)
is not insufficient.<br>
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I was hoping lmms would be usable as a single-MIDI-channel SF2 host.
Sadly, the audio quality is just too poor for anything live. I have
managed to find a free-of-charge Yamaha piano .gig for linuxsampler,
which will do until I can find a good Steinway or Bosendorfer .gig, or
an .sf2 host practical for dynamic live work (sorry, people, but MIDI
routers do not make for on-the-fly changes in live work). <br>
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I took a look at fluidsynth's non-gui command line -- arcane is a word
that comes to mind :-)<br>
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I wonder if Ardour does SF2? Anything else?<br>
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J.E.B.<br>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Hi Patrick,
I reviewed it not too long ago:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-lmms-linux-multimedia-studio">http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-lmms-linux-multimedia-studio</a>
I gave a fairly positive review *except* wrt its performance. Frankly,
it was pretty poor regardless of the driver (and I tested it with its
ALSA, OSS, and SDL drivers). I like its concept and design, but until it
has seamless JACK support it remains a toy.
Can't say I blame the devs for switching it over to Windows, especially
if they're not going to bring its JACK support up to speed.
There's a thread on LMMS over at KVRaudio. It's mostly concerned with
the eye candy, they're not responding to any queries re: JACK, so I'm
not hopeful about its development for Linux. And yes, they do refer to a
name change in the near future.
Best,
dp
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