[Consortium] Re: [Swami-devel] Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Re: linuxsampler and oneshotsampler

Josh Green josh at resonance.org
Fri Mar 18 18:21:05 EST 2005


On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 21:59 +0100, Bluefuture wrote:

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> Probably there is only need the hard disk space for uploading samples, the better choice 
> for distributing free giga collection could be done done trough bittorrent files on the site. 
> Probably oneshotsample could collaborate with this archive of Josh Green (swami developer)?
> 
> Cheers,
> Stefano
> 

Here is a link to a preview of the instrument database I am working on:
http://patches.resonance.org/patches.py

Its not quite yet ready, but it will give you an idea of whats in store.
It should work with GigaSampler at this point, but I haven't thoroughly
tested it yet.

I was thinking that bittorrent would probably not be ideal for an
instrument database.  This is because generally its a lot of downloads
spread over a wide selection of files.  bittorrent seems more useful for
the case when there is a new release of a large file that gets hammered,
but as the file becomes less popular the number of sources diminishes
drastically as users close their clients.  I was thinking of using the
edonkey network for this reason in addition to WWW/FTP mirrors (rsynced
nightly).

Resonance Instrument Database features (some still in the works):
- ed2k links for the edonkey network
- All files compressed with CRAM (Compress hybRid Audio Media)
  http://swami.sourceforge.net/cram.php
- rating/comment system
- instrument/sample information imported directly from patch files
- preview instruments using ogg streaming and a form for sending MIDI
notes (GStreamer media server using FluidSynth or other soft synth)

Not sure what kind of collaboration would make sense, but I'm open to
ideas.  Cheers.
	Josh Green





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