[linux-audio-dev] fst, VST 2.0, kontakt

[Luis Garrido]

> soundfont with fluidsynth.  What's the problem?  You're editing and playing
> using two different implementations of the filters, modulation, etc...  The two

Wrong, swami uses fluidsynth itself.

> are unlikely to sound the same, or even close to the same.  Soundfonts weren't
> really designed for the kind of precise sampler control you get with a real
> hardware sampler, or kontakt, where you can cut/loop samples exactly where you
> want (and do so without leaving your production environment), and route
> modulation and effects on the fly.

Weren't they? I don't see why can't you do those things provided you
modify the existing software.

> 1) is both easier and gets you access to more software (other VSTs).  2) has the
> benefit of finally freeing myself from proprietary software completely, which
> I'd love to do.  I'm happy to tackle (2) with help, but that would certainly
> require a lot of help.

Let's talk about it, then. I like Kontakt a lot, too, but emulation is
bound to always be problematic.

There are nowadays two open source major sampling engines:
linuxsampler and fluidsynth. Both are suitable to the task, but fluid
is no longer being actively developed (big pity, that). I already went
superficially through fluid sources am and now playing around with LS.
It is not that far away, I think.

Luis