[LAD] Composite 0.006 Released (LV2 Sampler)

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Mon Mar 22 17:01:10 UTC 2010


Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>
>   
>> If we get rid of the sequencer, what is so good about Hydrogen's sample
>> engine that I'd want to reuse it instead of something else (other than
>> compatibility with existing sample kits)?
>>     
>
> Good question.  I often hear on LAD and LAU:
>
>    1. I wish I could have Hydrogen as a plugin so I don't
>       have to load it's whole GUI or use its
>       @NEGATIVE_COMMENT@ step-sequencer.
>
>    2. I wish Hydrogen had a JACK MIDI port. (This is
>       actually a variation on #1 because someone wants
>       to use it with a sequencer like non-sequencer
>       or with a Wiimote-as-midi-controller).
>
>    3. I wish there was something like specimen as a
>       plugin.  Why specimen?  Because if you're editing
>       a bank of sound clips from "The Simpons" rather
>       than a Piano, it makes more sense from a user
>       perspective.
>
> AFAIK, there is nothing (except /maybe/ linuxsampler + 
> gigedit) that currently meets this need.  If you can name 
> some others, please do.
>
> Composite needs a sampler like this as a core part of the 
> application.  I can't use linuxsampler because I disagree 
> with its license.  So, I've been refactoring Hydrogen's 
> sampler to meet Composite's needs... and I'm doing it in a 
> way so that other people can benefit even if they don't want 
> to use Composite.
>
> And this literally benefits everyone, no matter what your 
> DSP design philosophy:  everything-as-a-plugin (LV2), "the 
> modular way" (lv2_jack_host), and monolithic apps 
> (libTritium).
>
> -gabriel

Using Hydrogen it's possible to tune the samples, to pan the samples, to 
readjust the volume of the samples, to replace some samples. Using 
Fluidsynth-DSSI you just can load a soundfonts and enjoy drums that at 
least aren't tuned to fit to your song, the snare in any case is to loud 
for default soundfonts and I don't think using swami is fun. For 
Linuxsampler it's the same and in addition there's no DSSI or editor I 
guess.



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