[LAD] Kontakt sampler format (and others like EXS24)

[Harry van Haaren]

Hi Florian,

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the conversation.

I'm agreement with Alexandre Prokudine, a standalone JACK application for
32 bit and 64bit would cover 95% of the target audience.
Perhaps it would not afford entirely to my intended workflow with Kontact
(namely using as a plugin in Ardour3): but it would be a huge step forward.

Although a native VST would also be possible: I (speaking for myself, as
its a delicate topic) feel it is a step in the wrong direction. I'm
currently using LV2 as my main plugin platform: DSSI and LADSPA days are
(again in my opinion) over, while VST's license makes it a bad choice. LV2
is still an emerging plugin standard: But since it is extensible and can be
backwards compatible: I feel it is the future. It does involve learning a
new plugin "language", and due to its extensibility I have found it quite
hard to learn. That said I'm not a wizard coder, so it could be my own
personal learning curve I'm up against. Or most likely a bit of both.

I feel I should mention that although I would like to spend time to attempt
to realize a Linux version of Kontact, I do not have extensive experience
in the field of sample engines or porting software. That said, I'm all up
for learning :)

Looking forward to a response, -Harry



On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Florian Schirmer <
florian.schirmer at native-instruments.de> wrote:

> Hi Harry,
>
> i'm curious, what exactly would be the linux version of Kontakt? Kontakt
> VST for Linux? Standalone? DSSI? LV2?
>
> What is necessary to cover 95% of the users?
>
> Thanks,
>     Florian
>
> On 31.08.2012, at 15:43, Harry van Haaren <harryhaaren at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Nils <list at nilsgey.de> wrote:
>
>> The direct and naive solution would be a reversed engineered kontakt
>> sample engine, yes.
>> Very naive.
>>
>
> The community could approach NI and ask if they're intrested in supporting
> a Linux version of Kontact? I volunteer to write the email, and if they
> laugh then what harm done...
>
> Opinions?
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