[linux-audio-user] seeking a software sampler for Linux

[Emiliano Grilli]

> Hello to all,
> 
> I´m searching for some kind of a HALion replacement on Linux. Just a
> simple engine that responses to MIDI Note on/off and Main Volume per
> channel, and that can be triggered using some sequencer (as MUSE or
> Rosegarden).
> 
> Any hint would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>      Florian Berger, Leipzig, Germany
  
  The two main choices that I'm aware of are:
  
  	* iiwusynth (http://www.hanappe.org/iiwusynth.html)
  a soundfont-enabled sampler that is already included in MusE (click on
  config-->Soft Synhtesizer, add an istance; click on Config-->Midi
  ports, select the iiwu port and then click on "GUI": this brings up a
  window in which you can choose a soundfont)
  	
	* timidity (http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timidity/), 
  that can be started in ALSA server mode (of course you must have ALSA
  drivers, not OSS) like this: `timidity -iA -B2,8`.
  You can load soundfonts by specifying them in the timidity.cfg
  file (on my system is /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg) simply adding
  the line 

   soundfont /path/to_my/soundfont.sf2

  and comment out anything else.
  
  You can find a huge amount of soundfonts on www.hammersound.net or you
  can create your own with swami (http://swami.sourceforge.net/)

  HTH
    
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