[linux-audio-user] Hardware samplers

[Gordonjcp]

Josh Lawrence wrote:
> On 3/10/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:
>>> But, how can I create my own Gigasamples, or what else are they called? Is
>>> there only Windows software?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Carotinho
> 
> MHO:  There's no point in wasting your time.  There is a vast
> commercial market of fine samples out there to be had, and I don't see

See, that is *exactly* what is wrong with the Windows world of music. 
Some of us remember the Bad Old Days of the mid-80s, when every second 
track you heard on the radio entirely consisted of standard Linn drum 
samples and factory DX7 patches.

I don't know about anyone else, but I almost never use factory samples, 
with the notable exception of the strings and piano samples for my 
Ensoniq Mirage.  Everything else is created from scratch.  Well, maybe I 
nick the odd breakbeat, but even at that I'd prefer to sample it myself 
so that any treatments fit correctly around the track I'm working on.

Gordon.