[linux-audio-user] Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Help

[Mark Knecht]

Yeah - you will come no where close to the realism of performance
using LinuxSampler and just the Vienna gig files themselves that you
can get on a Windows machine using the gig files plus the real-time
processing those tools they provide. In Linux you'll be limited to
only playing essentially since notes.

Under Windows those tools identify specific things in MIDI streams,
like overlapping notes for a violin, and then pick specific recordings
within the gig files that you will never ever choose without the
tools. In fact under Linux some MIDI patterns will sound completely
different without the use of the tools.

*Possibly* the tools might work under Wine someday. They did not work
earlier. Without the tools you're probably paying way too much for the
results you'll get.

My 2 cents,
Mark

On 10/1/06, stuff at trackingsolutions.ca <stuff at trackingsolutions.ca> wrote:
> I wanted to purchase the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Opus 1 and 2. Vienna
> Symphonic states that you need their "Production Tool" for best performance.
> It is smart enough to deal with smooth Legatos of all instruments and allows
> you to create custom runs. Do you think that not having this tool would
> hinder me in linux if I just ran the giga files? Anyone have any insight?
>
> Thanks
>