[linux-audio-user] short piano review )for linuxsampler)

[Marc-Olivier Barre]

On 1/28/07, Julien Claassen <julien at c-lab.de> wrote:
> Hi all!
>   There was just recently a discussion about pianos, I now bought the "Old
> Lady" from pmi (post musical instruments) and I feel it's a nice opportunity
> to give a very short review.
>   Btw. If you like it, until feb. 3rd there's a discount of 50%!
>   It's a Steinway Model D from 1923 sampled with 10 layers (10layer keyrelease
> and pedal-down included). This all seems to work without a problem under
> linuxsampler. It's available in gigasampler version 2 and 3. The gs2 loads
> without a problem. They said, that the piano is bundled with IRs (Impulse
> Responses) of its own body and of the concert hall, where it was supposed to
> be. I doubted if I could use those. But wonderful: Even they work. The IRs are
> sent as .wav-files. So you can take them and either process them in realtime
> through Fons Adriaensen jace or in non-realtime through csound.
>   I just thought it might be nice to know, for I didn't know that much before
> and would have liked to do so. btw. I tried using the piano with both
> linuxsampler 0.3.3 and 0.4.0. It was both ok.
>   Kindest regards HTH.
>          Julien


I'm interested by this IR thing. Are they embedded in the gig or given
as separate files ?
Cheers,
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Marc-Olivier Barre,
Markinoko.