[LAU] Fortepiano giga files from pianoteq

[Nigel Henry]

On Monday 17 January 2011 21:29, Q wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > I want to buy a fortepiano sample file from pianoteq while the sales on.
> > I've got linuxsampler from cvs built, but am unsure which of the 2 giga
> > formats for the fortepiano might be compatible with linuxsampler.
> >
> > The 2 available are for: gigastudio3, and gigasampler2.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> Pianoteq is a physically modelled piano, not samples.
>
> I assume you mean Sampletekk. I've got a fair few Giga3 pianos from
> Sampletekk and they work fine in Linuxsampler, except that the impulse
> response stuff does not work as that feature is not present in LS yet.
>
> The LS site gives details of which Giga3 features are not yet fully
> implemented: http://www.linuxsampler.org/features.html
>
> Be warned, some of the Sampletekk pianos require assembly, which doesn't
> seem to be possible in Linuxsampler's gigeditor and requires
> Gigastudio/sampler's editor. I don't think this is the case with the PMI
> Historic Keyboards or the fortepiano which is a part of that collection.
>
> Q

Yes, sorry, I did mean Sampletekk. Julien suggested Giga3 as well, so it looks 
like they're the ones I'll buy. Methinks I'll get the harpsichord as well, as 
it's only 6 bucks with the discount.

Thanks for the help.

Nigel.