[LAU] NoiseMaker LV2 port

[Leigh Dyer]

On 13/10/11 11:47 PM, allcoms wrote:
> Thanks for pointing out your guide Leigh - I'd not seen that. I think
> I'll have to have another go with LS to triple check it still irritates
> the hell out of me for at least the following reasons:
>
> 1 - Its not in the repos of most distros due to licensing probs
>
> 2 - Its a bitch to compile

Can't really disagree with either of those :) I do wish it was easier to 
install -- I hope some good unofficial repositories show up once there's 
a new stable release out.
>
> 3 - I never got qsampler to work

I've never had much luck with it either, though apparently the version 
in svn now works better, and has some SFZ support.
>
> 4 - Fantasia is a horribly slow, bloated java app - yuck!

It is a bit slow, but I rarely have to run it these days. I used to have 
to run it once a session, just to reload my saved sampler setup. Now I 
don't even need to do that -- since I'm using the LinuxSampler LV2 
plugin, my sampler settings are all stored as part of my Ardour session, 
and automatically restored when I load that session.

> 5 - Like composite, iirc, it also lacks the ability to load simple wavs
> if thats all you want otherwise you need to mess about converting stuff
> to .gig or .sfz first

It does, yes, but the SFZ format is really quite simple. For a simple 
case of mapping a single sample across the keyboard, something like this 
should suffice:

<region>
sample=sample.wav
pitch_keycenter=C3
lokey=C1
hikey=C5

You can add all sorts of options to that (envelopes, filters, etc.), but 
that'll get you started.

> Linuxsampler would be good for some use cases if points 1 and 2 didn't
> plague it but we still need a simple LV2 sampler that can be easily
> redistributed and packaged for people who just want to trigger wav drum
> sounds or whatever.

Yep, that would definitely still be handy. For now I'm still using 
Hydrogen to host any drum sounds that I create (routing each Hydrogen 
instrument's outputs separately to Ardour), but I may soon start making 
SFZ files for them instead.

Thanks
Leigh