[LAU] Linuxsampler/qsampler usability and session portability

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On 10/15/2011 11:25 AM, Dan MacDonald wrote:
>
>     afaict, there's no dedicated .sfz editor app that i know of yet.
>     maybe there are.  you always have as last resort to edit one as
>     plain text, taking care to obey to syntax and semantic rules (ok,
>     sorry, this is just me thinking out loud, because i know this much
>     about the .sfz spec:)
>
>     and yes, there's a linuxsampler mailing-list and also a forum. also
>     #linuxsampler on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> . i
>     believe most of your worries are best answered by the sfz engine's
>     author(s) hanging out there ;)
>
>
> I think I vaguely remember someone posting a script to create sfz files
> to this list but maybe that was to create Hydrogen files? Once I have
> got a working sfz (I should've just downloaded a free one instead of
> trying to make one myself first really) then it'd be easy enough for me
> to write a script to automate the creation of sfzs but I'd still prefer
> to see such functionality integrated into qsampler, gsampler or fantasia
> - my philosophy being that if we want to stand a good chance of
> attracting non-unix geeks to Linux audio then all common tasks should
> be achievable without any scripting or cli voodoo.

as you might infer from my replies, having a stand-alone application to 
edit, create and possibly also play a specific sampler file format is 
the way to go.

qsampler (probably the other siblings too) have a hook to the gigedit 
editor. yes it's a .gig file editor (no .sfz i'm afraid) and last time 
i've checked there was a big "edit" button on each sampler channel strip 
for just that.

all that to say, once a genuine sfz editor becomes available it won't be 
much of a trouble for you to ask and integrate it into the 
linuxsampler/qsampler workflow.

how about joining the gigedit project? adding support for .sfz might be 
interesting if not the answer for your questions ;)

cheers
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc at rncbc.org