[LAU] samples/instruments/romplers etc..

Janus rdxesy at yahoo.de
Mon May 13 21:54:25 UTC 2013


Hey James, just so you know it's there:
http://prodatum.sf.net

Jan

On 13.5.13 23:38, James Stone wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a quick poll of opinion - I'm thinking of buying a cheap rompler -
> Roland JV-1080 or Proteus 2000. I kind of think that the things these
> offer should be possible with software, but beyond getting some
> soundfonts, I'm not really sure if this is true. Problems I see with the
> purely computer based approach is all the samples I have found so far
> (admittedly only looking at what's available free) is not really
> anywhere near what is available in these kind of hardware modules. Sure
> the size of samples etc. available now is much larger, but the
> musicality and tweakability/ synthesis options are not so much there
> (although possible I guess).
>
> So, am I wrong?
>
> What I would be interested in is:
>
> 1) Decent collections of samples (soundfonts or whatever) that are
> professional standard (i.e. up to the quality of Roland/Korg/Emu)
> covering a variety of "bread and butter" type sounds - orchestral,
> keyboard, piano, synth. I am happy to pay for them - but if the overall
> price goes over 100GBP, I think I am probably better off with the
> hardware option..
> 2) Thoughts - soundfonts vs. gigs vs. ? and what software to play them
> in Linux? Any samplers that also have synthesis options - resonant
> filters/ envelopes etc? I guess I know about things like linuxsampler
> and fluidsynth, but are there any other more complex options?
> 3) Lastly - any off topic suggestions about decent hardware ROMplers/
> synths - opinions about the JV-1080 vs. Proteus 2000 vs. ? from those
> who have used them..
>
> Best wishes,
>
> James
>
>
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