22 Mar
2010
22 Mar
'10
1:20 p.m.
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
If we get rid of the sequencer, what is so good about
Hydrogen's sample
engine that I'd want to reuse it instead of something else (other than
compatibility with existing sample kits)?
Good question. I often hear on LAD and LAU:
1. I wish I could have Hydrogen as a plugin so I don't
have to load it's whole GUI or use its
@NEGATIVE_COMMENT@ step-sequencer.
2. I wish Hydrogen had a JACK MIDI port. (This is
actually a variation on #1 because someone wants
to use it with a sequencer like non-sequencer
or with a Wiimote-as-midi-controller).
3. I wish there was something like specimen as a
plugin. Why specimen? Because if you're editing
a bank of sound clips from "The Simpons" rather
than a Piano, it makes more sense from a user
perspective.
AFAIK, there is nothing (except /maybe/ linuxsampler +
gigedit) that currently meets this need. If you can name
some others, please do.
Composite needs a sampler like this as a core part of the
application. I can't use linuxsampler because I disagree
with its license. So, I've been refactoring Hydrogen's
sampler to meet Composite's needs... and I'm doing it in a
way so that other people can benefit even if they don't want
to use Composite.
And this literally benefits everyone, no matter what your
DSP design philosophy: everything-as-a-plugin (LV2), "the
modular way" (lv2_jack_host), and monolithic apps
(libTritium).
-gabriel