27 Sep
2011
27 Sep
'11
9:31 p.m.
On 09/27/2011 08:18 PM, Robin Gareus wrote:
On 09/27/2011 06:48 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
I'm glad to hear that.
Now that you've graduated and have lots of time (hehe) you may want to
give http://gareus.org/wiki/a3vtl a shot. Basically it allows to control
xjadeo from ardour3 and offers a video-timeline. BUT the usual
alpha-software warnings apply.
I would not object to commercial samples - if the sampler is free :)
Though eventually I'd favor some kind of GPL or CC buyout model. DRM is
evil but musicians still need to eat.
I think the problem boils down to creating an open format for a
commercial sample-library that prevents the user from sharing the
samples while it can still be used (in realtime). The usual GNU/Linux
approaches (e.g. gpg encrypted ramdisk) make it either too easy to
circumvent copy protection or are not suitable for real-time usage.
That's exactly what I meant... I can see there's lots of hard work
behind nice samples, but this doesn't mean they couldn't be distributed
through more open formats... but I guess it's really an itchy issue.
Of course as Brett pointed out even if closed source supporting linux
would be a good start...
If you
could document your setup, you'll probably be able to convince
quite a few future students!
I surely will. BTW, Robin, I also used xjadeo extensively for these
classes, it served me very well for syncing music to image. The
problem is not so much the software; but time and equipment
(instruments, musicians, studio) to record and create those libraries -
especially orchestral sounds libraries for film scoring can be quite
expensive.
Most producers of these sample-libs do simply not have the means to
support free-software: Publishing the samples in a proprietary format
solves their issue of distribution retaining copy-protection.
I wouldn't object to using commercial apps like Kontakt or PLAY on Linux...
Tools like http://www.linuxsampler.org/nkitool/ are in constant need to
be updated to new versions...
They did sponsor the Linux Audio Conference this year.
maybe we should start asking them repeatedly about Linux support...
I just sent them an inquiry. I will let you know when they respond.
It is still in planning phase.. it only started a few months back and -
alas - there is not much information there how to help except for
donating money. I am a bit reluctant to do so without knowing the way
they'll go. So far they only outline the goals which IMHO seem a bit too
too unrealistic. Even just the first point on:
http://opensymphonia.sourceforge.net/?page_id=16
"Studio quality 192khz/24bit recording of a entire Orchestra per section
and per instrument, dry and in a concert hall."
would be an investment of>$1M in the commercial world.
And the 2nd: "Multiple articulations" will take at least a year or two.
Well the idea/vision is cool... I wonder if a project like that could
get some sort of 'institutional' sponsorship/support, like from
conservatoires, music academy, similarly to how some OS projects are
sponsored by universities
Lorenzo.
AFAIK
sonokinetic.net is or was looking into making their libs available
for GNU/Linux applications; but I don't know any details.
That would be awesome... I use a lot of Sonokinetic's libraries. Another
Dutch effort: http://opensymphonia.sourceforge.net/ is an active
project towards that goal.
Wonder how that is coming along... not much there right now...
let's hope Joey can pull this one off!
robin
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