26 Mar
2004
26 Mar
'04
1:59 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:00 -0800
Mark Knecht <mknecht(a)controlnet.com> wrote:
Chris Metzler wrote:
OK, I hadn't been aware that LinuxSampler was yet in a usable form,
to be honest. I guess I reflexively figure that if something's only
available via CVS, it's probably not yet usable by non-programmers.
So I hadn't looked at it yet. Thanks for the heads up.
One of the most obvious uses I can see for a
sampler would be to
use it to provide instrumentation that the user doesn't know how
to play. For instance, if I wanted to record myself on guitar
with a piano accompaniment, I could use a sequencer to write the
piano line and generate it through a sampler. But that brings my
first question -- if you don't own/play the instruments in question,
where do you get the samples?
I buy them. My sampler of choice is (the now long in the tooth)
GigaStudio Ver 2.5x. (GSt) File format is *.gig. (Generally)
LinuxSampler will play many of them, and it's getting better all the
time. My one piece of advice, assuming you're going to
tell me that you
don't have money, is to stay away from Sound Fonts converted to gig
format (whether you buy them or do it yourself) if you are looking for
the best results. You get what you pay for...
Except for with Linux! But I know what you mean. Many things, like a
better soundcard, are in the plans once I'm not, uh, underemployed.
Good luck with your explorations,
Thanks muchly.
-c
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