On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:
  I'm working on a percussion piece where I've
generated the score by hand,
 then had a percussionist perform all three parts (instruments) of the piece
 into a midi file.
 I've got a library of around one hundred or so samples I designed that I
 want to experiment with i.e. arbitrarily select samples to play in order to
 build a little percussion ensemble for the piece.
 What I'd like to do is have ONE program (if possible) where I can import the
 .mid file, create a multi-sample instrument (yes like a drum kit) and assign
 any of my percussion samples to the key/note being played where I can tune,
 pan and adjust volume for each key/note.
 I'd prefer to do it all 'under one roof' if at all possible.
 I looked into LMMS but don't think it really does what I need it to --
 besides, the LMMS documentation is very poor - so it turned me off to
 researching it further.
 Can any one point me to a simple one app does all environment on Linux where
 I can simply import a mid file and make a multi-sample instrument?
 
muse can do pretty much all of that.
http://muse-sequencer.org/
I recommend checking out the muse2 SVN branch.
Or you can combine hydrogen with muse, or with rosegarden.
http://www.hydrogen-music.org/
http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
Best,
Orcan