17 Sep
2009
17 Sep
'09
3:49 p.m.
On Thu, September 17, 2009 12:14, Viktor Mastoridis wrote:
I keep on getting Xruns when trying to work with
soundfonts on rosegarden
or muse, especially if I combine several sf2 banks with several audio
tracks (on Ardour, prior to use plugins). So far, I was running them
through Qsynth, but I read on the net that the combination of Qsynth,
Rosegarden/Muse and Ardour is regarded as not so stable?
what is non-stable about it?
qsynth _is_ fluidsynth with a gui. it has no difference regarding audio
(jack) real-time performance whatsoever. both applications do use the
very same synth engine (libfluidsynth). however you can have more than
one synth engine with qsynth, a trick only possible with several
instances of fluidsynth (cli).
Thus, if you don't mind sharing your experience, I will be thankful.
What is the best way that you use Soundfont banks in Linux?
afaics, there's fluidsynth/qsynth and timidity++. you choose which is
best ;)
By 'best', I mean the most stable way, without X-runs and listing/access
to all the banks and instruments in a soundfont.
i guess either fluidsynth or qsynth fits the bill ;)
Is running fluidsynth from a command line a better
alternative then
qsynth and why? (fluidsynth command line: how does one create a midi input
and audio output port for each sf2 bank?)
as said, you can run several fluidsynth instances each with its own
soundfont loaded. you must take care of distinct fluidsynth alsa/jack
client names though, there's command line options for just that. again,
with qsynth you achieve the same with easier gui setup.
Can you please tell me your experience in buying professional .gig or
.sf2 sounds? Strings, pianos, accordeons especially.
Sites, prices, quality?
What is better for profesional results: .sf2 or .gig?
linuxsampler is best and _the_ one for .gig's, which depending on the
sample library and vendor, it's technically superior and several notches
above soundfont specification, be it in terms of multi-sample layering,
dimension and articulation. also, linuxsampler's resource management is
state-of-the-art, letting you play way bigger (and definitively
professional) sample libraries than fluidsynth/qsynth, which in fact
needs to load and lock all soundfonts _completely_ in ram, so you know
the drill ;)
cheers
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