Re: [LAU] To improve Linux audio tools: a Blender like idea

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Francisco López<lopezfrancisco1985(a)gmail.com> wrote: The libraries don't have to be free. They have to be in a format understood by free software. LinuxSampler understands several such library formats, and is an extremely, extremely efficient sample playback engine. It can do more than almost any commercial sample playback software on the same hardware.

As for LinuxSampler, the sad fact is that virtually all state-of-the-art libraries come either in Kontakt format or embedded into proprietary player engines. Libraries that LinuxSampler can read (namely, GigaStudio and Akai) are getting more ancient by the minute, as sampling technology is leaping forward at a break-neck speed right now. Make no mistake: I thoroughly hate the fact that every sample developer out there has switched to marrying his content to a certain piece of software, and I'd love to see LinuxSampler succeed anyway (after all, there are lots of uses for samplers besides playing commercial libraries, especially in electronica). For the time being, though, I have to go with the flow, as falling back to old libraries would be a massive step backwards for me.