I have the great Garritan Personal Orchestra (http://www.garritan.com/products/personal-orchestra-4/) and have used it successfully (on 64-bit Arch) – I haven’t touched it for 1.5 years, and it doesn’t load at the moment, but I’m also on a terribly out-of-date Arch version at the moment. It definitely worked beautifully back then.
It’s not native to Linux, but with the help of SAVIHost (http://www.hermannseib.com/savihost.htm) through Wine it will load perfectly. Presets can be saved. I think it only allows a minimum of 256 frames per period, though.
Miroslav Philharmonik from IK Multimedia (http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/philharmonik/) works in the same way, but I like GPO a lot more.


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2014-05-20 21:01 GMT+02:00 Jonathan E Brickman <jeb@ponderworthy.com>:
Thanks!

Jonathan E. Brickman
Ponderworthy Music | jeb@ponderworthy.com | (785)233-9977 | http://ponderworthy.com

 

 
 
 
------ Original Message ------
From: "James Stone" <jamesmstone@gmail.com>
To: "Linux Audio Users" <linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org>
Sent: 5/20/2014 1:26:08 AM
Subject: Re: [LAU] Recommended near-realistic strings section generator?
 

Maybe loomer if you want synth strings? Otherwise a gig or SFZ -based sample set to load in linuxsampler - free:

Sonatina: http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net

This thread discusses using cakewalk instruments:

http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11323

James

On 20 May 2014 03:28, "Jonathan E Brickman" <jeb@ponderworthy.com> wrote:
Right now I'm using Fluidsynth running a soundfont which I customized a good bit, but it's just not quite what I want; I want it recognizably a string section, 88-key range, rumbly power in the low, smooth but a definite bit of fuzz in mids and highs.  I'll take any technology, and will do payware, as long as it runs well on 64-bit Arch Linux.  Anyone got a recommend?
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Ponderworthy Music | jeb@ponderworthy.com | (785)233-9977 | http://ponderworthy.com

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