I have had some luck with Kontact and festige

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Peter Crighton <petecrighton@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 doesn’t load at the moment, but I’m also on a terribly out-of-date Arch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.
>
>
> --
> Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany
> http://www.petercrighton.de
>
>
> 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
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>> ------ 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?
>>> --
>>> Jonathan E. Brickman
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>>> http://ponderworthy.com
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