7 Aug
2009
7 Aug
'09
6:34 p.m.
At Julien's recommendation, I purchased the PMI Steinway Gigasample, and downloaded
and compiled/optimized LinuxSampler/libgig6/liblinuxsampler on my Lenny Debian EEE.
LinuxSampler is freakin' awesome!
It's a massive Steinway soundfont, takes up 3.6GB, I loaded it on the 32GB SSD drive
in my EEE, and that puppy runs along with all my other synths with no glitches, on a
little 1.6Ghz EEE. I can actually hear the sound of the pedals going up and down, and the
sound of the dampers settling on the strings when I lift keys up. Ran it through the CALF
reverb, and man is it good. Can't wait to try it through jconv.
For years I'd been using a 30MB Steinway soundfont, but fluidsynth choked on it on my
little EEE. But LinuxSampler is loving this much more bulky and detailed gigasample.
I have a 1923 Steinway in my backpack. If you had told me 20 years ago that this would be
possible, I'd never have believed you.
-ken
8 Aug
8 Aug
6:49 a.m.
On Friday August 7 2009 22.33.23 Ken Restivo wrote:
At Julien's recommendation, I purchased the PMI
Steinway Gigasample, and
downloaded and compiled/optimized LinuxSampler/libgig6/liblinuxsampler on
my Lenny Debian EEE.
LinuxSampler is freakin' awesome!
After reading DP's Linuxsampler article in Linux Journal, I finally started
using it last year; that was _the_ bit of puzzle that made my home
studio/music system "complete" - well, not that one ever can have a complete
system...
I purchased the Natural Drum Kit (and started making gigafiles of it with
Gigedit), First call horns from Big Fish Audio and Dan Dean's Giga Bass
Collection. Linuxsampler really opened a new world for me.
Can only add my self to the Linuxsampler Praise Club, it's a wonderful piece
of work. :-)
Jostein
10 Aug
10 Aug
4:48 p.m.
Hi Ken!
It's GREAT to hear, that you enjoy it that much! I hope we get to hear some
nice music made with it. :-)
Kindest regard
Julien
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11 Aug
11 Aug
9:22 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:48:06PM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hi Ken!
It's GREAT to hear, that you enjoy it that much! I hope we get to hear
some nice music made with it. :-)
Thanks again for your help!
"Nice", eh? OK, here's some playing around with LinuxSampler and the PMI
samples:
http://restivo.org/music/krmusic/covers/milkyway.ogg
It's very much out of my usual style. It's ballad, and a cover of a cheesy
1980's hit by a band called The Church.
I'm taking piano lessons (which I've never had-- I took organ lessons as a kid),
and learning how to play ballads, so here's some practice at that.
I figured something diatonic with lots of major chords might be a welcome relief after you
had to sit through my chromatic stuff. Enjoy.
Because it's a cover, I might not leave it posted for very long. Also, it's pretty
rough and I hope to be able to do better in the future.
-ken
9:36 p.m.
i Ken!
thanks for the posting. I've just wgotten it. :-) And now I'm listening, and
indeed it's something else.
Kindest regards
Julien
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10:28 p.m.
----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
To: Julien Claassen <julien(a)c-lab.de>
Cc: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Sent: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 9:22:24 AM
Subject: Re: [LAU] In praise of LinuxSampler
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:48:06PM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
That's a beautiful interpretation on an Australian pop classic!
Norv
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Hi Ken!
It's GREAT to hear, that you enjoy it that much! I hope we get to hear
some nice music made with it. :-)
Thanks again for your help!
"Nice", eh? OK, here's some playing around with LinuxSampler and the PMI
samples:
http://restivo.org/music/krmusic/covers/milkyway.ogg
It's very much out of my usual style. It's ballad, and a cover of a cheesy
1980's hit by a band called The Church.
I'm taking piano lessons (which I've never had-- I took organ lessons as a kid),
and learning how to play ballads, so here's some practice at that.
I figured something diatonic with lots of major chords might be a welcome relief
after you had to sit through my chromatic stuff. Enjoy.
Because it's a cover, I might not leave it posted for very long. Also, it's
pretty rough and I hope to be able to do better in the future.
-ken
Hey Ken, 
13 Aug
13 Aug
8:32 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:48:06PM +0200, Julien
Claassen wrote:
It's OK. I like your chromatic stuff better.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Hi Ken! It's GREAT to hear, that you enjoy it
that much! I hope we
get to hear some nice music made with it. :-)
Thanks again for your help!
"Nice", eh? OK, here's some playing around with LinuxSampler and the
PMI samples:
http://restivo.org/music/krmusic/covers/milkyway.ogg
It's very much out of my usual style. It's ballad, and a cover of a
cheesy 1980's hit by a band called The Church.
I'm taking piano lessons (which I've never had-- I took organ lessons
as a kid), and learning how to play ballads, so here's some practice
at that.
I figured something diatonic with lots of major chords might be a
welcome relief after you had to sit through my chromatic stuff.
Enjoy.
Because it's a cover, I might not leave it posted for very long.
Also, it's pretty rough and I hope to be able to do better in the
future. 
14 Aug
14 Aug
7:40 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:22:24 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:48:06PM +0200, Julien
Claassen wrote:
Wow! You're not kidding when you say it's out of your usual style!
It's so far outside it's on another planet :o
It may be pretty rough but it's also roughly pretty :)
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Hi Ken!
It's GREAT to hear, that you enjoy it that much! I hope we get to hear
some nice music made with it. :-)
Thanks again for your help!
"Nice", eh? OK, here's some playing around with LinuxSampler and the PMI
samples:
http://restivo.org/music/krmusic/covers/milkyway.ogg
It's very much out of my usual style. It's ballad, and a cover of a cheesy
1980's hit by a band called The Church.
I'm taking piano lessons (which I've never had-- I took organ lessons as a kid),
and learning how to play ballads, so here's some practice at that.
I figured something diatonic with lots of major chords might be a welcome relief after
you had to sit through my chromatic stuff. Enjoy.
Because it's a cover, I might not leave it posted for very long. Also, it's
pretty rough and I hope to be able to do better in the future.
-ken
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