10 Apr
2008
10 Apr
'08
11:43 a.m.
I had decided to give Linuxsampler a thorough try, since many here recommend it. After
FINALLY getting it to output actual sound, I realize that I also need the editor part
(gigaedit), which of course, is NOT included in my distro's repositories. So, I
wander over to the web site and find it in source format, which I can't get to compile
yet. I need to figure out what all I need to get to compile it.
However, which I was on the web site, I notice that there is a Windows version of both the
sampler and editor. I figure I would give it a try. As much as I really want to get away
from Windows, I also really wanted to try the sampler and editor in an environment that I
know works (audio and MIDI work flawlessly on my XP setup).
After installing it, it can't find any sound cards, and I can't force it to find
either of the two that are available (1 usb and 1 on-board), even though every other
program I use on Windows (Sonar, Soundforge) finds both. Apparently, linuxsampler insists
on using asio, while everything else I use is happy with wdm.
I give up. I'm not too enthusiastic about breaking my entire Windows audio system to
try out the sampler. I'm not a total noob, but this is just too frustrating.
10 Apr
10 Apr
12:04 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I had decided to give Linuxsampler a thorough try, since many here recommend
it. After FINALLY getting it to output actual sound, I realize that I also
need the editor part (gigaedit), which of course, is NOT included in my
distro's repositories. So, I wander over to the web site and find it in
source format, which I can't get to compile yet. I need to figure out what
all I need to get to compile it.
However, which I was on the web site, I notice that there is a Windows
version of both the sampler and editor. I figure I would give it a try. As
much as I really want to get away from Windows, I also really wanted to try
the sampler and editor in an environment that I know works (audio and MIDI
work flawlessly on my XP setup).
After installing it, it can't find any sound cards, and I can't force it to
find either of the two that are available (1 usb and 1 on-board), even
though every other program I use on Windows (Sonar, Soundforge) finds both.
Apparently, linuxsampler insists on using asio, while everything else I use
is happy with wdm.
I give up. I'm not too enthusiastic about breaking my entire Windows audio
system to try out the sampler. I'm not a total noob, but this is just too
frustrating.
Counter trend comments here for a Linux Audio list. If you've decided
that you're going to use Windows then don't cause yourself problems
and go with GigaStudio or Kontact. The lowest end versions are
sub-$100, bundled with sound cards and/or some libraries, and have
feature sets and stability that LS just cannot match.
I personally wouldn't use LS but I cannot imagine a reason to use it
on Windows other than just to play around with.
My 2 cents,
Mark
3:25 p.m.
Hi,
I personally wouldn't use LS but I cannot imagine a reason to use it
on Windows other than just to play around with.
My 2 cents,
Mark
I actually recently had to use LinuxSampler on windows for a project
and it worked perfectly fine. Using Reaper and its Rea-Route I was
able to record directly from LinuxSampler into Reaper's tracks. It
worked perfectly fine and stable and it let me finish my project.
Cheers,
Hector
2:34 p.m.
concerning gigedit:
I suppose you need libgig, perhaps liblscp and maybe the linuxsampler
installed. when I say you need that, I say, that especially with the libraries
you might need some kind of development headers. If you install the
linuxsampler package from source, it's easy.
then you must have a look which graphical toolkit is needed by gigedit. Get
that and the corresponding development packages. So does it use gnome (GTK),
QT, KDE-something or direct Xforms.
One thing about LS: Even I could get it to compile and got it working, with
sound and midi. Saying even: I don't have any GUI toolkits and only jack and
alsa installed. None of the other audio/midi drivers. I use LS via simple
telnet. I loaded some nice big and small free and commercial instruments in it
and played them happily. Even recorded them with another jack-audio-app.
I think on the linuxsampler website they mention the dependencies, the
succession in which to compile the packages, you can download at their place.
Only thing I noticed: Dont use make -j 2. just use:
make or gmake
If you decide to compile from cvs/svn then first do:
make -f Makefile.cvs
then continue with the usual.
All the best! Please give some feedback!
Kindest regards
Julien
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