Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Beginner sampler questions
From: Chris Metzler (cmetzler_AT_speakeasy.net)
Date: Fri Mar 26 2004 - 19:53:50 EET
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:00 -0800
Mark Knecht <mknecht_AT_controlnet.com> wrote:
>Chris Metzler wrote:
>> One of the most obvious uses I can see for a sampler would be to
>> use it to provide instrumentation that the user doesn't know how
>> to play. For instance, if I wanted to record myself on guitar
>> with a piano accompaniment, I could use a sequencer to write the
>> piano line and generate it through a sampler. But that brings my
>> first question -- if you don't own/play the instruments in question,
>> where do you get the samples?
>
> I buy them. My sampler of choice is (the now long in the tooth)
> GigaStudio Ver 2.5x. (GSt) File format is *.gig. (Generally)
> LinuxSampler will play many of them, and it's getting better all the
> time.
OK, I hadn't been aware that LinuxSampler was yet in a usable form,
to be honest. I guess I reflexively figure that if something's only
available via CVS, it's probably not yet usable by non-programmers.
So I hadn't looked at it yet. Thanks for the heads up.
> My one piece of advice, assuming you're going to tell me that you
> don't have money, is to stay away from Sound Fonts converted to gig
> format (whether you buy them or do it yourself) if you are looking for
> the best results. You get what you pay for...
Except for with Linux! But I know what you mean. Many things, like a
better soundcard, are in the plans once I'm not, uh, underemployed.
> Good luck with your explorations,
Thanks muchly.
-c
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