Re: [linux-audio-user] Sounds for Linux software synths

On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 16:53 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> Maybe any newcomer to this world of Linux sofware synths won't think
> that there isn't a lot of nice programs available, but instead will
> note a big lack of sounds with which to feed those programs.
>
> As an example, only Worra's Place is listed in Linux sampler web site
> as a place where to get .gig files. And I definitely think that this
> site is, at least, "ugly". Isn't it there any other source of
> free/CC/GPL'ed sounds in .gig format?
>
> Also for fluidsynth. It supports soundfonts but, where to get
> free top-quality sounds in this format? Yes, there's Hammer Sound, but
> there I've never found nothing more, let's say, sophisticated than
> good GM programs.
>
> Shouldn't it be the way to go for us to drown into Freesound and
> create and share free stuff? What to use meanwhile?
>
> Let's suppose the way to go is to buy commercial sounds. Would you go
> for .sf2 or for .gig files? Which one, fluidsynth or linuxsampler do a
> better job rendering synth-like sounds?
>
> Cordially, Ismael

There will be something soon, a website where you can upload and
download various types of files.. I am not sure exactly when it will be
open to the public, but I've talked about it a number of times before,
and work is going slowly, but surely. It will be announced here when it
is ready.