Re: [LAU] specimen (what and how)

From: schoappied <schoappied@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 30 2008 - 18:52:36 EEST

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:41 AM, schoappied <schoappied@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> Forgot to ask:
>>
>> Which file output give the best sound?
>>
>> - specimen file
>> - soundfont
>> - *.gig file
>>
>
> I don't know enough about specimen to take in depth about that.
> However typically the gig files I use generally support multiple
> samples / note. The samples are chosen during playback based not only
> on what key I hit but also on things like MIDI velocity or controller
> settings. GigaStudio (but not LS) can do some very sophisticated
> things like live mixing of different samples in the same gig file,
> inserting processing on the samples, etc., to get some wonderful
> results.
>
> I don't use soundfonts much. The older files I purchased only
> supported a single sample / note at that time. This meant to modulate
> volume with MIDI velocity all you got was the same sample played
> louder which is fine over a limited volume range but generally not
> that great from 0-127.
>
> Whatever you choose to use, please don't worry too much about the
> stuff above. Just let your ears tell you if you're getting what you
> want.
>
> Have fun,
> Mark
>
>
Where can I find the best free soundfiles? (I know the place at the
linuxsampler forum)...
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