Re: [LAU] (double) bass samples for Linuxsampler

On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 21:31 +0000, Andrew C wrote:
> Also, I had this discussion about SF2 and SFZ on the linuxsampler
> mailing list a while back. Long and short of it is that SF2 is an
> older, monolithic file format with limited modulation capabilities
> designed by EMU/Creative whereas SFZ is quite a recently (and open
> format, like SF2) developed format that seperates the .wav
> multisamples from the programming bits and is designed by
> Roland/Cakewalk (but bears no relation to the Soundfont format).

SFZ is really going to be the future of LinuxSampler, I think, simply
because of its non-monolithic design. Commercial samplers like EXS24 and
Kontakt use much the same design, with a bunch of WAV files and a small
mapping file, so all that's needed to make a Kontakt library playable in
LinuxSampler is for someone to make a matching SFZ mapping. I can't see
any reason why such a mapping wouldn't be freely distributable, so as a
community we could build up a collection of downloadable SFZ mappings
for popular commercial libraries.

You can already find SFZ mappings for some libraries, eg:

http://www.drealm.info/sfz/

Of course, building such mappings isn't an easy job, but if it can be
done once and distributed widely, it greatly eases the burden.

Thanks
Leigh

> Andrew.
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >> Mark Knecht wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't know. Possibly not. GigaStudio is dead. A focus by the LAU
> >>> Sampler community to remain *.gig focused may cause problems longer
> >>> term.
> >>>
> >>> I own GigaStudio 3 & 4 but also other samplers as well, as dedicated
> >>> sample players. Over time I'm slowly migrating to other sample file
> >>> formats for that reason.
> >>
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> I'm curious, what formats currently dominate the Windows sampler worlds ?
> >> Are any of them open-source formats ?
> >>
> >
> > It's a guess on my part Dave but I think the two I suggested I'd buy:
> > EXS24 and Kontakt. I have no idea if either is Open Source. Different
> > vendors do support them so there must be some spec for it. Bardstown
> > supports lots of formats. How can a 1 guy company do that without open
> > specs?
> >
> >> Also, in your opinion is SFZ/SF2 a decent replacement for GIG ?
> >>
> >
> > No idea what those are? Some sort of Sound Font derivative?
> >
> >>
> >>> All my samplers are Windows-based so I don't face these issues.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Until they die too. :)
> >>
> >
> > Yeah, and I'd happily go with an Open Source sampler if there was an
> > Open Source sampler. LS isn't and I don't know of an alternative. I
> > use what I use because it works and it's long since paid for and not
> > necessarily because I want to.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
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