Re: [LAU] Linuxsampler/qsampler usability and session portability

On 10/15/2011 11:25 AM, Dan MacDonald wrote:
>
> afaict, there's no dedicated .sfz editor app that i know of yet.
> maybe there are. you always have as last resort to edit one as
> plain text, taking care to obey to syntax and semantic rules (ok,
> sorry, this is just me thinking out loud, because i know this much
> about the .sfz spec:)
>
> and yes, there's a linuxsampler mailing-list and also a forum. also
> #linuxsampler on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> . i
> believe most of your worries are best answered by the sfz engine's
> author(s) hanging out there ;)
>
>
> I think I vaguely remember someone posting a script to create sfz files
> to this list but maybe that was to create Hydrogen files? Once I have
> got a working sfz (I should've just downloaded a free one instead of
> trying to make one myself first really) then it'd be easy enough for me
> to write a script to automate the creation of sfzs but I'd still prefer
> to see such functionality integrated into qsampler, gsampler or fantasia
> - my philosophy being that if we want to stand a good chance of
> attracting non-unix geeks to Linux audio then all common tasks should
> be achievable without any scripting or cli voodoo.

as you might infer from my replies, having a stand-alone application to
edit, create and possibly also play a specific sampler file format is
the way to go.

qsampler (probably the other siblings too) have a hook to the gigedit
editor. yes it's a .gig file editor (no .sfz i'm afraid) and last time
i've checked there was a big "edit" button on each sampler channel strip
for just that.

all that to say, once a genuine sfz editor becomes available it won't be
much of a trouble for you to ask and integrate it into the
linuxsampler/qsampler workflow.

how about joining the gigedit project? adding support for .sfz might be
interesting if not the answer for your questions ;)

cheers

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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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