On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:00 -0800 Mark Knecht <mknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/linux-audio-user/attachments/20040326/808f26c4/attachment.bin
