Yeah - you will come no where close to the realism of performance using LinuxSampler and just the Vienna gig files themselves that you can get on a Windows machine using the gig files plus the real-time processing those tools they provide. In Linux you'll be limited to only playing essentially since notes. Under Windows those tools identify specific things in MIDI streams, like overlapping notes for a violin, and then pick specific recordings within the gig files that you will never ever choose without the tools. In fact under Linux some MIDI patterns will sound completely different without the use of the tools. *Possibly* the tools might work under Wine someday. They did not work earlier. Without the tools you're probably paying way too much for the results you'll get. My 2 cents, Mark On 10/1/06, stuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <stuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wanted to purchase the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Opus 1 and 2. Vienna Symphonic states that you need their "Production Tool" for best performance. It is smart enough to deal with smooth Legatos of all instruments and allows you to create custom runs. Do you think that not having this tool would hinder me in linux if I just ran the giga files? Anyone have any insight? Thanks
