On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Al Thompson <biggles58@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I had decided to give Linuxsampler a thorough try, since many here recommend > it. After FINALLY getting it to output actual sound, I realize that I also > need the editor part (gigaedit), which of course, is NOT included in my > distro's repositories. So, I wander over to the web site and find it in > source format, which I can't get to compile yet. I need to figure out what > all I need to get to compile it. > > However, which I was on the web site, I notice that there is a Windows > version of both the sampler and editor. I figure I would give it a try. As > much as I really want to get away from Windows, I also really wanted to try > the sampler and editor in an environment that I know works (audio and MIDI > work flawlessly on my XP setup). > > After installing it, it can't find any sound cards, and I can't force it to > find either of the two that are available (1 usb and 1 on-board), even > though every other program I use on Windows (Sonar, Soundforge) finds both. > Apparently, linuxsampler insists on using asio, while everything else I use > is happy with wdm. > > I give up. I'm not too enthusiastic about breaking my entire Windows audio > system to try out the sampler. I'm not a total noob, but this is just too > frustrating. > Counter trend comments here for a Linux Audio list. If you've decided that you're going to use Windows then don't cause yourself problems and go with GigaStudio or Kontact. The lowest end versions are sub-$100, bundled with sound cards and/or some libraries, and have feature sets and stability that LS just cannot match. I personally wouldn't use LS but I cannot imagine a reason to use it on Windows other than just to play around with. My 2 cents, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
