Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:41 AM, schoappied <schoappied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Forgot to ask: >> >> Which file output give the best sound? >> >> - specimen file >> - soundfont >> - *.gig file >> > > I don't know enough about specimen to take in depth about that. > However typically the gig files I use generally support multiple > samples / note. The samples are chosen during playback based not only > on what key I hit but also on things like MIDI velocity or controller > settings. GigaStudio (but not LS) can do some very sophisticated > things like live mixing of different samples in the same gig file, > inserting processing on the samples, etc., to get some wonderful > results. > > I don't use soundfonts much. The older files I purchased only > supported a single sample / note at that time. This meant to modulate > volume with MIDI velocity all you got was the same sample played > louder which is fine over a limited volume range but generally not > that great from 0-127. > > Whatever you choose to use, please don't worry too much about the > stuff above. Just let your ears tell you if you're getting what you > want. > > Have fun, > Mark > > Where can I find the best free soundfiles? (I know the place at the linuxsampler forum)... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user