Paul Davis wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Francisco > López<lopezfrancisco1985@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> I'm really no expert and never intended to make THAT kind of work, but I >> think we'll encounter some technical issues if we try to do that with free >> audio software under linux. >> For starters, it should require a lot of Library Stacking. Do we have a LOT >> of different great quality orchestral free sample libraries? >> > > The libraries don't have to be free. They have to be in a format > understood by free software. LinuxSampler understands several such > library formats, and is an extremely, extremely efficient sample > playback engine. It can do more than almost any commercial sample > playback software on the same hardware. Jan the maker of the soundtracks doesn't agree with you: > As for LinuxSampler, the sad fact is that virtually all > state-of-the-art libraries come either in Kontakt format or embedded > into proprietary player engines. Libraries that LinuxSampler can read > (namely, GigaStudio and Akai) are getting more ancient by the minute, > as sampling technology is leaping forward at a break-neck speed right > now. Make no mistake: I thoroughly hate the fact that every sample > developer out there has switched to marrying his content to a certain > piece of software, and I'd love to see LinuxSampler succeed anyway > (after all, there are lots of uses for samplers besides playing > commercial libraries, especially in electronica). For the time being, > though, I have to go with the flow, as falling back to old libraries > would be a massive step backwards for me. http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=74533#74533 \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
