On Thu, September 17, 2009 12:14, Viktor Mastoridis wrote: > I keep on getting Xruns when trying to work with soundfonts on rosegarden > or muse, especially if I combine several sf2 banks with several audio > tracks (on Ardour, prior to use plugins). So far, I was running them > through Qsynth, but I read on the net that the combination of Qsynth, > Rosegarden/Muse and Ardour is regarded as not so stable? > what is non-stable about it? qsynth _is_ fluidsynth with a gui. it has no difference regarding audio (jack) real-time performance whatsoever. both applications do use the very same synth engine (libfluidsynth). however you can have more than one synth engine with qsynth, a trick only possible with several instances of fluidsynth (cli). > > Thus, if you don't mind sharing your experience, I will be thankful. > > > What is the best way that you use Soundfont banks in Linux? > afaics, there's fluidsynth/qsynth and timidity++. you choose which is best ;) > > By 'best', I mean the most stable way, without X-runs and listing/access > to all the banks and instruments in a soundfont. > i guess either fluidsynth or qsynth fits the bill ;) > Is running fluidsynth from a command line a better alternative then > qsynth and why? (fluidsynth command line: how does one create a midi input > and audio output port for each sf2 bank?) > as said, you can run several fluidsynth instances each with its own soundfont loaded. you must take care of distinct fluidsynth alsa/jack client names though, there's command line options for just that. again, with qsynth you achieve the same with easier gui setup. > > Can you please tell me your experience in buying professional .gig or > .sf2 sounds? Strings, pianos, accordeons especially. > Sites, prices, quality? > > What is better for profesional results: .sf2 or .gig? > linuxsampler is best and _the_ one for .gig's, which depending on the sample library and vendor, it's technically superior and several notches above soundfont specification, be it in terms of multi-sample layering, dimension and articulation. also, linuxsampler's resource management is state-of-the-art, letting you play way bigger (and definitively professional) sample libraries than fluidsynth/qsynth, which in fact needs to load and lock all soundfonts _completely_ in ram, so you know the drill ;) cheers -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
