On Saturday 17 July 2010 22:18:32 Aaron Krister Johnson wrote: > I should also mention that Pianoteq has made a native Linux version. I know > it's an excellent product, and the reviews of its Linux performance are > glowing. Of course, Linuxers are often not used to paying for software, but > we can't have it both ways: if we want commercial support, we should from > time to time support commercial products that take the plunge into the > Linux-land market! My two cents, anyway. :) > > AKJ > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 07:14:38PM -0500, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote: > > > I never found a really good piano .SF2; this is why I set up > > > LinuxSampler. Right now I am using the one they provide on their web > > > site, and it's pretty good, but when I get the $ I'm going to try to > > > find a Bosendorfer .gig I read about a while back. I have always > > > wanted to play a Bosendorfer since I heard of them, and the .gig I > > > heard of was $40, I was told it is excellent. Commercial and Free are not opposites. > > > > > > J.E.B. all the best, drew > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 11:34 -0300, Bernardo Barros wrote: > > > > Hey Jonathan, > > > > > > > > What piano soundfont did you find the best? I'm looking for a really > > > > good one here. > > > > For years I used a Steinway soundfont that was $5 on the internets. > > Worked well, sounded well. > > > > Lately I use the Old Lady Gigasample in LinuxSampler for recording > > purposes. > > > > Live I use a very simple piano soundfont lifted from a PC52 or some such > > General Midi soundfont, because it is lightweight and doesn't use up too > > much CPU on my EEE, and also because it cuts through the mix with almost > > headache-inducing force. > > > > -ken > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
