On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> I don't know. Possibly not. GigaStudio is dead. A focus by the LAU >> Sampler community to remain *.gig focused may cause problems longer >> term. >> >> I own GigaStudio 3 & 4 but also other samplers as well, as dedicated >> sample players. Over time I'm slowly migrating to other sample file >> formats for that reason. > > Hi Mark, > > I'm curious, what formats currently dominate the Windows sampler worlds ? > Are any of them open-source formats ? > It's a guess on my part Dave but I think the two I suggested I'd buy: EXS24 and Kontakt. I have no idea if either is Open Source. Different vendors do support them so there must be some spec for it. Bardstown supports lots of formats. How can a 1 guy company do that without open specs? > Also, in your opinion is SFZ/SF2 a decent replacement for GIG ? > No idea what those are? Some sort of Sound Font derivative? > >> All my samplers are Windows-based so I don't face these issues. >> >> > > Until they die too. :) > Yeah, and I'd happily go with an Open Source sampler if there was an Open Source sampler. LS isn't and I don't know of an alternative. I use what I use because it works and it's long since paid for and not necessarily because I want to. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
