On 05/28/2012 10:04 AM, Leigh Dyer wrote: > On 28/05/12 5:52 PM, Robin Gareus wrote: >> RAM is the crux. You want to keep all the samples in memory so that they >> can play was soon as you press a key without waiting for data from the >> disk. But you're absolutely right: Never use lossy formats for >> instrument samples. > > Why do you want to keep the whole sample in memory? As long as enough of > it is in memory to handle the immediate attack, it should be fine to > stream the rest of it. I believe that's what LinuxSampler does, and it > works very well with the 2GB Salamander Grand Piano, without needing to > take up 2GB of RAM. > right. If you don't have solid-state storage just be sure to ask your sysadmin to disable HDD power-saving. A spin-up procedure can take a few seconds and the immediate attack may be longer than most samples. Cheers! robin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
