On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Florian Schirmer <florian.schirmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there someone who knows more about these formats? Even if it is not >> possible to write a sampler engine (it would not be the first >> [partly]binary, closed format loaded by open source software) maybe there is >> at least a way to get all the needed information to convert/correct them by >> hand or individual scripts. > > Besides the technical problem there is also a legal problem involved here. > To protect the IP of sample developers the instruments sold by 3rd party > developers are encrypted. > > My guess would be that using something like Autosampler to capture a certain > snapshot of a library and convert that into something that your favorite can > read is by far the most promising solution. But of course this depends on > what you're looking for. I haven't heard of Autosampler until now, but this seems like an appropriate time to bring up synthclone: http://synthclone.googlecode.com/ ... which has some similar features, is free, and has a plugin API that allows a programmer to add missing functionality. -- Devin Anderson surfacepatterns (at) gmail (dot) com blog - http://surfacepatterns.blogspot.com/ psinsights - http://psinsights.googlecode.com/ synthclone - http://synthclone.googlecode.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user