I have had some luck with Kontact and festige On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Peter Crighton <petecrighton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have the great Garritan Personal Orchestra > (http://www.garritan.com/products/personal-orchestra-4/) and have used it > successfully (on 64-bit Arch) – I haven’t touched it for 1.5 years, and it > doesn’t load at the moment, but I’m also on a terribly out-of-date Arch > version at the moment. It definitely worked beautifully back then. > It’s not native to Linux, but with the help of SAVIHost > (http://www.hermannseib.com/savihost.htm) through Wine it will load > perfectly. Presets can be saved. I think it only allows a minimum of 256 > frames per period, though. > Miroslav Philharmonik from IK Multimedia > (http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/philharmonik/) works in the same way, > but I like GPO a lot more. > > > -- > Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany > http://www.petercrighton.de > > > 2014-05-20 21:01 GMT+02:00 Jonathan E Brickman <jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> Thanks! >> >> Jonathan E. Brickman >> Ponderworthy Music | jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (785)233-9977 | >> http://ponderworthy.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "James Stone" <jamesmstone@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: "Linux Audio Users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: 5/20/2014 1:26:08 AM >> Subject: Re: Recommended near-realistic strings section generator? >> >> >> Maybe loomer if you want synth strings? Otherwise a gig or SFZ -based >> sample set to load in linuxsampler - free: >> >> Sonatina: http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net >> >> This thread discusses using cakewalk instruments: >> >> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11323 >> >> James >> >> On 20 May 2014 03:28, "Jonathan E Brickman" <jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Right now I'm using Fluidsynth running a soundfont which I customized a >>> good bit, but it's just not quite what I want; I want it recognizably a >>> string section, 88-key range, rumbly power in the low, smooth but a definite >>> bit of fuzz in mids and highs. I'll take any technology, and will do >>> payware, as long as it runs well on 64-bit Arch Linux. Anyone got a >>> recommend? >>> -- >>> Jonathan E. Brickman >>> Ponderworthy Music | jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (785)233-9977 | >>> http://ponderworthy.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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