On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:46:06 +0200 Graham Goode <ggoode...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nils, > > Have you read any of these forum pages? > > http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=609&p=3641 > http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3&p=2471 > > Kind regards, > GrahamG > Yes, I have read them. I am a (passive) forum member there as well. AFAIK these discussiosn were before sfz. The decision was sfz which was the correct move in my opinion. But nearly the whole thread ignores the fact that creating the engine, even reverse engineering the full retail kontakt 4.2 engine, is sill the lesser part of the deal. Creating the instrument libs is the real deal. This is not the typical software developer problem where you can do amazing things as a single person with enough motivation and effort and then inspire others to work remotely on the same project. Creating sampled instruments needs a high educational and skill level and costs a lot of money and there is no way around that. It is no surprise that most low cost and free instruments are drumkits ripped from an hardware drumcomputer or synthesizer and after that even more percussion from your kitchen and a few keyboard instruments. These are easy and quick task which requires little knowledge and can actually be done in any sampler format. sfz would be my choice here as well. But you don't find something like the East West Choir lib (with word builder to sing lyrics) or Vocaloid (solo singing voice emulation) as hobby project. This is actually so complex and complicated that you don't even find failed beginnings with a few samples recorded by the lousy local school choir. And you would have to write it as standalone program since there is no open sampler format powerful enough for such things. I couldn't care less about the kontakt (and other) format but even if LS had the most powerful sampling engine around there is still the need for instruments, and I bet they will be commercial. Still, a better sampling format, maybe based on sfz, would be still the correct move in the long run. (Until physical modelling takes over) It is the usual problem: How to attract people to contribute to the ecosystem (open or closed) without people who already contributed to the ecosystem. There is a need for the typical "killer app", or sample in this case. An interpreted, open (and therefore cross platform) format with LS as reference implementation and an instrument that will blow the people away. Nils ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Linuxsampler-devel mailing list Linuxsampler-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel
