On 10/12/12 21:07, Brett McCoy wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Holger Marzen <hol...@marzen.de> wrote: > >> You can find the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra at >> http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/download.html > > I've seen that and they generalyl sound OK, but it has very few > articulations and next to nothing for chromatic samples (they say to > use pitch bending to get the chromatic notes, bleah).
The strings aren't that bad... It seems to be that they are better than many free soundfonts.. Otherwise what do you use for orchestra sounds? > >> and the Maestro Concert Grand v2 at >> http://www.linuxsampler.org/instruments.html > > I have piano sounds out the wazoo (there's also pianoteq, which has > fantastic sounding algorithmically based piano instruments, but they > are commercial apps, even on Linux). Orchestral sounds and various > ethnic/exotic instrument sounds are what I use the most, and they cost > money to produce, which is more likely than not why you don't see much > in the way of free sample libraries for that kind of thing. I think > this was recently discussed at great length on both the LAD list and > on the Ardour IRC -- why aren't there more free orchestral libraries? > Personally, I'd settle for a native version of Kontakt on Linux! There are a few commercial GIG libraries around, I wonder if anyone tried them on LinuxSampler, it would be interesting to see a trial about this. Lorenzo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
