On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/12/12 21:07, Brett McCoy wrote: >> 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..
They do sound OK, for the most part. Gabriel Nord recently produced an album using these samples (along with some other Linux stuff, although I don't think RG was involved): http://www.ironink.se/music.htm > Otherwise what do you use for orchestra sounds? I use a lot of commercial libaries for Kontakt, EWQL Play and Best Service Engine, they are hosted on a separate Windows machine. >> 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. Sadly, gig libraries are getting more and more scarce since Tascam ended Gigasampler. Kontakt seems to be the most popular sampler format now. I would be the first to sign up if Kontakt came to Linux, there has been some interest expressed from NI, but probably won't happen anytime soon. I *think* Kontakt on OS X supports Jack, but it's a hidden feature that they don't advertise. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
