I use it so much, I even converted my entire ancient Ensoniq EPS collection to. You no longer need it, as the plugin itself is what keeps track of the whole score, instruments and master levels and MIDI channels. One added, QS has no more purpose really. It is actually pretty cool in the end, but basically, once you load the LSPlugin into an Ardour/Mixbus track, you use QS to add the instruments. The biggest challenge with learning LS was understanding the relationship between (in my case) LinuxSampler plugin and QSampler. It is easy to turn off the 32 channel mode. Some dists will have 32 channels immediately upon adding the plugin, and some will have only 2. The biggest differences between versions, which Paul spoke of, is mostly all about the channels. I spent days upon days trying to figure it out, and finally did. It is mostly due to lack of good instructions and documentation. It is really not that LinuxSampler has a huge learning curve. The SFZ engine behind Carla is based on Linuxsampler, so it will at least sound as good as Linuxsampler.Įven so, a one-size-fits-all solution is never really a “one-size-fits-all” solution for absolutely all situations, so it would be a good idea for you to get to grips with all the options available to you. Just point Carla to the folder where you have your SFZ files, and each individual SFZ file will be made available as an individual “sub”-plugin. Carla can function as a stand-alone VST/LV2/SF2/SFZ host, and can also function as a plugin for Ardour. If you want something that “just works”, you can try to use Carla. It does come with a steep learning-curve, though. With regards to SFZ files, Linuxsampler was listed as the option, and it remains the most powerful one. Confusingly this is also called “Fluidsynth”, just as well the Ardour project decided to pre-pend their plugins with “a-”! Another good SF2-based plugin forms part of the Calf plugin suite, and like a-fluidsynth is also based on the Fluidsynth framework. When we are talking about sf2 files, a-fluidsynth is a good place to start. Just like me to be months late to the party…Īnyhow, telover! Apart from a-fluidsynth and linuxsampler, there are other plugins you can use.
#How to read .sf2 files windows#
You cannot use these plugins (written for Windows (or MacOS)) on Linux without jumping through some hoops. But market pressure makes it impossible for them to completely avoid providing their stuff as plugins. In fact, when they can, they prefer to avoid plugins and convince people to use their own playback engines outside a DAW. Linuxsampler can load SFZ files, but using Linuxsampler as a plugin can be quite tricky, depending on who built it and what options they decided to use when they did so.Ĭompanies like Garritan, Versilian and East-West generally do not release plugins for Linux in any format. At this time, FluidSynth (and likewise a-fluid) cannot load SFZ format files, only SF2. They are not plugins themselves - you have to load them into a plugin like a-fluid. SF2 files can be used by a few synthesizer plugins, notably a-fluid (based on FluidSynth, an open source synth engine). SF2/SFZ: SoundFont 2 and SFZ, names for file formats used to information/data for synthesizers that play back existing audio files. Moreover, I think you are specifically asking about instrument plugins, as opposed to effect plugins. I think that you're really asking about plugins not "VSTs", which are a specific subset of all possible plugins. VST: Virtual Studio Technology which is a trademarked term owned by Steinberg, used to describe a specific plugin API used on Windows, MacOS (nee OS X) and recently Linux. First, let's try to stick with clear terminology.
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