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Mark Knecht wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dave Phillips  wrote:

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>> I'm curious, what formats currently dominate the Windows sampler worlds ?

>> Are any of them open-source formats ?

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> It's a guess on my part Dave but I think the two I suggested I'd buy:

> EXS24 and Kontakt. I have no idea if either is Open Source. Different

> vendors do support them so there must be some spec for it. Bardstown

> supports lots of formats. How can a 1 guy company do that without open

> specs?

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Thanks, Mark. I'm pretty sure that Kontakt's native file format is

proprietary, but a Google search didn't help much. Kontakt itself is

able to load/play a variety of formats, correct ?
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>> Also, in your opinion is SFZ/SF2 a decent replacement for GIG ?

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> No idea what those are? Some sort of Sound Font derivative?

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Apparently. See Andrew's response. :)
>>> All my samplers are Windows-based so I don't face these issues.

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>> Until they die too. :)

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> Yeah, and I'd happily go with an Open Source sampler if there was an

> Open Source sampler. LS isn't and I don't know of an alternative. I

> use what I use because it works and it's long since paid for and not

> necessarily because I want to.

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I know, I'm just ribbin' ya. My MIDI sequencer of choice is a

closed-source DOS program, feel free to give me the same ribs. :)
Best,
dp
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