Old 05-05-2020, 08:34 AM   #1
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Hi there,

I know that there are some workarounds, like using win-version under wine, or carla. But I wonder if there is a simple solution to play soundfonts native on linux like with the bassmidi.vst for win.

I am using (Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS) and I would prefer a simple vsti solution...
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Old 05-05-2020, 08:48 AM   #2
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There are several native Linux ways to play soundfonts. SFZero, Carla, and LinuxSampler are a few that can do it.
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Old 05-05-2020, 10:16 AM   #3
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@wogda:

A 32 bit soundfont workaround with a beautiful gui,
and excellent capabilities exists. Simple to use in Reaper,
and a standalone should be possible using Tone2 Nanohost.

https://rekkerd.org/frettedsynth-rel...ndfont-player/

https://rekkerd.org/bin/frettedsynth/SafFronSE.zip

https://www.tone2.com/nanohost.html

Semantically speaking, every piece of software is
a 'work-around' of some sort. Linux purists have a history of
objecting to the use of $commercial products that
are closed source, and so a bias creeps in to
the musician community language. I really doubt linux Reaper
would even exist had it not been shown how well the windows version
worked in wine.

Linux Bitwig came from a region that dabbled heavily in
using linux in government settings. Linux Harrison Mixbus,
is a derivative of linux Ardour, and windows Mixbus followed later.
Linux for musicians is indeed a huge and complex workaround,
rewarding as the case may be.

On the non-simple extreme, there is a commercial workaround for playing samples and soundfonts that works in linux, called Kontakt, I use it a lot, while wine just sits in the shade like a well-fed toad.
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Old 05-06-2020, 10:31 AM   #4
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I'm running Ubuntu 19.10

Yet another native solution is Bliss sampler from DiscoDSP.
https://www.discodsp.com/bliss/
When I bought it, it was $149 Now it's $99

I have used it to play the following library types: .EXS / .SFZ / .SF2 (SoundFont2). It's supposed to play Akai S5000/S6000 sounds, but I never tried that... It has a solid native-format library, I think it's around 700-800 Gb.

It is commercial/closed source, and I want commercial devs to port their products to Linux, so I purchase their Linux-native products.

I also bought Renoise Redux, https://www.renoise.com/products/redux/ but I don't think it plays soundfonts. It's a pretty cool plugin though, it has a lot of features beyond sampling, and a good native library.
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Old 05-06-2020, 11:00 AM   #5
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Bliss is great for sampling the occasional cpu killing preset from U-he Bazille/ACE/Diva/Repro or the competition.
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