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<h2>FAQ</h2> |
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Here is a collection of frequently asked questions. Please read them before asking on |
Here is a collection of frequently asked questions. Please read them before asking on |
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1. License<br> |
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<a href="#commercial_products">Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</a> |
1.1 <a href="#commercial_products">Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</a><br> |
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1.2 <a href="#commercial_music">Can I use LinuxSampler for commercial music production?</a><br> |
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1.3 <a href="#open_source">LinuxSampler is not open source, you are evil!</a><br> |
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<a href="#commercial_music">Can I use LinuxSampler for commercial music production?</a> |
1.3 <a href="#closed_source">Will LinuxSampler turn closed-source?</a><br> |
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1.4 <a href="#ls_license_change">I've heard the commercial exception of LinuxSampler was added at a certain version?</a><br> |
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1.5 <a href="#ls_breaking_libgig_license">Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against libgig?</a><br> |
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<a href="#open_source">LinuxSampler is not open source, you are evil!</a> |
1.6 <a href="#ls_breaking_license">Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against other libraries?</a><br> |
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2. General Questions<br> |
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2.1 <a href="#aga">linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</a><br> |
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<a href="#aga">linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</a> |
2.2 <a href="#no_gui">Can I use linuxsampler without a GUI as well?</a><br> |
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3. Compilation / Installation<br> |
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3.1 <a href="#install">What do I need to compile and install?</a><br> |
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<a href="#install">What do I need to compile and install?</a> |
3.2 <a href="#compilarion_error">Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ...</a><br> |
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3.3 <a href="#cvs_checkout">How do I checkout from CVS?</a><br> |
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3.4 <a href="#compile_cvs">How do I compile from CVS?</a><br> |
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<a href="#compilarion_error">Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ...</a> |
4. Setup<br> |
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4.1 <a href="#examples_lscp">Are there example LSCP script files somewhere?</a><br> |
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4.2 <a href="#dropouts">I get dropouts (click sounds, noise), what can I do about it?</a><br> |
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<a href="#cvs_checkout">How do I checkout from CVS?</a> |
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<h3>Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</h3> |
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by funding and thus increase development speed. |
by funding and thus increase development speed. |
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<h3>Will LinuxSampler turn closed-source?</h3> |
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No, LinuxSampler will remain open source. Again, the commercial exception is just to |
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prevent commercial exploitation by third parties that haven't contributed anything to |
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open source projects. |
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<h3>I've heard the commercial exception of LinuxSampler was added at a certain version?</h3> |
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No, the commercial exception in LinuxSampler's license terms were there since day one. |
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Even further it's not only there since the very first publicly available CVS |
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(developer) version of LinuxSampler, that commercial exception was even already in |
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Benno Senoner's proof of concept code called "EVO", which LinuxSampler was based on. |
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There was even a rumour that we would have manipulated CVS history to "pretend" this |
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exception wasn't added at a later point. Needless to say that this rumour is completely |
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false as well. Think about it! We're a group of developers spread around the world who |
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work on this project for fun and ideology in our spare time. Most of us contributed to |
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various other open source / free software projects. Do you seriously think we would |
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cheat on such an issue? Beside that you certainly find various people completely |
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unrelated to this project who still have early versions of LinuxSampler and / or EVO |
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and thus can confirm that this commercial exception was always there. |
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<h3>Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against libgig?</h3> |
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No! LinuxSampler does not "illegally" link against libgig, since the copyright holder |
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(in this case of libgig) has all rights of his work and thus is not bound to his own |
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license terms. The sole purpose of license terms is to grant other people certain |
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rights to use the work. |
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<h3>Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against other libraries?</h3> |
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No, the only library LinuxSampler links to that has license restrictions regarding |
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linking is libgig (<a href="#ls_breaking_libgig_license">see above</a>). Especially |
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LinuxSampler does not break Qt's license terms, since it does not link against Qt at |
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<a name="aga"></a> |
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<h3>linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</h3> |
<h3>linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? gigedit? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</h3> |
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There are currently six subprojects in the LinuxSampler project; jlscp, jsampler, |
There are currently seven subprojects in the LinuxSampler project; jlscp, jsampler, |
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libgig, liblscp, linuxsampler and qsampler. linuxsampler is the core of the sampler, it includes the |
libgig, liblscp, linuxsampler, gigedit and qsampler. linuxsampler is the core of the sampler, it includes the |
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sampler engines and audio and MIDI drivers. linuxsampler itself is decoupled from any |
sampler engines and audio and MIDI drivers. linuxsampler itself is decoupled from any |
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user interface. It offers a native C++ API as well as a network server (LSCP server) to allow to be controlled by |
user interface. It offers a native C++ API as well as a network server (LSCP server) to allow to be controlled by |
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an arbitrary user frontend from an arbitrary place over a network connection or |
an arbitrary user frontend from an arbitrary place over a network connection or |
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locally from the same machine as well. |
(of course) locally from the same machine as well. This decoupled / |
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qsampler is the first GUI frontend written for linuxsampler, it is written in C++ using the Qt |
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backend">"backend"</a> design |
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without a Desktop, the machine doesn't even have to have a graphics card! |
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qsampler is the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface">GUI</a> |
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written for linuxsampler, it is written in C++ using the Qt |
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GUI library and thus can be compiled for various architectures and operating systems |
GUI library and thus can be compiled for various architectures and operating systems |
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without modifications of the source code. |
without modifications of the source code. |
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gigedit is an instruments editor application for Gigasampler format files. You can |
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run it as stand-alone application or in conjunction with LinuxSampler. In the latter |
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case you can play and immediately hear all your modifications made with gigedit in |
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libgig is a C++ library written for accessing Gigasampler files and DLS Level 1 and 2 |
libgig is a C++ library written for accessing Gigasampler files and DLS Level 1 and 2 |
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files, that is for reading and (since version 3.0.0) also writing of those files. |
files, that is for reading and (since version 3.0.0) also writing of those files. |
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libgig is used by linuxsampler to load Gigasampler files and it <b>can</b> be |
libgig is used by linuxsampler to load Gigasampler files, it is used by gigedit to |
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load, modify and create new Gigasampler files and it <b>can</b> be |
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used by qsampler to retrieve additional informations about Gigasampler files. liblscp |
used by qsampler to retrieve additional informations about Gigasampler files. liblscp |
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is a C library written as a wrapper around the LSCP network protocol, thus to control |
is a C library written as a wrapper around the LSCP network protocol, thus to control |
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linuxsampler. It was originally designed to be used on both sides, that is on server / |
linuxsampler. It was originally designed to be used on both sides, that is on server / |
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You should compile and install at least libgig and linuxsampler. As a beginner you should |
You should compile and install at least libgig and linuxsampler. As a beginner you should |
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definitely as well compile and install a convenient GUI frontend like either qsampler or |
definitely as well compile and install a convenient GUI frontend like either qsampler or |
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jsampler, whatever you prefer. qsampler depends on liblscp, so you have to |
jsampler, whatever you prefer. qsampler depends on liblscp, so you have to |
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compile and install liblscp before starting to build qsampler. The recommended order to |
compile and install liblscp before starting to build qsampler. Also if you like to be |
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compile and install is: |
able to edit instruments, you should compile and install gigedit as well. The recommended |
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order to compile and install is: |
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<li>libgig</li> |
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<li>linuxsampler</li> |
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<li>liblscp</li> |
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<h3>Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ... </h3> |
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• "<code>Required libgig version not found...</code>"<br> |
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This error might occur when running LinuxSampler's configure script. Make sure |
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you have the required libgig version installed. If you're compiling a CVS |
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version of LinuxSampler you usually have to compile and install the current |
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CVS version of libgig as well. Also note there are couple common mistakes which |
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libgig version. Read |
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<a href="https://bugs.linuxsampler.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=29">this bug report</a> |
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about common mistakes and how you can fix them. |
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• "<code>can't find a register in class `GENERAL_REGS' while reloading `asm'</code>"<br> |
• "<code>can't find a register in class `GENERAL_REGS' while reloading `asm'</code>"<br> |
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real LSCP scripts. You can send a LSCP script to linuxsampler on the console with the |
real LSCP scripts. You can send a LSCP script to linuxsampler on the console with the |
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following command: |
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<pre class="code">cat yourscript.lscp | netcat localhost 8888</pre> |
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or on certain systems (like Debian) you have to provide the -t switch: |
or on certain systems (like Debian) you have to provide the -t switch: |
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<pre class="code">cat yourscript.lscp | netcat -t localhost 8888</pre> |
<pre class="code">netcat -t localhost 8888 < yourscript.lscp</pre> |
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Of course you can also replace localhost by the IP address of the machine where |
Of course you can also replace localhost by the IP address of the machine where |
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linuxsampler is running. Alternatively you can also make a telnet connection (port 8888) |
linuxsampler is running. Alternatively you can also make a telnet connection (port 8888) |
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