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103 <h1><span class="hidden">The LinuxSampler Project</span></h1>
104
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123
124 <h2>FAQ</h2>
125 <p class="default">
126 Here is a collection of frequently asked questions. Please read them before asking on
127 the mailing list.
128 </p>
129 <h3>Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products? </h3>
130 <p class="default">
131 You are NOT ALLOWED to use LinuxSampler source code, libraries or applications in
132 COMMERCIAL hardware or software products without prior written authorization by the
133 <a href="developers.html">authors</a>. <A HREF="downloads.html">See here</A>
134
135 <h3>linuxsampler? qsampler? libgig? liblscp? hu?</h3>
136 <p class="default">
137 There are currently four subprojects in the LinuxSampler project; linuxsampler,
138 qsampler, libgig and liblscp. linuxsampler is the core of the sampler, it includes the
139 sampler engines and audio and MIDI drivers. linuxsampler itself is decoupled from any
140 user interface. It offers a network server (LSCP server) to allow to be controlled by
141 an arbitrary user frontend from an arbitrary place over a network connection or
142 locally from the same machine as well.
143 qsampler is the first GUI frontend written for linuxsampler, it is written with the Qt
144 GUI library and thus can be compiled for various architectures and operating systems
145 without modifications on the source code.
146 libgig is a C++ library written for loading Gigasampler files and DLS Level 1 and 2
147 files. libgig is used by linuxsampler to load Gigasampler files and it <b>can</b> be
148 used by qsampler to retrieve additional informations about Gigasampler files. liblscp
149 is a C library written as a wrapper around the LSCP network protocol, thus to control
150 linuxsampler. It was originally designed to be used on both sides, that is on server /
151 backend side (linuxsampler) and on client / frontend side (e.g. qsampler). But it's now
152 only used on client side by qsampler at the moment.
153 </p>
154
155 <h3>What do I need to compile and install?</h3>
156 <p class="default">
157 You should compile and install at least libgig and linuxsampler. As a beginner you should
158 definitely as well compile and install liblscp and qsampler. qsampler is a
159 convenient GUI frontend for linuxsampler. qsampler depends on liblscp, so you have to
160 compile and install liblscp before starting to build qsampler. The recommended order to
161 compile and install is:
162 <ol class="default">
163 <li>libgig</li>
164 <li>linuxsampler</li>
165 <li>liblscp</li>
166 <li>qsampler</li>
167 </ol>
168 </p>
169
170 <h3>Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ... </h3>
171 <p class="default">
172 "<code>can't find a register in class `GENERAL_REGS' while reloading `asm'</code>"<br>
173 This is caused by the inline assembly code for SIMD optimization. You currently have to compile LinuxSampler with -O2 or -O3 to avoid this problem. Usually this done by default, if not try:
174 </p>
175 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
176 <tr>
177 <td><pre class="code">1
178 2</pre>
179 </td>
180 <td width="100%">
181 <pre class="code">CXXFLAGS="-O3" ./configure
182 make</pre>
183 </td>
184 </tr>
185 </table>
186 <p class="default">
187 Alternatively you could also disable all hand-crafted assembly optimization code by:
188 </p>
189 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
190 <tr>
191 <td><pre class="code">1
192 2</pre>
193 </td>
194 <td width="100%">
195 <pre class="code">./configure --disable-asm
196 make</pre>
197 </td>
198 </tr>
199 </table>
200 <p class="default">
201 but the latter is definitely not recommended, as it will increase CPU usage a lot!
202 </p>
203 <p class="default">
204 "<code>../common/Resampler.h:142: error: memory input 2 is not directly addressable</code>"<br>
205 This was reported (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9018347&forum_id=12792">1</a>,
206 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9019467&forum_id=12792">2</a>)
207 to be a gcc/g++ version problem. Make sure you got gcc and g++,
208 both of version 3.3 or higher installed. You can check this with:
209 </p>
210 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
211 <tr>
212 <td><pre class="code">1
213 2</pre>
214 </td>
215 <td width="100%">
216 <pre class="code">gcc --version
217 g++ --version</pre>
218 </td>
219 </tr>
220 </table>
221 <p class="default">
222 In case you already got gcc and g++ of version 3.3 or higher
223 installed and it still causes the compilation error mentioned
224 above, try the following:
225 </p>
226 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
227 <tr>
228 <td><pre class="code">1
229 2</pre>
230 </td>
231 <td width="100%">
232 <pre class="code">export CC=`which gcc`
233 export CXX=`which g++`</pre>
234 </td>
235 </tr>
236 </table>
237
238 <h3>How do I checkout from CVS?</h3>
239 <p class="default">
240 The procedure of checking out the newest version from CVS is described on the
241 <a href="downloads.html">Downloads</a> site.
242 </p>
243
244 <h3>How do I compile from CVS?</h3>
245 <p class="default">
246 The procedure for compiling from CVS is the same for all subprojects, that is no matter
247 if you are compiling linuxsampler, qsampler, libgig or liblscp from CVS, you need to
248 have the autotools (automake, autoconf and libtool) installed and compile it that way:
249 </p>
250 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
251 <tr>
252 <td><pre class="code">1
253 2
254 3</pre>
255 </td>
256 <td width="100%">
257 <pre class="code">make -f Makefile.cvs
258 ./configure
259 make</pre>
260 </td>
261 </tr>
262 </table>
263
264 <h3>Can I use linuxsampler without a GUI as well?</h3>
265 <p class="default">
266 Yes, but unfortunately there is no console based frontend frontend for linuxsampler (yet).
267 You have to write LSCP scripts and send it to the running linuxsampler application.
268 You can send a LSCP script to linuxsampler on the console with the following command:
269 </p>
270 <table class="default" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
271 <tr>
272 <td><pre class="code">1</pre>
273 </td>
274 <td width="100%">
275 <pre class="code">cat yourscript.lscp | netcat -t localhost 8888</pre>
276 </td>
277 </tr>
278 </table>
279 <p class="default">
280 Of course you can also replace localhost by the IP address of the machine where
281 linuxsampler is running. Alternatively you can also make a telnet connection (port 8888)
282 to linuxsampler's LSCP server and type commands manually.
283 </p>
284
285
286 <h3>Are there example LSCP script files somewhere?</h3>
287 <p class="default">
288 Yes, have a look on the <a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a> site for some
289 common LSCP script examples. For details about LSCP read the
290 <a href="api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html">LSCP reference</a>. Be welcome to ask
291 questions for details about LSCP on the mailing list.
292 </p>
293
294 <a name="dropouts"></a>
295 <h3>I get dropouts (click sounds, noise), what can I do about it?</h3>
296 <p class="default">
297 In order to achieve good results under Linux you need to have a
298 <a href="http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/resourceslatency.php3">patched kernel</a>.
299 There are different patches available depending on what version (2.4.x or 2.6.x) of kernel you use.
300 The <a href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php">JACK FAQ site</a> is also a good resource
301 how to configure a realtime stable kernel. But note; LinuxSampler currently has not support for
302 libcap yet, that means if you are still using a 2.4.x Linux kernel you most probably have to run
303 LinuxSampler with root priviliges (support for libcap is planned though). As a rule of thumb: if
304 you don't get warnings like "cannot mlockall() memory" you are safe to run it as ordinary user as well.
305 </p>
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