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11  <h2>LinuxSampler for Windows&nbsp; - howto by Benno Senoner&nbsp; </h2>  <h2><center>LinuxSampler for Windows &nbsp; <img src="gfx/logos/windows.png"> &nbsp; HOWTO by Benno Senoner&nbsp;</center></h2>
12  <br>  <br>
13  December,&nbsp; 7 2007<br>  <center>December&nbsp;18th,&nbsp;2007</center><br>
14    <div style="background-color: #F4F4FF; margin: 1em 3em 1em 3em; padding: 1em 1em 1em 2.2em;">
15    <a href="#intro">1.&nbsp; Introduction</a><br>
16    <a href="#requirements">2.&nbsp; Requirements</a><br>
17    3.&nbsp; Installation ...<br>
18    <a href="#install_w_inet">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.a&nbsp; with Internet Connection</a><br>
19    <a href="#install_wo_inet">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.b&nbsp; without Internet</a><br>
20    <a href="#using">4.&nbsp; Using the Applications</a><br>
21    <a href="#setup_midi">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp; Setting up MIDI Input</a><br>
22    <a href="#setup_audio">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2&nbsp; Setting up Audio Output</a><br>
23    <a href="#load_samples">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3&nbsp; Loading Samples</a><br>
24    <a href="#save_session">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4&nbsp; Saving a Sampler Session</a><br>
25    <a href="#houston">5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</a><br>
26    <a href="#docs">6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</a><br>
27    <a href="#bugs">7.&nbsp; Bugs, Problems and Feature Requests</a><br>
28    <a href="#contact">8.&nbsp; Contact</a><br>
29    </div>
30    
31    <a name="intro"></a>
32    <h3>1.&nbsp; Introduction</h3>
33    The LinuxSampler development team is happy to announce that
34    LinuxSampler, the most advanced free, open source sampler finally runs on
35    MS Windows too. More information will be added here soon, so check back frequently.<br>
36    <br>
37    For now the sampler supports the Windows Multimedia Extensions System (MME)
38    for MIDI input and ASIO for audio out. This means it currently runs only
39    as a standalone application. A VST interface will follow soon, along with
40    a network module to run multiple sampler slaves distributed on Windows or
41    Linux machines (Linux provides better performance) all controlled from a
42    Windows box i.e. running the VST sequencer.<br>
43  <br>  <br>
 the LinuxSampler development team is happy to announce that<br>  
 LinuxSampler, the most advanced free, open source sampler now runs on  
 MS Windows too (requires at least Windows 2000).<br>  
 (see below for the download link)<br>  
 More information and documentation will be added here soon, so check  
 back frequently.<br>  
 <br>  
 for the latest LinuxSampler Windowsversion always check <a  
  href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">LinuxSampler  
 Download Page</a><br>  
 <br>  
 If you have questions or want to help subscribe to the <a  
  href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">LinuxSampler  
 mailing list</a><br>  
 <br>  
 or since I did most of of the porting, you can write me directly (to  
 Benno) about&nbsp; Windows related questions.<br>  
 you can find my email address here: <a  
  href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">LinuxSampler  
 developers</a><br>  
 <br>  
 To report bugs please use our bug tracking system <a  
  href="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/">http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/</a><br>  
 <br>  
 <br>  
 For now it supports Windows Multimedia System (MME) at MIDI in and ASIO  
 output out.<br>  
 <br>  
 This means that currently it runs only as a standalone application.<br>  
 A VST interface will follow soon, along with a network module to run  
 multiple sampler slaves on<br>  
 Windows or Linux machines (Linux provides better performance) all  
 controlled from a Windows box running <br>  
 the VST sequencer.<br>  
44  LinuxSampler is implemented as a client/server application. This means  LinuxSampler is implemented as a client/server application. This means
45  the sampling engine (the server) runs<br>  the sampling engine (the server / backend) runs
46  independently from the GUI (the client). Sampling engine and client can  independently from the GUI (the client / frontend). Sampling engine and
47  be run on the same box or<br>  client can be run on the same box or on different machines too, connected
48  on different machines too, connected over the network.<br>  over the network.<br>
49  <br>  <br>
50  The MS Windows version provides all the features of the Linux version  The MS Windows version provides all the features of the Linux version
51  since it is built from the <br>  (except of the instruments DB feature yet) since it is built from the
52  same source code base. This means when new features will come out the  same source code base. This means when new features will come out the
53  Windows version will always provide<br>  Windows version will usually provide the same feature set as the Linux
54  the same feature set as the Linux version. This was made possible by  version. This was made possible by the very modular design of both
55  the very modular design of both<br>  low level, operating system functions and flexible audio / MIDI driver
 low level, operating system functions and flexible audio/MIDI driver  
56  system.<br>  system.<br>
57  <br>  <br>
58  The Windows version comes as a self extracting .exe file which will  The Windows version comes as a self extracting .exe file which will
59  install all the necessary modules<br>  install all the necessary modules to run both the server ( linuxsampler.exe )
60  to run both the server ( linuxsampler.exe ) and the GUI client.<br>  and the GUI client. It installs 2 GUI clients:
61  In installs 2 GUI clients. One is QSampler, based on the cross-platform  <ul>
62  Qt4 GUI toolkit, and a java<br>    <li>One is <b>QSampler</b>, a light-weight frontend based on the
63  GUI client called JSampler Fantasia. At the moment the latter more        cross-platform Qt4 GUI toolkit with native OS GUI widgets</li>
64  advanced than qsampler as it <br>    <li>Another is <b>JSampler "Fantasia"</b>, a Java based GUI client called,
65  implements all the functionality present in the LinuxSampler engine.<br>        providing a modern skin-based user interface</li>
66  Due to the Java virtual machine it uses a bit more memory than the  </ul>
67  qsampler GUI (around 30MB or so)<br>  At the moment JSampler is more advanced than QSampler as it implements all
68  but on a 1GB+ RAM box the difference should be negligible.<br>  the functionality present in the LinuxSampler engine. Due to the Java
69  <br>  virtual machine however it occupies a bit more RAM than the
70  Quickstart:<br>  QSsampler GUI (around 30MB or so) and takes a bit longer for startup,
71  start<br>  but on a 1GB+ RAM box the difference should be negligible.
72  LinuxSampler -&gt; LinuxSampler<br>  
73  then<br>  <a name="requirements"></a>
74  LinuxSampler -&gt; Fantasa<br>  <h3>2.&nbsp; Requirements</h3>
75  <br>  <ul>
76  <br style="font-weight: bold;">    <li>Intel Pentium4 or recent AMD processor (use
77  <big style="font-weight: bold;">1) setting up MIDI input</big><span      <a href="#old_cpu_workaround">this workaround for older processors</a>)
78   style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br>    <li>Windows 2000, ME, XP or Vista</li>
79  once the GUI opens, click on the left round button in the MIDI devices    <li><a href="http://www.gtk.org/">GTK+</a> (<a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-2.10.11-win32-1.exe?modtime=1175123376&big_mirror=0">version 2.10.11</a>)</li>
80  tab.<br>    <li><a href="http://www.gtkmm.org/">gtkmm</a> (<a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtkmm/2.10/gtkmm-win32-runtime-2.10.11-1.exe">version 2.10.11</a>)</li>
81  At this point a window will open where you can create a new MIDI device.<br>    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(Sun)">Java Runtime Environment</a> (<a href="http://www.java.com/getjava/">version 6</a>)</a></li>
82  Press Create. The window will close and the MIDI device will be created.<br>    <li>sound card with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Stream_Input/Output">ASIO</a> driver</li>
83  (MIDI Device 0 MME).<br>  </ul>
84  Now click on the right arrow which points downwards.<br>  <a name="asio_tip"></a>
85  You can see that a MIDI device with a single Port (Port 0) was created.<br>  <b>Tip:</b> For consumer audio cards which do not come with their own ASIO
86    drivers you can install <a href="http://www.asio4all.com/">ASIO4ALL</a> to be
87    able to use LinuxSampler with your soundcard.
88    We recommend to use version 2.7, perhaps on Vista 2.8beta1 works better but
89    we did not perform tests on Vista so we cannot tell it. Please let us know
90    about your results so we can share them here!
91    
92    <a name="install_w_inet"></a>
93    <h3>3.a&nbsp; Installation with Internet Connection</h3>
94    Simply download the latest version of the LinuxSampler Windows installer
95    from the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">LinuxSampler
96    Download Page</a>, execute the installer and follow the instructions. It will
97    automatically detect if the required software components are already installed.
98    If not, it will download them from the internet and install them on your
99    computer.
100    
101    <a name="install_wo_inet"></a>
102    <h3>3.b&nbsp; Installation without Internet</h3>
103    First download the required components with a machine which has connection to
104    the internet:
105    <ul>
106      <li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-2.10.11-win32-1.exe?modtime=1175123376&big_mirror=0">gtk+ 2.10.11</a></li>
107      <li><a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtkmm/2.10/gtkmm-win32-runtime-2.10.11-1.exe">gtkmm 2.10.11</a></li>
108      <li><a href="http://www.java.com/getjava/">Java Runtime Environment 6</a></li>
109      <li>and of course the latest <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">
110         LinuxSampler Windows installer</a></li>
111    </ul>
112    Transfer the downloaded files to the computer where you want to install
113    LinuxSampler and install them in the following order:
114    <ol>
115      <li>gtk-2.10.11-win32-1.exe</li>
116      <li>gtkmm-win32-runtime-2.10.11-1.exe</li>
117      <li>jre-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe</li>
118      <li>linuxsampler_20071207_setup.exe</li>
119    </ol>
120    The order is important, since the components depend on each other and would
121    otherwise try to download the missing component from the internet.
122    
123    <a name="using"></a>
124    <h3>4.&nbsp; Using the Applications</h3>
125    Now that we installed everything, let's get wet and start the applications:
126    <ol>
127      <li>First start the LinuxSampler backend: Click on <i>"Start" ->
128          "LinuxSampler" -> "LinuxSampler 0.5.1 (backend)"</i>. A black console
129          window should immediately popup. It does what you think it does:
130          nothing ... yet ... because this is "just" the raw sampler, without a
131          user interface.</li>
132      <li>Now start a "frontend" application to actually control the previously
133          started sampler. For beginners and / or unpatient people, we recommend
134          you to use JSampler: Click on <i>"Start" -> "LinuxSampler" ->
135          "JSampler 'Fantasia' 0.8a (frontend)"</i>. This usually takes about
136          20 seconds or so until the application finally appears on the
137          screens.</li>
138    </ol>
139    </div>
140    
141    <a name="setup_midi"></a>
142    <h3>4.1&nbsp; Setting up MIDI Input</h3>
143    Once the GUI opens, click on the left round button in the MIDI devices
144    tab.
145    At this point a window will open where you can create a new MIDI device.
146    Press Create. The window will close and the MIDI device will be created.
147    (MIDI Device 0 MME).
148    Now click on the right arrow which points downwards.
149    You can see that a MIDI device with a single Port (Port 0) was created.
150  Under Windows MME LinuxSampler always creates MIDI devices which are  Under Windows MME LinuxSampler always creates MIDI devices which are
151  connected to a single <br>  connected to a single MME port.
 MME port.<br>  
152  To select the MIDI input port you must click on the field located on  To select the MIDI input port you must click on the field located on
153  the left of PORT. <br>  the left of PORT.
154  A combobox pops-up where you can select the Windows MIDI port.<br>  A combobox pops-up where you can select the Windows MIDI port.<br>
155  <br>  <br>
156  You can create an arbitrary number of MIDI input devices by repeating  You can create an arbitrary number of MIDI input devices by repeating
157  the procedure above.<br>  the procedure above.
158  Each MIDI input device is connected to a single Windows MME MIDI port.<br>  Each MIDI input device is connected to a single Windows MME MIDI port.
159  This means LinuxSampler has no limitation in terms of number of MIDI  This means LinuxSampler has no limitation in terms of number of MIDI
160  ports. <br>  ports.
161  Each MIDI device can be routed to arbitrary sampler channels.<br>  Each MIDI device can be routed to arbitrary sampler channels.
162  <br>  
163  <br>  <a name="setup_audio"></a>
164  <big><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) setting up AUDIO output:</span></big><br>  <h3>4.2&nbsp; Setting up Audio Output</h3>
165  <br>  LinuxSampler currently only supports the ASIO driver model for audio output
166  LinuxSampler currently uses the ASIO driver model for audio output.<br>  on Windows. ASIO drivers ensure reliable low-latency operation and are
167  ASIO drivers ensure reliable low-latency operation and are virtually  virtually available for any soundcard (see <a href="#asio_tip">
168  available<br>  ASIO requirements tip</a>).<br>
169  for any soundcard.<br>  <br>
170  (For consumer audio cards which do not come with their own ASIO drivers  Click on the left round button in the Audio Devices tab.
171  you need<br>  At this point a window will open where you can create a new MIDI device.
172  to install ASIO4ALL:&nbsp; http://www.asio4all.com/<br>  When creating the Audio device you can set several parameters:
173  We recommend to use version 2.7 , perhaps on Vista 2.8beta1 works  <ul>
174  better but<br>    <li><b>CARD</b> : The name of the soundcard, in case you have multiple cards
175  we did not perform tests on Vista so we cannot tell it. Let us know        installed. It will show the default value (first card found).</li>
176  about your findings<br>    <li><b>CHANNELS</b> : Number of audio output channels, can range from 1 to
177  so we can share them here)<br>        maximum number of channels your soundcard supports. We recommend to
178  <br>        leave the default value which is the maximum number of channels your
179  Click on the left round button in the Audio Devices tab.<br>        soundcard supports.</li>
180  At this point a window will open where you can create a new MIDI device.<br>    <li><b>FRAGMENTSIZE</b> : ASIO buffer size in samples. The card's default
181  When creating the Audio device you can set several parameters.<br>        value is shown. If you experience clicks and pops during audio
182  - CARD : the name of the soundcard, in case you have multiple cards        playback then initialize the audio output device with bigger values.
183  installed.<br>        (better if it's always a power of 2:&nbsp; e.g. 256, 512, 1024)</li>
184  it will show the default value (first card found)<br>    <li><b>SAMPLERATE</b> : Sets the samplerate. The default value is shown.<br>
185  - CHANNELS: number of audio output channels, can range from 1 to  </ul>
186  maximum number<br>  Now Press "Create". The window will close and the Audio device will be
187  of channels your soundcard supports. We recommend to leave the default  created: "AUDIO DEVICE 0 (ASIO)" appears.
188  value which<br>  
189  is maximum number of channels.<br>  <a name="load_samples"></a>
190  - FRAGMENTSIZE: ASIO buffer size in samples. The card's default value  <h3>4.3&nbsp; Loading Samples</h3>
191  is shown.<br>  In the middle of the screen below the volume slider, you see the sampler
192  If you experience clicks and pops during audio playback then initialize  channel strip pane. press on the round button located on the left.
193  the <br>  This will create a new sampler channel. Click on "Load Instrument".
194  audio output device with bigger values. <br>  This opens a dialog which allows you to select an instrument to be
195  (better if it's always a power of 2:&nbsp; eg. 256, 512, 1024)<br>  loaded in the sampler channel
196  <br>  
197  SAMPLERATE: sets the samplerate. The default value is shown.<br>  (for information on how to use "orchestras" <a
198  <br>   href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html#USING_ORCHESTRAS">click
199  Now Press Create. The window will close and the Audio device will be  here</a>, but note: orchestras, a.k.a "instruments database" is not yet supported in this
200  created.<br>  first Windows version of LinuxSampler, but will certainly be on the next Windows release).
201  AUDIO DEVICE 0 (ASIO)<br>  
 <big style="font-weight: bold;"><br>  
 3) Loading samples:</big><br>  
 <br>  
 In the middle of the screen below the volume slider you see the sampler  
 channel strip pane.<br>  
 press on the round button located on the left. <br>  
 This will create a new sampler channel.<br>  
 - click on Load Instrument <br>  
 this opens a dialog which allows you to select an instrument to be  
 loaded in the sampler channel.<br>  
 (For information on how to use orchestras <a  
  href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html#USING_ORCHESTRAS">click here</a>)<br>  
202  On the row&nbsp; "Select instrument from file" click on the orange icon  On the row&nbsp; "Select instrument from file" click on the orange icon
203  located on the right side.<br>  located on the right side. This opens a file dialog which allows you to
204  This opens a file dialog which allows you to select a sample to be  select a sample to be loaded
205  loaded <br>  (currently only the GIG format is supported).
206  (currently only the GIG format is supported).<br>  Select the sample to be loaded and then click on "Open".
207  select the sample to be loaded and then click on Open.<br>  At this point the fields Instrument file shows the filename.
 At this point the fields Instrument file shows the filename.<br>  
208  You can click on the Instrument index and select the specific  You can click on the Instrument index and select the specific
209  instrument contained in the<br>  instrument contained in the instrument file. Now press "OK".<br>
210  instrument file.<br>  <br>
211  Now press OK<br>  While it loads you see: "Loading" .. "90%" .. "100%" <br>
212  While it loads you see: Loading .. 90% .. 100% <br>  <br>
213  Once loaded you see the Instrument's name: ie&nbsp; FreePiano<br>  Once loaded, you see the Instrument's name: i.e.&nbsp;"FreePiano"<br>
214  <br>  <br>
215  On the left side of the sampler channel click on the arrow below  On the left side of the sampler channel click on the arrow below
216  Options.<br>  "Options".
217  This pane permits to set MIDI input device, port and channel and oudio  This pane permits to set MIDI input device, port and channel and oudio
218  output channel.<br>  output channel.
219  Notice that under Windows MME the Port value is always 0.<br>  Notice that under Windows MME the Port value is always 0.
220  So the only values you can change MIDI device (normally 0 if you  So the only values you can change is "MIDI device" (normally 0 if you
221  created only a single<br>  created only a single
222  MIDI input device) and the MIDI channel (from 1 to 16).<br>  MIDI input device) and the MIDI channel (from 1 to 16).
223  <br>  
224  Saving a sampler session:<br>  <a name="save_session"></a>
225  click on the 3rd icon from the left on the row where you see the round  <h3>4.4&nbsp; Saving a Sampler Session</h3>
226  icon with the S logo.<br>  Click on the 3rd icon from the left on the row where you see the round
227  <br>  icon with the LinuxSampler "S"-shape logo.
228  Now select the directory where you want to save the file to ( extension  Now select the directory where you want to save the file to (extension
229  .lscp = Linux Sampler Control Protocol).<br>  .lscp = <i>Linux Sampler Control Protocol</i>).
230  enter the name and press save. (add .lscp at end of file otherwise you  Enter the name and press save (add .lscp at end of file otherwise you
231  will not see it when loading it)<br>  will not see it in the file-open dialog later, when you want to load it again).<br>
232  <br>  <br>
233  Next time you can load a sampler session by clicking on the second icon  Next time you can load a sampler session by clicking on the second icon
234  from the left <br>  from the left, then select a .lscp file in the file dialog and press "Open".
 then select a .lscp file in the file dialog and press Open.<br>  
235  This will automatically set up the MIDI devices and audio devices,  This will automatically set up the MIDI devices and audio devices,
236  create the sampler channels<br>  create the sampler channels and load all the samples that were previously
237  and load all the samples that were loaded.<br>  loaded by you in the saved sampler session.
238  <br>  
239  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bugs and Problems: <br>  <a name="houston"></a>
240  <small><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></small></span>since the  <h3>5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</h3>
241  Windows port is very young there could be several bugs which we hope to  <ul>
242  root out soon.<br>    <li>
243  so be sure to report them using our bug tracking system <a      <div style="background-color: #FFF2F2;">
244   href="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/">http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/</a><br>        <u>Problem:</u> The LinuxSampler backend application
245  <br>        (<i>linuxsampler.exe</i>) fails to start with an error message that
246  some bugs and problems I discovered:<br>        claims that a DLL file is missing (e.g. <i>libatkmm-1.6-1.dll</i>)
247  - when adding a channel there noises could occur while playing on other      </div>
248  channels<br>      <div style="background-color: #F2FFF2;">
249  - if you overload the sampler (CPU overload or disk overload) it        <u>Reason / Solution:</u>
250  produces noises<br>        It could happen that due to previous installations of Gtk+ and gtkmm
251  - then editing an instrument using gigedit<br>        DLLs even after deinstallation leave some stale keys in the windows
252  <br>        registry which could fool the installer into believing that the needed
253  <br>        DLLs are already installed therefore skipping its installation which
254          will cause the sampler not being able to start due to the missing
255          DLLs. We recommend in this case to install gtk+ and gtkmm manually as
256          described above in "<a href="#install_wo_inet">Installation without
257          Internet</a>". Just install those mentioned Gtk+ and gtkmm versions
258          and then LinuxSampler should work correctly.
259        </div>
260      </li>
261      <li>
262        <div style="background-color: #FFF2F2;">
263          <u>Problem:</u> The LinuxSampler backend application
264          (<i>linuxsampler.exe</i>) fails to start with the error message
265          "<i>The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d). Click
266          on OK to terminate the application.</i>"
267        </div>
268        <div style="background-color: #F2FFF2;">
269          <u>Reason / Solution:</u><a name="old_cpu_workaround"></a>
270          This first Windows release of LinuxSampler requires at least an Intel
271          Pentium4 processor or a recent AMD processor. If you have an older
272          processor and get the error message from above, you can use the
273          following workaround for now:
274          <ol>
275            <li>Download and extract
276              <a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win32_probs/ls686_20071207.zip">
277                these replacement binaries.
278              </a>
279            </li>
280            <li>Copy the 3 binaries manually in your LinuxSampler installation
281              directory (default installation directory:
282              "C:\Program Files\LinuxSampler"), that is overwrite the existing
283              binaries in the LS installation directory with the 3 ones from the
284              zip file.
285            </li>
286          </ol>
287          Use this workaround only if you got the mentioned error message,
288          because the replacement binaries will otherwise decrease runtime
289          efficiency! This is of course just a temporary workaround. We'll
290          address this issue with the next release of LinuxSampler (see also
291          <a href="https://bugs.linuxsampler.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=67">
292          bug report #67</a>).
293        </div>
294      </li>
295    </ul>
296    
297    <a name="docs"></a>
298    <h3>6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</h3>
299    You find more detailed documentation about our software, i.e. about JSampler
300    or gigedit on our official <a href="http://linuxsampler.org/documentation.html">
301    LinuxSampler documentation site</a>.
302    
303    <a name="bugs"></a>
304    <h3>7.&nbsp; Bugs, Problems and Feature Requests</h3>
305    Our Forum is a good place to ask for help:<br>
306    <br>
307    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bb.linuxsampler.org">https://bb.linuxsampler.org</a><br>
308    <br>
309    We have a dedicated forum section for
310    newbies and support.<br>
311    <br>
312    Since the Windows port of LinuxSampler is very young, there could be several
313    bugs which we hope to root out soon.
314    Please report them using our bug tracking system:<br>
315    <br>
316    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/">http://bugs.linuxsampler.org/</a><br>
317    <br>
318    Some bugs and problems I discovered so far:
319    <ul>
320      <li>when adding a channel there noises could occur while playing on other
321      channels</li>
322      <li>if you overload the sampler (CPU overload or disk overload) it
323      produces noises</li>
324      <li>when editing an instrument using gigedit, after saving it, it could
325      happen that LinuxSampler does not accept commands from the GUI anymore.
326      if this happens close the GUI and the LinuxSampler console window and
327      restart both.</li>
328    </ul>
329    
330    <a name="contact"></a>
331    <h3>8.&nbsp; Contact</h3>
332    If you have questions or want to help us to improve the sampler,
333    subscribe to the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">
334    LinuxSampler Developer's mailing list</a>. Alternatively, since I did most
335    of of the Windows porting, you can write me (Benno) directly about Windows
336    related issues. You can find my email address here:<br>
337    <br>
338    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html</a>
339    <br><br>
340    That's it, enjoy!<br>
341  <br>  <br>
342    
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