Hello Arda,

Key switching is supported by the Giga format (many commercial sample
packages in Giga format use it). There is a not very developed, a
little cryptic, but quite useful Giga Editor for Linux that is part of
the LinuxSampler project ( http://www.linuxsampler.org/ ). I don't
know fully the Giga format but it seems to be quite flexible. I know
that beside the key switches (known as "Dimensions") it also supports
velocity layers and you can set loop and release points. I've used
LinuxSampler a lot and I find it quite stable and efficient (I've
tested it on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X).

Cheers,

Hector



On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Arda Eden <ardaeden@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes there are some sampling software for GNU/Linux but their editors are
>  really poor for now. I need something more than soundfonts and giga.
>  With Kontakt it's possible to use key switches. I think I can make key
>  switches by using the logical statements of Csound.
>  Like:
>  If C4 key pressed while D1 is pressed than play foo sample.
>
>  It seems like it's possible. Key switches are important for my project.
>
>  On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 11:23 -0500, Michael Rempel wrote:
>  > In a word, yes. As to how, a seasoned scripter should have it figured
>  > out in a few days at most. The Tootorials are a good start. In order to
>  > use CSound you will need to read the manuals. You can produce worthwhile
>  > results given enough effort. If CSound itself does not have sufficient
>  > power to do the required calculations (rare) then other scripting
>  > languages plug into it. You might want to look at soundfonts as a
>  > convenient way to deliver your project.
>  >
>  > Michael
>
>
> >
>  > Arda Eden wrote:
>  > > Hi There,
>  > > For my doctor's degree thesis I am planning to create a sample library
>  > > for a traditional Turkish instrument called "Tanbur". In the beginning
>  > > I decided to use Native Instruments Kontakt but, since I'm not
>  > > touching any proprietary software I decided to carry this project to
>  > > Csound platform. As Kontakt users already know, it's scripting support
>  > > makes Kontakt a flexible and powerfull sampler. Since Csound has most
>  > > of the features of a programming language, it seems like Csound
>  > > already has the scripting support. :)
>  > >
>  > > Tanbur is a complicated instrument. It includes too many picking
>  > > (Tanbur is played with a piece of long and hard stuff that is made of
>  > > Turtle's shell) techniques and what I want  is to control all the
>  > > samples taken in any style of picking. So I'll use layering and this
>  > > means I need to control the events like Note On ,Note Off, velocities
>  > > etc. Also too many samples must be in the memory at the same time.
>  > >
>  > > Now what I wanna learn is the capabilities of Csound as a big sampler.
>  > > Is it possible ?
>  > > Thanks.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
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>  > > Faculty of Fine Arts
>  > > Department of Music Technology
>  > > Sivas/TURKEY
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