Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Hi - Very quiet list - my first post

[Steve H. <S.W...@ec...>]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:18:58 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> In the GigaStudio world the sample libraries are huge, mostly running
> between 1-2GB per library. I use 10-15 of them at a time, so there is no way
> to put this in DRAM. This puts a pretty high stress on the underlying disk
> subsystem, which is fine as long as GSt is on it's own computer where the
> PCI bus and audio subsystem are available to do the work. So, in replacing
> something like GSt or Halion, my guess is that LinuxSampler wants to look
> mostly like a stand along application.

That was what we are aiming for. IIRC Evo (linuxsampler's predecesor)
could read .gig files to some extent and streams offf disk.

- Steve