Licenses

There are several subprojects, each having its own license terms, as follows:

[*] LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL with the exception that USAGE of the source code, libraries and applications FOR COMMERCIAL HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IS NOT ALLOWED without prior written permission by the LinuxSampler authors. If you have questions on the subject, that are not yet covered by the FAQ, please contact us.

Dependencies

The following figure illustrates the compile time / linker dependencies.

gigedit | (mandatory) | V QSampler ~~~(optional)~~~> libgig JSampler | A | | | | (mandatory) (mandatory) (mandatory) | | | V | V liblscp LinuxSampler jlscp

Or again in words: you have to compile and install libgig before being able to compile and use LinuxSampler. You don't need libgig for compiling and using QSampler, but it's definitely recommended. You cannot compile nor use QSampler without liblscp though. As QSampler is communicating with LinuxSampler via TCP, there is no linker dependency between them, but of course you still need to have LinuxSampler installed to be able to use QSampler (either locally or on any other computer in your network). JSampler is also communicating with LinuxSampler via TCP, so there is no linker dependency between them either. JSampler requires jlscp though. You have to compile and install libgig before being able to compile and use gigedit.

Binary Packages

We currently provide pre-compiled binaries for the following operating systems:

Operating System Description Debian "Jessie" Individual Debian (.deb) binary package for each software component, compiled for Intel 64 bit / AMD 64 bit (Debian 8 stable, a.k.a "Jessie"). Ubuntu "Hardy Heron" Individual Ubuntu (.deb) binary package for each software component, compiled for i486, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, a.k.a "Hardy Heron". (Note: Out-dated. You should better compile .deb packages by yourself by using latest SVN version for now). Gentoo Bleeding edge Gentoo ebuild for each software component, which can be used to conveniently emerge the latest versions directly from CVS (Note: Out-dated, we moved from CVS to SVN a while ago. Ebuild files need to be updated.). Suse Individual RPM package for each software component for openSUSE 13.2, compiled for i586 and x86_64. Windows Self-extracting all-in-one installer of all software components for Windows. It includes native 64 bit and native 32 bit binaries, standalone and VST plugin versions of the sampler. The windows binaries are snapshots which are automatically built on our server from the latest Subversion (development) version of the sampler. We recommend you to always download the latest snapshot. Mac All-in-one Diskimage of the current official releases of the software components for Mac OS X. This is a universal binary, natively supporting Intel 64 bit, Intel 32 bit and PPC. It includes standalone and Audio Unit (AU) plugin versions of the sampler. It also includes the instrument editor "gigedit" and the graphical sampler frontends "QSampler" and "Fantasia". The OS X binaries are snapshots which are automatically built on our server from the latest Subversion (development) version of the sampler. We recommend you to always download the latest snapshot.

Additionally there are the following platform independent Java executable packages (note: you need to have the Java Runtime Environment 6 installed to be able to execute these software packages on your computer):

File Name Description Fantasia-0.9.jar JSampler "Fantasia", a frontend to LinuxSampler, modern skin-based distribution of JSampler (note: "Fantasia" is already included with the Windows installer) JS_Classic-0.8a-cvs4.jar JSampler "Classic", a frontend to LinuxSampler, classic distribution of JSampler

Source Packages

Source code packages of the latest official releases:

File Name Description libgig-4.2.0.tar.bz2 GigaStudio/Gigasampler, DLS, AKAI, SoundFont, KORG file access library (C++) liblscp-0.6.0.tar.gz LinuxSampler Control Protocol (LSCP) wrapper C library linuxsampler-2.1.1.tar.bz2 sampler engine / backend qsampler-0.5.6.tar.gz graphical frontend to LinuxSampler jlscp-0.8.tar.bz2 a java LinuxSampler control protocol API JSampler-0.9.tar.bz2 a java frontend to LinuxSampler gigedit-1.1.1.tar.bz2 an instrument editor for gig files

Subversion

This project's Subversion repository can be checked out through anonymous Subversion with the following instruction set. There are currently seven subprojects in the LinuxSampler project, pick the line of the respective subproject you want to checkout from below:

svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/libgig/trunk libgig svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/liblscp/trunk liblscp svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/linuxsampler/trunk linuxsampler svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/qsampler/trunk qsampler svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/jlscp/trunk jlscp svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/jsampler/trunk jsampler svn co https://svn.linuxsampler.org/svn/gigedit/trunk gigedit

You don't need to checkout the sources again later on, just for keeping track to the latest development version. For updating to the latest Subversion version you can simply run the following command at any time from the checked out source directory:

svn update

You can also browse the Subversion repository.

Bootsplash theme

Does your computer already boot in LinuxSampler style? No? Checkout the following LinuxSampler theme for either fbsplash (gensplash) or bootsplash:

You can get this theme here.