The quickest, simplest sampler?

[darsu]

I want to load up a .wav file and set it to transpose across a MIDI channel. Just that, nothing else. QSampler and JSampler are enormously overengineered and crashy. I don't want Gigedit, I don't want channel and orchestra metaphors, I don't want any hurdles, I don't want constant crashes. Does something like that exist?

[autostatic]

Hydrogen maybe?

[nils]

plugin or standalone?

[darsu]

Anything that works and is fast to use. As far as I can tell Hydrogen can't spread a note across more than one MIDI note or make a sound loop until noteoff.

I suppose I could jury-rig something in Pure Data if there's no ready tool...

[brummer]

I recently have a lot of fun with Petri-Foo
http://petri-foo.sourceforge.net/

a fast, ultralight, easy to use, stable and flexible wave-file sampler, designed to do such "easy" jobs, up to define and modify your sample (loop or single shot) in a fine graduate percent.

[darsu]

That looks promising, thanks! Compiling...

[nils]

I have expanded lisalo to your need and created a quick loader for a single wave or ogg file.
You can map a wave sample transposed with one command from the commandline now.

You need python3 and linuxsampler (no gui, just the fine core program)

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git clone git://github.com/nilsgey/Lisalo.git
cd lisalo
./lisalo-quickload-samples path/to/wave.wav  

where the path can be relative or /absolute.

You have several options (related to loading a single wave).
The path must come before the options:

-k <number> to give the root note of your sample where it will be played back untransposed

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./lisalo-quickload-samples foo.wav  -k 60

-p to switch into percussive mode. The sample will be played once, completly. It matters not if you hold the key longer than the sample or release it shorter than the sample.

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./lisalo-quickload-samples cymbal.wav  -p 

You get greater flexibility if you don't use the quickloader, but that is for different purposes.

[autostatic]

As far as I can tell Hydrogen can't spread a note across more than one MIDI note or make a sound loop until noteoff.

Not sure what you mean by spreading a note across more than one MIDI note. Hydrogen can loop a sound until noteoff though.

[nils]

As far as I can tell Hydrogen can't spread a note across more than one MIDI note or make a sound loop until noteoff.

Not sure what you mean by spreading a note across more than one MIDI note. Hydrogen can loop a sound until noteoff though.

I think that means you load a recording with a tone 440hz and map it to one midi key and if you play the key one octave below you get 220hz.

[darsu]

Yes, that's what I mean.

What does Lisalo expect of Linuxsampler settings? When I try to run your script by itself, it complains "no engine is assigned to the channel yet"; when I start linuxsampler first with some initial config, the script hangs at not being able to bind an LSCPServer socket.

[nils]

Don't start Linuxsampler first. Lisalo does everything from starting, connecting and exiting after Ctrl+C.

I guess you don't have a version of Linuxsampler with sfz support.

[rncbc]

one of the proto-toys may fit the bill

see
The second coming of the Vee One prototypes

byee

[mauser]

As far as I can tell Hydrogen can't spread a note across more than one MIDI note or make a sound loop until noteoff.

Not sure what you mean by spreading a note across more than one MIDI note. Hydrogen can loop a sound until noteoff though.

I think that means you load a recording with a tone 440hz and map it to one midi key and if you play the key one octave below you get 220hz.

Hydrogen can do that as well, it is called "instrument mode" but it works then only for one sample, iirc..

[Scary Hallo]

Maybe you should try specimen (http://zhevny.com/specimen/)

It is very easy to use. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGw94MGEtc

[tripomatic]

Maybe you should try specimen (http://zhevny.com/specimen/)

It is very easy to use. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGw94MGEtc

You should use Petri-foo .

Specimen is not maintained anymore. Petri-foo is a fork of specimenwith lots of improvements. Last update was released on 3 of July 2012.