It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you’d love alternatives for?
I’ve looked at these, especially LMMS, but in my view they aren’t enough (or good enough) to completely escape non-FOSS.
Sample Library plugins, my area of interest, are under two or three banners: Kontakt, Decent Sampler and SF. None of these are appropriately free, although Decent Sampler shows the most promise of breaking down the class divide in this area.
Well, for free, community driven, you can test also this one. It works online and include royalty free samplers
https://www.audiotool.com
This is about FOSS and I can’t see that Audiotool is FOSS, and Samplers are not Sample Libraries. Sample Libraries are ubiquitous among producers who want a good sounding recreation of a real instrument but cannot afford (or morally support), for example, Pianoteq’s modelling algorithms or Spitfire’s premium libraries, neither of which are FOSS, or the instrument itself or a session player.
As I said, the most promising multi-sampler or sample library software with an active community was Decent Sampler, which isn’t open-source and now supports DRM.
It’s clear that Audiotool isn’t FOSS, but I put it in because obviously there isn’t FOSS which fits your needs, and the next best option is a free community driven app with own samples made by the community, apart of those by default.
Decent Sampler (and the attached Pianobook community) fits my needs perfectly well, with the exception that it’s not FOSS.