I don’t know what file linuxsampler was asking you to load but I use linuxsampler. It should install plugins, so use DSSI or VST, load the SFZ files from qsampler or another linuxsampler frontend. You could also use Carla-git, it also comes with plugins and can act as an all in one front end for linuxsampler.
Ok, id rather not have to run external software (qsampler) each time i load a song. But are you saying loading in qsampler is only a one time thing, and next time the song is loaded linux sampler remembers what to load?
Note that the tool is not updated for 3.0, so you would have to have 2.8 installed (and no, this tool won’t work if automatically converted/upgraded). However, the resulting instruments can be loaded into 3.0 just fine.
If the pedal is sending CC messages with a value of 0, 127 (or somewhere in between) then you can assign this to a macro that is controlling the release of an ADHSR modulationdevice.
Using this approach, if notes are already sounded once the “sustain” is activated, they should be affected too. And if you release the pedal, but keys are still held, the notes should continue to play. So, pretty close to the real thing?
The modulating release trick is not working correctly, it’s “monophonic” meaning that when I play the second note with the first still in the pedal the first is lost.
The sfz I want to play doesn’t load in 2.8.2 with additional-file-format-import-support (why don’t people upgrade their tools to latest version of renoise???), becaust it contains too many samples…
I recommend using https://github.com/falkTX/Carla for sfz. It can be run as a vst inside of renoise which makes it quite easy to use.
I have it kinda working now, a few glitches (posted on linux-audio-user), mainly 1) pedal not working on sfz and 2) unstable load of windows vsts (mostly tried synth1).