<s>
LinuxSampler	B-Application
is	O
music	O
sampler	O
software	O
under	O
active	O
development	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
pure	O
software	O
audio	O
sampler	O
with	O
professional	O
grade	O
features	O
comparable	O
to	O
both	O
hardware	O
and	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
samplers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
introduce	O
new	O
features	O
not	O
yet	O
available	O
by	O
other	O
samplers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
but	O
commercial	B-Application
reuse	O
of	O
some	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
back-end	O
,	O
is	O
restricted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LinuxSampler	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
sampler	O
back-end	O
,	O
decoupled	O
from	O
any	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
native	O
C++	O
API	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
network	O
interface	O
using	O
an	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
based	O
protocol	O
called	O
LSCP	O
for	O
controlling	O
the	O
sampler	O
and	O
managing	O
sampler	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
already	O
two	O
convenient	O
frontends	O
for	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
,	O
QSampler	B-Application
and	O
JSampler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
decoupled	O
design	O
the	O
sampler	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
with	O
the	O
GUI	O
frontend(s )	O
even	O
from	O
another	O
computer	O
,	O
probably	O
even	O
running	O
another	O
OS	O
like	O
Windows	O
or	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
SMP	B-Operating_System
and	O
cluster	O
support	O
is	O
planned	O
for	O
future	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
instrument	O
editor	O
called	O
gigedit	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GUI	O
library	O
GTK+	B-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
edit	O
and	O
create	O
Gigasampler	O
format	O
instruments	O
and	O
can	O
either	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
application	O
or	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
case	O
allows	O
to	O
play	O
and	O
edit	O
instruments	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
making	O
all	O
modifications	O
with	O
gigedit	B-Application
immediately	O
audible	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
reload	O
the	O
instruments	O
into	O
the	O
sampler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LinuxSampler	B-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
indicates	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
abstraction	O
of	O
audio	O
and	O
MIDI	O
drivers	O
and	O
platform	O
dependent	O
functions	O
,	O
the	O
sampler	O
was	O
successfully	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
can	O
work	O
in	O
standalone	O
mode	O
providing	O
ASIO	B-Library
audio	O
output	O
and	O
MME	O
MIDI	O
input	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
VSTi	O
plugin	O
providing	O
full	O
integration	O
with	O
VST	O
sequencers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OSX	B-Operating_System
version	O
supports	O
jackd	O
audio	O
output	O
and	O
CoreMIDI	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
support	O
all	O
common	O
sampler	O
formats	O
in	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
the	O
work	O
is	O
concentrated	O
on	O
the	O
Gigasampler	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
components	O
are	O
distributed	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
under	O
either	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
or	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
software	B-License
license	I-License
of	O
the	O
sampler	O
backend	O
prohibits	O
commercial	B-Application
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
commercial	B-Application
use	O
,	O
permission	O
and	O
terms	O
must	O
be	O
sought	O
from	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backend	O
is	O
thus	O
not	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ban	O
on	O
commercial	B-Application
use	O
does	O
not	O
prohibit	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
LinuxSampler	B-Application
for	O
commercial	B-Application
music	O
production	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
explicitly	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
