Linuxsampler is great. With cdxtract and Translator, I've converted a bunch of soundfonts and sampled some windows vsts into giga format for use in a native Linux DAW setup powered by Linuxsampler's gig engine.
The KSP-like NKSP language for linuxsampler's gig and sfz engines is fantastic, and damn, does it extend the life of that old old format (managed to write an auto-alternation tool for GOS and implemented GOS' "masking samples" legato scripting too using NKSP. Neat stuff. Also want to write one of those scripts that uses neighbouring notes for the Dan Dean woodwinds gigastudio collection, amazing set of samples, though limited articulations.)...
Need to figure out how to do Linux <-> Windows audio/midi. With Linux as sequencer master and a windows box as the sampler/slave..
As an aside, are you AlexStone from the Linuxsampler/Open Octave Midi boards?
No longer with OpenOctave for a long time, but yes, i am that Alex.
And another Dan Dean user here. He was really laid back about me buying gig format, which i thought was cool. Despite the fewer artics, the samples are excellent.
As for Linux <> Win, you could use jack2. There is a win version as well, and you can run jack2, one for each machine, "joining" them with netjack in a master/slave relationship. (And you can run as many slaves as you want.)
https://www.jackaudio.org/faq/netjack.html
https://github.com/jackaudio/jackaudio.github.com/wiki/WalkThrough_User_NetJack2
I managed to successfully port in both directions using netjack2 and using the instructions above. It took a little figuring out how many ports i could add "safely", so you'll likely have an enjoyable, if challenging afternoon testing the capabilities of your own machines.
And yes, i agree the nksp scripting is amazing. I'm still in very much the early days with it, but Christian continues to positively surprise with his vision for LS, and the subsequent benefit for us users.
Some might say that the gig format is dead and gone, but i'd argue it's very much alive, and kicking again with nksp, and recordings are, after all, still recordings. I am looking forward to getting my head around nksp and building out some nice scripts to further enhance my modest but still hard working gig collection.
I have the DD Woodwinds too, and the cool thing was he was perfectly ok with me buying an older format. Didn't try to upsell me into Kontakt or any silly nonsense like that. One of the best investments i ever made. The woodwinds are pristine imho, and versatile, even with few artics. And i can put them in any space, and shape them to fit. A proper sample lib.
Alex.