<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/5/17 Ken Restivo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken@restivo.org" target="_blank">ken@restivo.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:<br>
> 2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <<a href="mailto:ken@restivo.org">ken@restivo.org</a>><br>
><br>
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson wrote:<br>
> > > On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:<br>
> > > > I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released<br>
> > a record that he's been working on for 21 years.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is<br>
> > near and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > So here it is at last:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > <a href="http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind" target="_blank">http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind</a><br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a<br>
> > year or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on<br>
> > what.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to<br>
> > get a Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's<br>
> > prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav<br>
> > samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people<br>
> > on this list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > NICE!!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.<br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> > I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record<br>
> > for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than<br>
> > me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for<br>
> > him on a 4-track in 1993).<br>
> ><br>
> > Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass<br>
> > that along too.<br>
> ><br>
> > By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't<br>
> > originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both<br>
> > the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's<br>
> > definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears<br>
> > not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using<br>
> > Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.<br>
> ><br>
> > -ken<br>
> ><br>
><br>
</div></div><div class="im">> Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the album...<br>
> and profesional instrument sounds using free software...<br>
> Congratulations.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Glad you enjoyed it.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>No, sadly, it was recorded and mixed on ProTools HD Mac.<br>
<br>
The keyboard parts were all Linux though, primarily Beatrix, Jconvolver, JACK-RACK, various LADSPA plugins, Fluidsynth, and Specimen. The track "Menager, I" has Beatrix all over it, in particular.<br>
<br>
My friend Bob is the guitarist, composer, producer, and BDFL. He doesn't sing; Matthew did the vocals.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-ken<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br>Ah, Ok. Your friend did a well job in several ways... and you, of course ;)<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Carlos sanchiavedraz<br>* Musix GNU+Linux<br> <a href="http://www.musix.es" target="_blank">http://www.musix.es</a><br>