[LAU] [ANN] ams-guitrack_RC1 virtual guitaramp

[arisstotle.54695488 at bloglines.com]

--- Hartmut Noack <zettberlin at linuxuse.de wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> Many folks from the computer-audio-scene
say, that they cannot find an
> application for Linux to act as a virtual
guitar-amp. Of course we know,
> that one can build such a beast easily from
modules but ti ease the
> effort for all thos, that simply want to plug and
play, I made up a
> patch for alsa modular synth called ams-guitrack, get
it here:
> 
> http://gnupc.de/~zettberlin/law/patches/ams/ams-guitrack_RC1.ams

> 
> 
> 1.) start jackd with qjackctl
> 2.) start ams
> 3.) load the
patch ams-guitrack_RC1.ams and open View/Parameter View
> 4.) connect alsa_pcm_in
with ams_in and ams_out with alsa_pcm_out
> 5.) connect your guitar and adjust
the gain-settings in the parameter-view
> 
> for me this gives the results
I would expect from a middle-class-
> Marshall-Stack with a 19"-MultiFX involved.

> The patch is being used in my recent recording-experiment:
> 
> http://gnupc.de/~zettberlin/law/lapoc/
(in German)
> gnupc.de/~zettberlin/law/lapoc/lac2008-noack-lapoc.pdf (paper
for LAC
> 2008 in English)
> 
> The guitarists in the project(so-called
"musicians" - not the faintest
> knowledge in computers, let alone Linux....)
like the patch a lot,
> especially because you get exactly what you hear
as you play on the
> track in Ardour. And because the patch reacts to some
extent like a real
> amp... If everything is set just right, you can control
distortion by
> turning the volume-knob on the guitar ;-)
> 
> A short,
not-so-perfectly well played, unpolished and thus by far not
> recommendable
but still cc/share-alike/attribution-licenced demo can be
> found here:
> 
> http://gnupc.de/~zettberlin/law/lapoc/demos/caps-walzersturm02-0312-2007.ogg

> 
> If unbearable hiss/noise spoils the party try to fiddle with the
>
gain/threshold/ratio-faders of the compressor-section in tab CAPS-AMP of
> the Parameter-View.
> You can also store your own presets here - since
I strongly abhor from
> such vices as factory-presets, I got only 2 very
basic ones in the patch
> itself...
> 
> Of course the patch depends on
other software, first on ams and on the
> LADSPA-Modules from the CAPS-Collection
- thanks a lot to all its devs!!!
> 
> enjoy, and as always: any comments
are welcome :-)
> 
> HZN
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fantastic,
Though I don't think I'll be selling my amp anytime soon. I can very easily
get similar sounds. This could deff save some time.