[LAU] Linux synths used on commercial Rock/Pop CD

[Ken Restivo]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:22:47PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> >   
> >> Ken Restivo wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Ken Restivo wrote:
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> >>>>         
> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:
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> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> I'm happy to report that Linux softsynths have been used on a commercial
> >>>>>>> pop/rock CD called "Lawler Rules".
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I did some studio work for them over the last year, and the CD is finally
> >>>>>>> out. They produced it on a Mac with ProTools. I played keyboards on it and
> >>>>>>> used exclusively Linux and Linux softsynths.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.myspace.com/lawlerrulesvol1
> >>>>>>>       
> >>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>> I think that the music is fine, and it certainly sounds great!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>>> I used AMS for the Moog and ZynAddSubFX for the synthy-string pad on
> >>>>>>> "Cocaine Cowboys", and PHASEX for the ARP-y plinks on "Death".  AZR3 is
> >>>>>>> Hammond organ and Fluidsynth for piano on most of the songs, and Fluidsynth
> >>>>>>> is also the bass  on "Big Groove".
> >>>>>>>       
> >>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>> Thanks for sharing. Not that it is bad, but I like your other stuff 
> >>>> better ;)
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Yeah, I'm not a big fan of classic rock. But it was a gig, and it
> >>> paid, and for that genre it's well-done.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> I'm interested in the AMS moog 'patches' you used. Would you like to 
> >>>> share it?
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> I'd love to, but I can't find anything that looks like it;
> >>> it's entirely possible that I never saved it. I did that
> >>> session in December 2007!
> >>>
> >>> One could easily get that sound, or very close to it, by starting
> >>> with the "MiniMoog" patches that come with AMS, though.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Do you know how they're called? Can't find minimoog...
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > IIRC, it is called "miniams.ams.gz", in the "instruments" directory.
> >
> > If you open "Parameter View" there are presets in there and controls similar to those on the old MiniMoogs.
> >
> > -ken
> >
> >   
> mmh I have no instruments in the instruments dir....

What distro are you running? Or did you build AMS from source?

In Debian, the sample patches are in /usr/share/doc/ams, and the one I'm talking about is:
/usr/share/doc/ams/instruments/miniams.ams.gz

This is with:
ii  ams             1.8.8~rc2-3.1   Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA

-ken