[LAU] [ANN] ams-guitrack_RC1 virtual guitaramp

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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