4 Dec
2007
4 Dec
'07
8:01 a.m.
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Best regards,
Dirk
4 Dec
4 Dec
8:03 a.m.
schoappied wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Soundfonts are a good
place to start. Linux has QSynth and SoundCrab for
excellent sf2 playback.
For electric piano, if you want that Rhodes sound your best bet is
ZynAddSubFX (my opinion only).
Best,
dp
2:40 p.m.
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:03:25 -0500
Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
schoappied wrote:
You can also get some very nice bass voice patches for Zyn. :)
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Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Soundfonts are a
good place to start. Linux has QSynth and SoundCrab for
excellent sf2 playback.
For electric piano, if you want that Rhodes sound your best bet is
ZynAddSubFX (my opinion only).
Best,
dp 
4 Dec
4 Dec
8:08 a.m.
Hi Dirk,
as a matter of fact, I had the same issue just some days ago.
At least for the piano problem, visit ....
http://www.sternenhejim.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i…
for further information.
Best regards,
Sebastian Tschöpel.
schoappied wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Best regards,
Dirk
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8:28 a.m.
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Hello,
schoappied schrieb:
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on
Linux?
Soundfonts are OK but if you want to get your very own sound try Specimen:
http://zhevny.com/specimen/
you can get the app simply by the package manager (Synaptic etc) of your
distro.
ZynaddSubFX does very well for piano sound and for bass as well, if you
like it quite "electronic".
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8:31 a.m.
Hi!
For the Rhodes, there's a nice soundfont at hammersound(s).net. I always
forget if the "s" is in or out. There's also:
http://freepats.opensrc.org
I also found a nice bass soundfont on hammersound(s).net it was called:
naturaldecayingbassguitar or ndbass or something very close.
For real piano, besides soundfonts, I'd suggest linuxsampler and invest a
bit (about 35 USD) for a really big piano of post musical instruments (PMI). I
have it, it's utterly satisfying.
Kindest regards
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9:19 a.m.
Tuesday, 04 December 2007 alle 13:01:11, schoappied ha scritto:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Hi,
here are some soundfonts I made:
Rhodes (sf2 may not be the best, but samples are good):
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/rhodes/rhodes.sf2
Acoustic Bass:
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/acbass.sf2
Under that website you'll find other GPL'd sounds
Best regards,
Dirk
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10:01 a.m.
if you have access to gigasampler .gigs you can use them with linuxsampler,
thats my favorite route.
On Dec 4, 2007 5:19 AM, Emiliano Grilli <emillo(a)libero.it> wrote:
Tuesday, 04 December 2007 alle 13:01:11, schoappied ha
scritto:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Hi,
here are some soundfonts I made:
Rhodes (sf2 may not be the best, but samples are good):
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/rhodes/rhodes.sf2
Acoustic Bass:
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/acbass.sf2
Under that website you'll find other GPL'd sounds
Best regards,
Dirk
HTH
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10:20 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:19:03PM +0100, Emiliano Grilli wrote:
Tuesday, 04 December 2007 alle 13:01:11, schoappied ha
scritto:
I also recommend soundfonts. There's a Rhodes soundfont that I use a lot, by Jeff
Learman (IIRC).
For bass, I found a fretless soundfont on HammerSound, and modified it slightly. Bass
samples probably aren't too hard to find, nor to patch up in something like Zyn.
-ken
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Hi,
here are some soundfonts I made:
Rhodes (sf2 may not be the best, but samples are good):
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/rhodes/rhodes.sf2
Acoustic Bass:
http://freepats.opensrc.org/sf2/acbass.sf2
Under that website you'll find other GPL'd sounds
4:25 p.m.
Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I would suggest plugging in
your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects program) and use a
pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
As for a piano to get you started just use something easy to use like
ZynAddSubFx.
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 13:01 +0100, schoappied wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to audio and linux...
I play the guitar by myself, with the help of software like jack and
jack-rack.
The drums comes from Hydrogen.
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on Linux?
Best regards,
Dirk
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7:41 p.m.
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel M:
Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I would
suggest plugging in
your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects program) and use a
pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
Matthias
8:02 p.m.
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias Schönborn wrote:
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel
M:
It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a
lead or rhythm instrument.) Guess I've listened to too much Mike
Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;)
Rob
Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I
would suggest
plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that -
kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) ) 
8:17 p.m.
Rob wrote:
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias Schönborn
wrote:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer used to use it live, when Greg Lake needed to
play guitar and bass in the same song. I think they used an analog
frequency divider.
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Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb
Miguel M:
It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a
lead or rhythm instrument.) Guess I've listened to too much Mike
Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;) Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I
would suggest
plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that -
kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
9:18 p.m.
I think that's about as realistic to a real sounding bass as you can
get.
A midi controlled bass instrument will not give you the same sound as a
real guitar. (Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, Mutes, etc) Of course this
wouldn't be done for professional audio, but it could be used to have a
nice practice session.
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 14:17 -1000, david wrote:
Rob wrote:
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On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias
Schönborn wrote:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer used to use it live, when Greg Lake needed to
play guitar and bass in the same song. I think they used an analog
frequency divider.
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb
Miguel M:
It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a
lead or rhythm instrument.) Guess I've listened to too much Mike
Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;) Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I
would suggest
plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that -
kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
5 Dec
5 Dec
12:45 a.m.
I did this on stage as well with faith & disease using a VG-8. While it
wasn't as horrible as pitch shifting it left a lot to be desired.
On Dec 4, 2007 5:08 PM, Miguel M <therevoltingx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think that's about as realistic to a real
sounding bass as you can
get.
A midi controlled bass instrument will not give you the same sound as a
real guitar. (Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, Mutes, etc) Of course this
wouldn't be done for professional audio, but it could be used to have a
nice practice session.
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 14:17 -1000, david wrote:
Rob wrote:
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On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias
Schönborn wrote:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer used to use it live, when Greg Lake needed to
play guitar and bass in the same song. I think they used an analog
frequency divider.
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb
Miguel M:
> Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I would suggest
> plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
> program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a
lead or rhythm instrument.) Guess I've listened to too much Mike
Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;)
6:17 p.m.
Miguel M wrote:
I think that's about as realistic to a real
sounding bass as you can
get.
It was workable enough for them.
A midi controlled bass instrument will not give you
the same sound as a
real guitar. (Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, Mutes, etc) Of course this
wouldn't be done for professional audio, but it could be used to have a
nice practice session.
Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's band, and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 14:17 -1000, david wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>> On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias Schönborn wrote:
>>> Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel M:
>>>> Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I would suggest
>>>> plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
>>>> program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
>>> I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
>>> (Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
>> It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a
>> lead or rhythm instrument.) Guess I've listened to too much Mike
>> Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;)
> Emerson, Lake and Palmer used to use it live, when Greg Lake needed to
> play guitar and bass in the same song. I think they used an analog
> frequency divider.
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6:44 p.m.
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 12:17 -1000, david wrote:
Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's band,
and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
true, but soullive do, and they have only keyboard bass (via a
pedalboard, actually).
8:48 p.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 12:17 -1000, david wrote:
Does such a thing as a midi pedalboard exist?
Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's
band, and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
true, but soullive do, and they have only keyboard bass (via a
pedalboard, actually).
6 Dec
6 Dec
2:09 a.m.
Simon Williams wrote:
Paul Davis wrote:
I believe so. At least Google thinks so:
http://www.google.com/search?q=midi+pedalboard
MIDI pedalboards designed for real organs, Hammond B3s, etc, etc.
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On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 12:17 -1000, david wrote:
Does such a thing as a midi pedalboard exist? Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's
band, and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
true, but soullive do,
and they have only keyboard bass (via a
pedalboard, actually).
13 Jan
13 Jan
2:52 a.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 12:17 -1000, david wrote:
That would be much more convenient for playing keyboards.
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Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's
band, and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
true, but soullive do, and they have only keyboard bass (via a
pedalboard, actually).
6 Dec
6 Dec
8:12 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:17:48PM -1000, david wrote:
Miguel M wrote:
I agree. I played a couple gigs with a jazz combo as a "keyboard bassist", and
it's just not the same.
Here's what that sounded like:
http://www.restivo.org/blog/podpress_trac/web/169/0/morning-bell-jam-2007-0…
We played Saturday night using our new, real bassist, and it sounded a lot better.
I have video clips around that I need to edit and post, but haven't yet.
I think that's about as realistic to a real
sounding bass as you can
get.
It was workable enough for them.
A midi controlled bass instrument will not give
you the same sound as a
real guitar. (Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, Mutes, etc) Of course this
wouldn't be done for professional audio, but it could be used to have a
nice practice session.
Definitely. I play keyboards in my church's band, and for a long while
we didn't have a bassist. So I played bass using the keyboard, using one
of the keyboard's bass voices. The tone was good enough, you might think
it was a real bass player who was at the level of knowing the scales and
a bit of rhythm - but it wasn't anywhere like a real bassist. I love
playing with real bassists! :-)
The Doors used a keyboard bass in live performances. Ray Manzarek played
it, using a separate small 1-2 octave keyboard. It sounded fine to me,
but the Doors didn't do a lot of fancy bass playing.
Actually what Manzarek used, was a Fender Piano Bass, which is basically the 2 lower
octaves of a Fender Rhodes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_bass
-ken
4 Dec
4 Dec
8:09 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:40:07AM +0100, Matthias Schönborn wrote:
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel
M:
Being a guitaris myself, I tried this
too. Not recommended.
The best solution I found for me was buying a bass guitar. There are
cheap an usable ones available, and with a decent DI box you're set.
Regards
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Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I
would suggest plugging in
your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects program) and use a
pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) ) 
5 Dec
5 Dec
10:38 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 00:40 +0100, Matthias Schönborn wrote:
Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel
M:
It can sound pretty good in some cases.
Try nylon string acoustic guitar through the LADSPA pvoc plugin, set to
one octave down, with a some compression after it.
Instant double bass!
You have to play the guitar like a double bass though, no nails or pick
and with the style and lines a bass player would play. Helps to use a
dynamic mic fairly near the guitar and get some whoomph from the sound
hole too.
Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I
would suggest plugging in
your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects program) and use a
pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
(Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) ) Matthias
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schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com> writes:
But where can I get the bass and the electric piano on
Linux?
I use the jRhodes3 soundfont from <http://learjeff.net/sf/sf.html>
with FluidSynth for electric piano. It's a nice clean recording, so
you can apply effects to taste: the CAPS amp/cabinet simulators are a
must, with autopanning/tremelo/chorus/phasing before them depending on
what sort of sound you're after. Make sure you crank down your
keyboard's sensitivity so you only get the highest velocity layer when
you hit the keys hard.
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