24 Apr
2009
24 Apr
'09
5:20 p.m.
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 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".
If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for
sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere.
-ken
24 Apr
24 Apr
6:19 p.m.
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
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!
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".
Would you mind telling us what soundfonts you used with Fluidsynth?
I'm especially impressed by the bass on Big Groove.
Andras
6:52 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
Sure. The piano is the Steinway Grand soundfont, I think I paid $5 for it,
"TrachtmanSteinC_XFade2_2001Aug16.sf2". I don't remember what finger-picked
bass soundfont I used, it was probably either "fingered bass (sampletank).sf2"
or "bass - fender jazz bass.sf2", probably from HammerSound.
-ken
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
wrote:
Thanks!
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!
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".
Would you mind telling us what soundfonts you used with Fluidsynth?
I'm especially impressed by the bass on Big Groove.
9:18 p.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon
wrote:
Thanks for sharing. Not that it is bad, but I like your other
stuff
better ;)
I'm interested in the AMS moog 'patches' you used. Would you like to
share it?
Regards,
\r
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
wrote:
Thanks!
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!
> 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".
>
9:42 p.m.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
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.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras
Simon wrote:
Thanks for sharing. Not that it is bad, but I like your other
stuff
better ;)
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
wrote:
Thanks!
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!
> 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".
>
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.
-ken
25 Apr
25 Apr
8:28 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200, Grammostola
Rosea wrote:
Do you know how they're called? Can't find minimoog...
\r
Ken Restivo wrote:
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.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras
Simon wrote:
Thanks for sharing. Not that it is bad, but I like your other
stuff
better ;)
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
wrote:
> 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".
>>
>> 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.
28 Apr
28 Apr
3:38 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
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
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Do you know how they're called? Can't find minimoog...
Ken Restivo wrote:
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.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras
Simon wrote:
> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>
>
>> 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 ;)
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.
8:28 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200, Grammostola
Rosea wrote:
mmh I have no instruments in the instruments dir....
\r
Ken Restivo wrote:
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
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Do you know how they're called? Can't find minimoog...
Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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.
29 Apr
29 Apr
6:52 a.m.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:22:47PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
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
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
mmh I have no instruments in the instruments dir.... Ken Restivo wrote:
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
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:
>
>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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...
7:14 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:22:47PM +0200, Grammostola
Rosea wrote:
Using Debian Lenny here, I only saw a demos folder under
/usr/share/doc/ams. Inside it were two files:
ams_sync_example_2.ams
ams_sync_simple_example.ams
They must have been left over from a much older version of AMS - which I
found out wasn't even installed! After I installed the abovementiond
version from Debian, a whole bunch of things showed up to play with.
Anyway, doesn't help the original poster if he compiled from source.
Unless there's a way to get the instruments et al to use with his
compiled version?
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Ken Restivo wrote:
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 On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
mmh I have no instruments in the instruments dir.... Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:32AM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
>
>> Ken Restivo wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
1 May
1 May
6:03 p.m.
david wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
I've downloaded a previous version and did:
ams-1.8.7$ sudo mv instruments/ /usr/share/doc/ams/instruments/
no need to install...
\r
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:22:47PM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Using Debian Lenny here, I only saw a demos folder under
/usr/share/doc/ams. Inside it were two files:
ams_sync_example_2.ams
ams_sync_simple_example.ams
They must have been left over from a much older version of AMS - which I
found out wasn't even installed! After I installed the abovementiond
version from Debian, a whole bunch of things showed up to play with.
Anyway, doesn't help the original poster if he compiled from source.
Unless there's a way to get the instruments et al to use with his
compiled version?
Ken Restivo wrote:
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
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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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....
6:07 p.m.
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
david wrote:
And of course, reported a bug with reportbug on Debian.... (!)
\r
Ken Restivo wrote:
I've downloaded a previous version and did:
ams-1.8.7$ sudo mv instruments/ /usr/share/doc/ams/instruments/
no need to install...
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:22:47PM +0200,
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Using Debian Lenny here, I only saw a demos folder under
/usr/share/doc/ams. Inside it were two files:
ams_sync_example_2.ams
ams_sync_simple_example.ams
They must have been left over from a much older version of AMS -
which I found out wasn't even installed! After I installed the
abovementiond version from Debian, a whole bunch of things showed up
to play with.
Anyway, doesn't help the original poster if he compiled from source.
Unless there's a way to get the instruments et al to use with his
compiled version?
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:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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
24 Apr
24 Apr
9:35 p.m.
On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Thanks! HammerSound is (still?) not quite functional, but these bass
soundfonts can be found here
http://www.sf2midi.com/soundfonts/file-detail/fingered-bass--sampletank--sf…
http://www.sf2midi.com/soundfonts/file-detail/bass---fender-jazz-bass-sf2-4…
in case anyone is interested. If you're indeed using one of these,
it's probably the Fender.
Andras
Andras
Would you mind
telling us what soundfonts you used with Fluidsynth?
I'm especially impressed by the bass on Big Groove.
Sure. The piano is the Steinway Grand soundfont, I think I paid $5 for it,
"TrachtmanSteinC_XFade2_2001Aug16.sf2". I don't remember what
finger-picked
bass soundfont I used, it was probably either "fingered bass
(sampletank).sf2" or "bass - fender jazz bass.sf2", probably from
HammerSound. 
26 Apr
26 Apr
8:21 p.m.
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:20:17 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
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 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".
If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for
sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere.
-ken
Very nice!
BTW how did you get on with your eeepc as a DAW?
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27 Apr
27 Apr
10:27 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:21:41PM +0100, Folderol wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:20:17 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Actually, I'm using the EEE as a softsynth, not a DAW.
It's working out rather well so far. I can run a couple Fluidsynths, an ecasound with
a couple LADSPA plugins, and some other utilities, with no problems. Exactly what I
wanted.
I also experimented with ecasound on it for doing some scratch ideas, and it works.
I also loaded Ardour on it, but Ardour is DOA on the EEE: the dialog boxes so frickin big
that they don't fit in the EEE's small screen.
But the EEE is perfect as a low-power, light, highly portable softsynth. I've used it
for some outdoor street music, and it's fantastic for that. Also very convenient for
rehearsals and should be helpful for casual gigs too.
-ken
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 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".
If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for
sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere.
-ken
Very nice!
BTW how did you get on with your eeepc as a DAW?
28 Apr
28 Apr
3:16 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:21:41PM +0100, Folderol
wrote:
Maybe if you ask nicely the guys at indamixx might be kind enough to
send you their template for running ardour on their small screen setup.
Or you could start a bounty on mantis for a smaller sized layout to fit
your screen resolution...
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:20:17 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Actually, I'm using the EEE as a softsynth, not a DAW.
It's working out rather well so far. I can run a couple Fluidsynths, an ecasound with
a couple LADSPA plugins, and some other utilities, with no problems. Exactly what I
wanted.
I also experimented with ecasound on it for doing some scratch ideas, and it works.
I also loaded Ardour on it, but Ardour is DOA on the EEE: the dialog boxes so frickin big
that they don't fit in the EEE's small screen.
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 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".
If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for
sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere.
-ken
Very nice!
BTW how did you get on with your eeepc as a DAW?
But the EEE is perfect as a low-power, light, highly
portable softsynth. I've used it for some outdoor street music, and it's fantastic
for that. Also very convenient for rehearsals and should be helpful for casual gigs too.
-ken
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3:35 a.m.
On the EEE, what audio interface are you using with Fludsynth? The
built-in CODEC? With Jack?
Actually, I'm using the EEE as a softsynth, not a
DAW.
It's working out rather well so far. I can run a couple Fluidsynths, an ecasound with
a couple LADSPA plugins, and some other utilities, with no problems. Exactly what I
wanted.
I also experimented with ecasound on it for doing some scratch ideas, and it works.
I also loaded Ardour on it, but Ardour is DOA on the EEE: the dialog boxes so frickin big
that they don't fit in the EEE's small screen.
But the EEE is perfect as a low-power, light, highly portable softsynth. I've used it
for some outdoor street music, and it's fantastic for that. Also very convenient for
rehearsals and should be helpful for casual gigs too.
-ken
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6:20 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:35:30PM -0600, Garett Shulman wrote:
On the EEE, what audio interface are you using with
Fludsynth? The
built-in CODEC? With Jack?
For my own practicing, simple audio editing (Rezound, oggz-chop, mpgsplit), and street
performing, I use the built-in HDA-Intel interface. Works great.
For the couple band rehearsals I've brought it to, I've used my USB FastTrack Pro,
since it has 1/4" outs. If I used it in any other live situation I'd use the
FastTrack too.
-ken
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Actually,
I'm using the EEE as a softsynth, not a DAW.
It's working out rather well so far. I can run a couple Fluidsynths, an ecasound with
a couple LADSPA plugins, and some other utilities, with no problems. Exactly what I
wanted.
I also experimented with ecasound on it for doing some scratch ideas, and it works.
I also loaded Ardour on it, but Ardour is DOA on the EEE: the dialog boxes so frickin big
that they don't fit in the EEE's small screen.
But the EEE is perfect as a low-power, light, highly portable softsynth. I've used it
for some outdoor street music, and it's fantastic for that. Also very convenient for
rehearsals and should be helpful for casual gigs too.
-ken
5:16 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:21:41PM +0100, Folderol
wrote:
regarding ardour on the EEEpc, I have mine at 800x600, and there are
some tricks to make it work, but it does work:
1) use the -ardourino flag on the command line to get a smaller profile
2) detach the transport toolbar (I put that at the top of my screen
and all it does is hide a couple of the less used buttons on the right
side)
3) size the remaining ardour window to fit under the detached
transport toolbar (if the transport remains attached the ardour window
is too wide and won't get any narrower).
4) for the mixer window and load external file dialogue, use alt-click
to move the window up and down as needed (since they are too tall and
won't resize short enough). For the mixer, it is not too hard to leave
the buttons that are actually used regularly on screen, and drag it
around to get at the less commonly used ones toward the bottom (unless
you spend lots of time adding comments to your tracks or changing
their output bus).
5) also
This may not work with a window manager that puts title bars at the
top of windows, but with evilwm or a decent tiling wm it definitely
works, I have worked on a number of tracks this way.
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:20:17 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Actually, I'm using the EEE as a softsynth, not a DAW.
It's working out rather well so far. I can run a couple Fluidsynths, an ecasound with
a couple LADSPA plugins, and some other utilities, with no problems. Exactly what I
wanted.
I also experimented with ecasound on it for doing some scratch ideas, and it works.
I also loaded Ardour on it, but Ardour is DOA on the EEE: the dialog boxes so frickin big
that they don't fit in the EEE's small screen.
But the EEE is perfect as a low-power, light, highly portable softsynth. I've used it
for some outdoor street music, and it's fantastic for that. Also very convenient for
rehearsals and should be helpful for casual gigs too.
-ken
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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 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".
If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for
sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere.
-ken
Very nice!
BTW how did you get on with your eeepc as a DAW?
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