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

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:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/24/09, Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden> 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

-ken
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Received on Wed Apr 29 12:15:03 2009