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

david wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> 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?
>
>
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
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Received on Sat May 2 00:15:02 2009