--- Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: -----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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHU1RM1Aecwva1SWMRApCdAJ9ycoxuOlXuEBXzGFO8+J7IOTwlswCfZL/2 > Jm8E/LzkpZ6bpMkeD5WNeqg= > =0Qw9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > fantastic, Though I don't think I'll be selling my amp anytime soon. I can very easily get similar sounds. This could deff save some time. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
