I would really, really love to be able to play the solo in the full (~8 1/2 minutes) version of "It's a Long Way There" by the Little River Band. Unfortunately, practicing any guitar at all has taken a back seat to learning DSP and programming. -- Darren PS - Even if you hate LRB, try to track down that track and just listen to the solo. It's absolutely amazing. Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings, > > Recently I decided to learn some well-known rock guitar solos > note-for-note, with the assistance of some Linux sound and music > software. Naturally I used Audacity to learn the solos exactly (Change > Tempo is just toot sweet), but I wanted to work on the sound of the > solos as well their notes. I found some nicely arranged MIDI files for > some of the tunes, I used Rakarrack for the effects, and I used > AlsaPlayer to play the audio files (where I couldn't find MIDI > arrangements). Great instructive fun. > > I've worked out the solos to Cream's Badge and to Dire Straits' Sultans > Of Swing, now I'm on to Joe Perry's leads in Aerosmith's Walk This Way. > Yeh, pretty old school, but still great solos. It's excellent exercise > too, keeps me from getting bored. Sometimes Bach just doesn't rock > enough... :) > > I've also been sequencing a pseudo techno demo, again using only Linux > audio softsynths, including AMS, QSynth, LinuxSampler (with sounds from > the PSIndustrializer synth), and the new Discovery VSTi (in JOST), with > help from the midirgui MIDI channel router and the mighty JACK. I'll > post the results when it's done. > > Anyway, not to get all weepy here, but I wanted to take a moment to give > some thanks to the developers who make it all possible. So, thanks, > devs, your generosity is deeply appreciated. > > Back to the rack... > > Best, > > dp > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
