On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote: > 2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson wrote: > > > On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote: > > > > I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released > > a record that he's been working on for 21 years. > > > > > > > > And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is > > near and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts. > > > > > > > > So here it is at last: > > > > > > > > http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind > > > > > > > > I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a > > year or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on > > what. > > > > > > > > I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to > > get a Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's > > prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav > > samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins. > > > > > > > > I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people > > on this list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks. > > > > > > > > Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too. > > > > > > > > > > NICE!! > > > > > > I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track. > > > > > > > I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record > > for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than > > me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for > > him on a 4-track in 1993). > > > > Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass > > that along too. > > > > By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't > > originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both > > the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's > > definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears > > not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using > > Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did. > > > > -ken > > > > Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the album... > and profesional instrument sounds using free software... > Congratulations. > Glad you enjoyed it. > Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour? > No, sadly, it was recorded and mixed on ProTools HD Mac. The keyboard parts were all Linux though, primarily Beatrix, Jconvolver, JACK-RACK, various LADSPA plugins, Fluidsynth, and Specimen. The track "Menager, I" has Beatrix all over it, in particular. My friend Bob is the guitarist, composer, producer, and BDFL. He doesn't sing; Matthew did the vocals. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
