Instruments

To make the best use of disc space we have combined several instrument definitions into one file. These can be saved individually if required, either by loading/saving via a word processor or from within AMPLE (after *EXECing in this file) using:
*SPOOL insfile
"insname" TYPE
*SPOOL
where 'insfile' is the file on which the individual instrument definition is to be held and 'insname' is the
% word containing the instrument definition.
"bassguit" [4 CHANS
ODD CHAN
 76 FM
EVEN CHAN
 0 OFFSET
1 PAIR CHAN   1 SHIFT    OFF RM
3 PAIR CHAN   0 SHIFT
EVERY CHAN
 Hard        Delvib      Long
 ON PHSET   128 AMP
% to be used at -2:
% by Gavin Jones
]
% For notes on instruments 2' to 32'
% see Hints and Tips section
"2'" [2 CHANS
1 CHAN
    0 SHIFT   200 OFFSET 128 AMP
 Pipes       Flat        Onoff
2 CHAN
  384 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
 Pipes       Flat        Tailed
EVEN CHAN     -3 PAN
ODD CHAN       3 PAN
EVERY CHAN
  ON PHSET
% by Patrick Black
]
"4'" [2 CHANS
 1 CHAN
    0 SHIFT    50 OFFSET 128 AMP
   Pipes       Flat        Onoff
 2 CHAN
  192 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
   Pipes       Flat        Tailed
ODD CHAN       3 PAN
EVEN CHAN     -3 PAN
EVERY CHAN
  ON PHSET
% by Patrick Black
]
"8'" [2 CHANS
 1 CHAN
    0 SHIFT  128 AMP
  Pipes       Flat        Onoff
 2 CHAN
    0 SHIFT  128 AMP
  Pipes       Flat        Tailed
EVERY CHAN
% by Patrick Black
]
"16'" [2 CHANS
1 CHAN
    0 SHIFT    50 OFFSET 128 AMP
 Pipes       Flat        Onoff
2 CHAN
 -192 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
 Pipes       Flat        Tailed
EVEN CHAN     -3 PAN
ODD CHAN       3 PAN
EVERY CHAN
  ON PHSET
% by Patrick Black
]
"32'" [4 CHANS
1 CHAN
 -385 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
2 CHAN
 -193 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
3 CHAN
 -385 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
4 CHAN
    0 SHIFT     0 OFFSET 128 AMP
ODD CHAN       -3 POS
 Pipes       Flat        Onoff
   ON RM
EVEN CHAN      -1 POS
 Pipes       Flat        Tailed
EVERY CHAN  ON PHSET
% by Patrick Black
]
"12string" [2CHANS
1CHAN
  ON RM     14 OFFSET
2CHAN
  128 AMP
EVERY CHAN
  Hard   Delvib   Strike
% Use six notes as per guitar with
% slight arpeggio. I set the top
% strings (notes) louder than the
% bass. Use bass string at -2:, top
% string at 0:.
%
% See '$.12stDem' for demonstration.
% by Carl Robinson
]

Published in AMPLINEX 014, November 1989