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 using the commands:

*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.

"oboe" [2 CHANS
1 CHAN
 Metal       Flat        Tailed
 -251 SHIFT   ON SYNC
2 CHAN
 Syncer      Vibrato     Puff
EVERY CHAN
% Oboe sound by G H Richardson
% See Questions and Answers
]

"jarre-4" [4 CHANS
ODD CHAN
 Hollow     Sweep         Verylong
 128 AMP    ON SYNC
EVEN CHAN
 Syncer      Delvib      Spike
4 CHAN  200 OFFSET
EVERY CHAN
% Like the sound used by Jarre on
% Rendezvous.
% Play slow notes with sustain.
% by Mark A J Mulders
]

"sax" [2 CHANS
1 CHAN
  ON SYNC
 Metal     Delvib     Soft
2 CHAN
 Hollow    Delvib     Soft
  100 OFFSET          128 AMP
EVERY CHAN
% Here is a passable saxophone sound.
% It sounds best at octaves -1: & -2:
% You could beef it up a bit by using
% the Echo command to add some reverb
% e.g. READY 8 VOICES sax 1 8 Echo
% by Mike Dobson
]

"cello-t" [2 CHANS
 1 CHAN
   10 OFFSET 128 AMP
 Reedy    Delvib     Tailed
 2 CHAN
  -192 SHIFT   125 AMP
 Hollow   Flat       Tailed
% From an idea by G H Richardson
% I have tried to make his sound
% deeper and sonorous.
% by R Follett
]

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Published in AMPLINEX 004, March 1988