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

]