February's livestream was EPIC (in a cinematic sense)
Added 2020-02-02 23:03:38 +0000 UTCWARNING: DO NOT USE VIRTUAL PLAYING ORCHESTRA!!
As of 2022-02-10 VPO is misleading it's users into violating copyright of the source samples' authors. The library uses various sources licensed under CC-Sampling+ (requires attribution) or CC-BY-SA (requires attribution AND using CC-BY-SA license for your music). This makes it an absolute nightmare to use legitimately, but the author has also erronously stated it's ok to use it without attribution or license limitation.
If you want to use VPO instruemnts, you need to track down what samples are used, who made them and what license applies to them - then comply to that license.
SO JUST DON'T USE VIRTUAL PLAYING ORCHESTRA!
I am deeply sorry, as I've passed on this misleading information and helped mislead others, causing further harm to the authors of the samples. I will take care to not repeat such a mistake again.
For a list of trusted, "worry-free" sampled instruments, go here:
https://hilbricht.net/foss-sampled-instruments.html
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From this livestream you can learn:
- What are soundfonts
- How SF2 and SFZ soundfont formats differ
- What is Virtual Playing Orchestra (DO NOT USE!!)
- How to download and install it
- What is the Sfizz plug-in
- How to use Carla Rack or Sfizz to play SFZ soundfonts in Ardour
- How to synthesize a psytrance kick with Geonkick
- How to synthesize a psytrance bass with TAL Noizemaker
- How to use LSP sidechian gate to chop one sound with another
- How to set up FX buses in Ardour
- How to set up Submix busses in Ardour
- How to dance like a crazy person
And a lot more...
You can download the Ardour 6 session here:
https://is.gd/DFrPyy
You'll need this software and resources to open that session correctly:
- Ardour 6
- Virtual Playing Orchestra (DO NOT USE!!)
- Geonkick LV2
- Sfizz LV2
- LSP Sidechain Gate LV2
Dragonfly Hall Reverb LV2
If you follow the livestream you'll see how to set the instruments up - you'll need to select the used string section SFZ file to get the strings to work.
I also attach a rendered out version (with a sightly tweaked mix).
