Free Utility Makes Endless Oscillators for Ableton Live
Simpler, Sampler

slicedbread, on behalf of The Covert Operators, has released a free Windows utility that generates ?endless harmonic oscillators? for Ableton Live?s Simpler and Sampler instruments. Even if you don?t have Windows, pay attention ? The Covert Ops already have a sample pack up full of oscillators, and you can bet the presence of this utility means more will come. (Even Robert Henke was impressed on the forums.)

Live 6 introduced the file format for ?Ableton Meta Sounds.? Bjorn Vayner is currently breaking down how the format works, but the short upshot is that you can make oscillator sources that won?t alias for sound design in Simpler and Sampler. The AMS File Utility does more, too ? export tunings (even microtuned stuff), and make oscillator variations. It?s sampling for people who like synthesis. In fact, not only is it fun to make additive synthesis-style oscillators dragging individual harmonics, but it?s a total breeze to change the offset and make equal-tempered stuff, negative scales, and other tunings.

Description on the forums:

AMS File Utility for Microtonal/Traditional Tunings

And from the very awesome Covert Operators site, some of the behind-the-scenes action:

Meta Files: Uncovering the .ams format, Part 1

Thanks for reminding us of this, Tony. I think I?m way behind on this post, so maybe we can use this to needle Bjorn to continue chatting about the AMS format.

Since I am this behind, has anyone made some AMS packs since this came out in September?

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