Automatically create and install hundreds of awesome Free (as in Freedom!) Ableton Live Instuments from the super high-quality Philharmonia Orchestra samples.
Currently includes:
- Banjo
- Bass Clarinet
- Bassoon
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Contrabassoon
- Cor Anglais
- Double Bass
- Flute
- French Horn
- Guitar
- Mandolin
- Oboe
- Saxophone
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Viola
- Violin
- Hella Percussions!
ADGMaker requires that you have Python, OSX, and Ableton Live installed already. Then, simply:
$ pip install adgmaker
The simplest way to use ADGMaker is with the '--all' and '--install' arguments, which will fetch the instrument archives from the internet, create ADGs, and install them into your Ableton installation automatically:
$ adgmaker --all --install
Then go to File -> Manage Files -> Manage User Library and use your new instruments! You'll see them under the "Drums" tab. Tada!
Download an instrument from the Philharmonia Orchestra website and unzip it.
Then, (from a virtualenv), run:
python adgmaker.py double_bass/
Then copy all of the .adg files to:
~/Music/Ableton/User\ Library/Presets/Instruments/Drum\ Rack/
(or wherever your Ableton is installed).
Then copy all of the mp3s to:
~/Music/Ableton/User\ Library/Samples/Imported
Then go to File -> Manage Files -> Manage User Library and use your new instruments!
Some of the ADGs only have a few items in them, but most instruments have at least a few ADG files that have a couple of complete scales. All of the percussion instruments have been combined into a single percussion ADG.
Some of the samples have a slight delay, so you might have to manually set the sample start time to your liking. I also like to add a little bit of fade out, reverb, and put them all into the same choke group, depending on the sound I want.
- Support other sound archives?
- Support making multi-instrument racks?
- Tests / CI!
Enjoy!