Ample sound Guitar riffs - where are they and can I get more

[Roy Slough]

I am looking at riffs (and tabs) to learn how to control/play the digital guitar.
I am not a great keyboard player so mostly work directly in the riffer or midi data.
I can find many riffs in the Ample sound riff library but some are not there, e.g. in the VC guitar (Vintage Cherry) There are riffs named "Blues Lick 1" , "Children of the sea" etc..
I cannot find these in the library.
Where are they AND are there more elsewhere so I can learn/see other techniques.

 

Thanks

 

[Glenn Stanton]

if you check on the amplesound.net site, they have a bunch of demo projects you can load.

https://www.amplesound.net/en/download.asp

[mettelus]

Ample Sound has also put a lot of effort into being able to import Guitar Pro files over the years, so sites that have .gp3, .gp4, gpx files (often entire songs) are another potential source. For multi-track files, you can import them and select the track you want to work with.

[Roy Slough]

18 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said:

if you check on the amplesound.net site, they have a bunch of demo projects you can load.

https://www.amplesound.net/en/download.asp

Thanks Glenn, I downloaded one project to investigate further, but now I don't recognise any of the files extensions so I don't not how to use them.

11 hours ago, mettelus said:

Ample Sound has also put a lot of effort into being able to import Guitar Pro files over the years, so sites that have .gp3, .gp4, gpx files (often entire songs) are another potential source. For multi-track files, you can import them and select the track you want to work with.

Thanks Mettelus. I have done this a little but all I can access (for free) are Tab files. These are great for songs and melodies but do not use any of the really cool guitar features (slide, Hammer, palm mute etc.) it is this area I am investigating to make my guitars better and more lifelike.

[Glenn Stanton]

i think once you get into the enhancement side of things, you're likely to have to DIY - adding the types and fx to get the "close to live" performance. the Ample v4 instruments have significantly improved the riffer wrt features and easier use. some of it though could still be improved, like putting the type of actions above the track line vs above the image of the instrument! but it has better import of MIDI options than before.

if you open the demo project zip file, you see project files for DAWs and also a MID file (which is the MIDI file) and you can import this. if a MIDI file is created by Ample riffer, it will have all the ornamentations, otherwise it will be plain vanilla...

[mettelus]

I always send curt messages when on my phone, so sorry about that. Delving into AS4 is on my to do list for this weekend, so I have not downloaded the updates yet; but to Glenn's point, even the "rudimentary" ones you have may be a better start. The reason I say this is that building a riff from scratch would be the best way to learn the ins/outs of the workflow rather than trying to manipulate something pre-existing (both have their pros and cons).

It was mentioned in the Deals thread that Riffer got beefed up so much that it has its own manual now, so I looked that up (seems this is a work-in-progress as some sections only have headers). As for me, my plan is to tear into Riffer "from scratch" since things that existed prior may no longer be applicable. This way I will be able to catch the changes as well as the new capabilities.

Regarding the gpx files (or gp3/4 depending on version), those are made with Guitar Pro, which has a lot of detail capabilities, but is not the most intuitive in some respects to a new user. Some workflow aspects still bother me with GP, so another thing I am seeking this weekend is the workflow speed between the two and if files can be transferred back and forth between them (I am not sure if that functionality has been added though - you could always import them to the Tab page as you mentioned, but not the Riffer). As Riffer got a lot of attention with AS4, I would assume this is coming at some point if it doesn't exist yet, especially since you can do something like 264 bars in Riffer now, which is enough duration to do an entire guitar track for a song.