For a system-wide CLM instrument, e.g. "wurley" [ which is listed in http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/software/clm/clm/ins ] [ with info: wurley prc96.ins Perry Cook's Wurlitzer ] 1) copy source code to directory that you are running lisp in from /usr/ccrma/lisp/src/clm-2 cp /usr/ccrma/lisp/src/clm-2/prc96.ins . 2) compile the source code (compile-file "prc96.ins" :verbose nil) 3) load the resulting .fas file (load "prc96") 4) enjoy -- you will need to ascertain the instrument's parameters directly from the source code file, e.g., wurley's definstrument shows 4 parameters: (definstrument wurley (beg dur freq amp)