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Classic Brass(经典铜管)是我们对一款经典主力铜管音色库在音乐厅环境下的全新诠释。
秉承我们现有铜管音色库一脉相承的演奏性理念,Classic Brass 将采样流程的每一个环节都提升到了新的高度。该音色库在巨大的声学空间(捷克布尔诺的 Besední dům 音乐厅)录制,不仅拓展了动态范围的上限,更在真正的音乐厅环境中,将情境化采样技术发挥到了极致。
除锁音断奏(latch key staccatos)和极短断奏(staccatissimos)外,每一种演奏技法(Articulation)均是在精心编排的乐句中捕捉的,旨在保留现场演奏赋予每一个音符的音乐能量与微妙的“混沌感”。
它拥有极佳的演奏手感,个性鲜明,覆盖宽广的动态范围,并为声音留出了充足的呼吸空间——所有细节均经过精心编程,只为带来指尖下的自然触感。
这就是 Classic Brass。
注意事项
高复音数占用: 这款音色库是名副其实的复音怪兽。鉴于其编程逻辑、动态分层及麦克风摆位的特性,在使用多麦克风配置演奏快速三和弦时,复音数极易突破 1000+——尤其是小号,它包含了 5 个动态层。
Mix(混合)麦克风位置 是对所有录制麦克风进行的精心平衡混合,旨在应对绝大多数作曲场景,同时让复音数保持在更易管理的水平。
作为参考,演示曲目《Rise of the Crowned》是在一台七年前的电脑上制作的,运行毫无问题。配置为:小号使用 3 个麦克风,圆号、长号和大号使用 Mix 麦克风。
人工痕迹(Artifacts): 该音色库几乎所有内容都经过了情境化采样,并被推向了在音乐上仍可使用的边缘。因此,为了将这些演奏塑造成可演奏的乐器,后期处理过程中可能会产生极少量的人工痕迹。
这些痕迹主要体现在情境化断奏中,自然的混响尾音后可能会跟随微弱的“鬼魅”般的拖尾。
这会影响在音乐语境中的使用吗?完全不会。
这款音色库的设计初衷绝非追求“绝对纯净”——为了捕捉充满能量和个性的演奏,我们欣然接受这一取舍,并认为为此付出的代价是完全值得的。
音色配置(Patches)
– 4 支法国号(圆号)
– 2 支小号
– 3 支低音长号
– 独奏大号
主要特性
– 在音乐厅环境中,按传统声部位置录制
– 动态层数: 小号 (5层),圆号与长号 (4层),大号 (3层)
– 4 个麦克风摆位,外加 1 个混合麦克风
– 情境化采样(Contextually-sampled)
– 宽广的动态范围,拥有极具爆发力的高声压动态
需要 Kontakt 6.8.0 或更高版本的完整零售版!
官网
https://musicalsampling.com/classic-brass/
Classic Brass is our concert hall iteration of a workhorse brass library.
Sharing the same playability philosophy as our existing brass releases, Classic Brass elevates every aspect of the sampling process. Recorded in a large acoustic space (Besední dům in Brno, CZ), it pushes the upper dynamic range while taking contextual sampling techniques to their limits within a true concert hall environment.
Every articulation – with the exception of latch key staccatos and staccatissimos – was captured inside thoughtfully curated phrases, aiming to preserve the musical energy and subtle chaos a live performance imparts to each note.
Eminently playable, rich with personality, spanning a wide dynamic range, and leaving ample room for the sound to breathe – all meticulously programmed to feel natural under the fingers.
This is Classic Brass.
Caveats
High Voice Count: This library is a polyphony beast. Due to the nature of the programming, dynamic layers, and mic positions, using multiple mics while playing fast triads can easily exceed 1000+ voices – especially in the trumpets, which feature five dynamic layers.
The Mix mic position is a carefully balanced blend of all recorded microphones, designed to handle the vast majority of composing situations while keeping polyphony more manageable.
For reference, the Rise of the Crowned demo track was produced on a seven-year-old PC without issue. Three mics for trumpets, Mix mic for the horns, bones and tuba.
Artifacts: Nearly everything in this library was contextually sampled and pushed to the very edge of what remains musically usable. As a result, a small amount of artifacting may be present from the post-production process required to shape these performances into a playable instrument.
These artifacts are primarily audible in the contextual staccatos, where a faint, ghost-like trail may follow the natural reverb tail.
Does this affect musical use in context? Not at all.
This library was never intended to be clinical – and the tradeoff required to capture energetic, characterful performances was considered well worth it.
Patches
– 4 French Horns
– 2 Trumpets
– 3 Bass Trombones
– Solo Tuba
Features
– Recorded in a concert hall in traditional positions
– Dynamics: Trumpets (5) Horns & Bones (4), Tuba (3)
– 4 mic positions, 1 mixed mic
– Contextually-sampled
• Wide dynamic range with strong top dynamic
Requires FULL retail version of Kontakt 6.8.0 or higher!
