ELECTRIC BAROQUE REVIVAL Commonly known as the Baldwin® electric harpsichord, the Baldwin® Combo Harpsichord originated in the early 1960’s under the umbrella of a short-lived harpsichord manufacturing firm called The Cannon Guild. Founded by the harpsichord builder Eric Herz, the firm supported an inventor named Caleb Warner, whose idea eventually became the Baldwin® electric solid-body harpsichord. The design was soon sold to the Baldwin Piano Company, who manufactured it with the hope that the 1960s' surge in Baroque-influenced music would turn it into a success. However, only around 500 of these instruments were ultimately produced. Electric Harpsichord HarpJUST BECAUSE The Baldwin® Combo Harpsichord has been used in numerous pop songs, most famously on the Beatles song “Because”. An introduction to some of the sounds of the Baldwin® electric harpsichord can be heard on Youtube. It is is equally at home in classical and pop music, though it has been used more often in the latter. However, the prospect of tuning the instrument kept many bands from using it. The Beach Boys toured with one, but they also brought a piano tuner to get it ready for every gig. Now that it's in digital form, hopefully the Baldwin® harpsi sound will find its way back into more music. HOW IT WORKS This unique electro-mechanical instrument marries the modern pop timbre of the electric guitar with that of the classical harpsichord, creating a unique sound entirely its own. It features a solid aluminum body with a red formica soundboard, above which a 57-string array is amplified by two pairs of passive pickups. The resulting signal is balanced through a dual volume pedal system. The mellow middle pickup and the brighter bridge pickup each have a very pleasing timbre, and sound even better when mixed together. It also has a damper pedal, which allows the player to create an additional spectrum of sounds ranging from a muted guitar to a pizzicato violin. Electric HarpsichordANTIQUITY MUSIC’S ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD Antiquity Music has sold at least twenty Baldwin® combo harpsichords over the years. We sampled the best-sounding one for our Electric Harpsichord virtual instrument. We revoiced and regulated the jacks so that the instrument would play exactly the way it did when it left the factory in the 1960's. Then we recorded every note with three damper settings, from an open string with no damping to heavy muting without bending the pitch. Both pickup sets were recorded simultaneously through a Great River MP-2NV DI and Mytek 8X192 converter. When making the controls for this virtual instrument, a faithful recreation of the pickup switch box was added, giving the user exacting control over blending each pickups’ output, but with volume and panning capability. COMPATIBILITY This is a Kontakt® instrument. You will need the full version of Native Instruments' Kontakt 5.5 or later in order to use it to its fullest extent. This is not a Kontakt Player® instrument. Kontakt will run as a plug-in in any VST/AU/RTAS compatible DAW environment or host application, e.g. Pro Tools®, Ableton Live®, Cubase®, Nuendo®, Reaper, etc. *Disclaimer: Electric Harpsichord is a trademark of Antiquity Music, LLC. Baldwin® is a trademark of Baldwin Pianos, Inc. All other product names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. These owners are in no way associated or affiliated with Antiquity Music, LLC. Product names are used solely to describe the articles used by Antiquity Music, LLC in the development of this product. No cooperation or endorsement is implied. 电动巴洛克 鲍德温®组合大键琴通常被称为 baldwin®电动大键琴, 起源于 20世纪60年代初, 在一个短命的大键琴制造公司称为佳能公会的保护伞下。该公司由大键琴建设者埃里克·赫兹 (eric herz) 创立, 支持一位名叫 caleb warner 的发明家, 他的想法最终成为 baldwin®电动固体大键琴。这个设计很快就卖给了鲍德温钢琴公司, 该公司制造这个设计的希望是, 上世纪 6 0年来巴洛克影响的音乐的激增将把它变成成功。然而, 这些工具最终只产生了大约500种。 在许多流行歌曲中都使用了最著名的流行歌曲, 最著名的是披头士的歌曲《因为 "中。在 youtube 上可以听到 baldwin®电动大键琴的一些声音的介绍。它在古典音乐和流行音乐中同样是家常便饭, 尽管它在后者中的使用频率更高。然而, 调整仪器的前景使许多波段无法使用它。海滩男孩带着一个人参观, 但他们也带来了一个钢琴调谐器, 为每一次演出做好准备。现在它是以数字形式, 希望鲍德温®哈普西的声音将找到它的方式回到更多的音乐。 它是如何工作的 这种独特的机电乐器将电吉他的现代流行音色与古典大键琴的音色结合在一起, 创造出一种独特的声音, 完全是它自己的声音。它的特点是一个坚实的铝制车身与一个红色的形式音板, 上面的57串阵列被放大了两对被动皮卡。 所产生的信号通过双音量踏板系统进行平衡。圆润的中间皮卡和更明亮的桥梁皮卡都有一个非常令人愉快的音色, 声音更好, 当混合在一起。它也有一个阻尼器踏板, 这使得玩家创造了一个额外的光谱的声音, 从一个静音吉他到比萨饼小提琴。 多年来, 电动 harpichord 的电动 harpichord 古代音乐至少卖出了 20个 baldwin®组合大键。我们为我们的电动大键琴虚拟仪器取样了一个听起来最好的。我们撤销和监管的千斤顶, 使仪器将发挥完全一样的方式, 当它离开工厂在20世纪60年代。然后, 我们记录了每一个音符与三个阻尼器设置, 从一个开放的字符串没有阻尼到沉重的静音, 而不弯曲的音高。这两个拾取集通过一个大河 mp-2nv di 和 mytek 8x192 转换器同时记录。 在对此虚拟仪器进行控制时, 添加了一个忠实的拾取开关盒的重新创建功能, 使用户能够严格控制混合每个皮卡的输出, 但具有音量和平移功能。 兼容性 这是一种 kontakt®仪器。您将需要完整版本的本机仪器的 kontakt 5.5 或更高版本, 以便最大限度地使用它。这不是 kontakt 播放器®乐器。kontakt 将在任何 vsteau/rtas 兼容的 daw 环境或主机应用程序 (如 pro arolmo®、ableeton live®、cubasse®、nuendod®、收割者等) 中作为插件运行。 * 免责声明: 电动大键琴是古代音乐有限责任公司的商标。baldwin®是 baldwin pianos 公司的商标。所有其他产品名称或商标均为其各自所有者的财产。这些业主与古代音乐有限责任公司没有任何联系或附属。产品名称仅用于描述古代音乐有限责任公司在开发本产品时使用的文章。不暗示任何合作或认可。 |