这个钢琴音源的音色来头可不小,Cinesamples 专门在索尼的专业棚子 Sony Scoring Stage 里同时记录两个钢琴的声音。 根据 Cinesamples 的描述,他们的目标是打造一个适用于现代电影弦乐配乐的虚拟钢琴乐器,通过对钢琴最真实的记录和还原为配乐增加律动和节奏。 Jerry’s Pianos 中的音源包含断音和连音的素材,而且要注意的即使连音素材也是比较短的 (这个音源库并不包含完整的连音片段),用户可以通过转轮来控制八拍的长度。素材包大多比较注重在低音部,音调最高的音色为 C#2。原创的 Kontakt 界面提供了各种声音引擎的参数调节,包括丰富的包络控制和效果器模块,甚至还包括一个有趣的 ”合奏” 模式,可以通过叠加不同的素材达到 6 台钢琴一起合奏的效果。 显然 Jerry’s Piano 局限于特定的演奏风格,不大适合用来进行变化细微的弹奏。但从另一方面来说,如果是拿来做配乐,这个音源包相当于神器般的存在。虽然 Jerry’s Piano 还是需要完整版的 Kontakt,不过动手能力强的玩家可以用自带的 WAV 音频文件导入采样器制作属于自己的音源。 Enhance your mock-ups with Jerry's Pianos - dual Steinway Grand Pianos recorded simultaneously at the Sony Scoring Stage. Concentrating on the lower range, we sampled sustains and staccatos to enrich your mock-ups and add unique character and detail to low-end passages.Jerry's Pianos FREE download now Requires Kontakt FULL v5.3.1 or higher. (An email will be sent - check your spam filter) VIDEOS Jerry's Pianos Walkthrough December 24, 2015 ABOUT THE LIBRARY Often the orchestral piano is called upon to double rhythmic patterns at pitch - its percussive nature allows the texture to speak quicker and more precisely. Larger orchestral ensembles occasionally include a second piano for balance and color. Orff employs two pianos playing the ostinato in his bombastic opening movement of Carmina Burana. John Williams uses two soli pianos to score the arrival of the AT-AT’s during the Imperial Assault on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Don Davis often uses two pianos in quasi arpeggiating motifs during the chase sequences in his Matrix Trilogy scores. Quasi random, fast moving patterns in the lower octaves are a mainstay of modern cinematic orchestral writing. With this patch we captured two pianos playing tutti/unison at the Sony Scoring Stage. The pianos were placed in deep orchestral position on the violin side slightly wider than the French Horn section. Concentrating on the lower range, we sampled sustains and staccatos on the two house grand pianos. We're certain that Jerry's Piano will become a useful tool in any composer's palette. THE RECORDING SET-UP Don't let the price tag fool you - Jerry's Pianos might be free, but it's rich in sound and detail. From Tim Starnes, our mixing engineer: "We employed a very basic microphone set up: a Decca Tree, a pair of wide mics, and a close mic on each piano. In the mixes, I relied more on the close mics so composers have a very pointed sound available to them, as it is always easier to add ambience than to remove it. There are two mixes: a concert position mix and a wide stereo mix. In concert position, the pianos appear exactly as they were placed on the Sony stage. In the wide stereo mix, the close mics are panned hard left and right, drawing more attention to the pianos in your mix." HOW IT WORKS At Cinesamples, we believe in balancing simplicity and ease of use with the complexity working composers need for their writing tools, and Jerry's Piano's is no exception. On the surface a compact, focused product, Jerry's Pianos offers some powerful scripting under the hood. Here's more info from Will Bedford, our script programmer: "In Jerry's Pianos, we wanted to allow the user to shorten the staccato notes using the mod wheel. However, we also wanted to preserve the natural reverb of the hall and the resonance of the dampers touching the strings, so simply chopping off the end of the sample wouldn't have been enough. To tackle this, I devised a scripted solution which shortens the middle of each sample, while leaving the tail untouched. Another useful feature of the script is the ensemble mode, which simulates up to six pianos being played at once. This was achieved by layering multiple round-robin samples together, with a subtle time delay between each note." TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Kontakt Full v5.3.1 or higher required (The free Kontakt Player is not supported) Jerry's Pianos is compatible with all major DAWs and with music notation software, using the Kontakt Engine. PC: Vista® / Windows 7® (32/64 Bit), Intel®Core Duo 2GHZ or AMD Athlon 64, 4 GB RAM Mac: OS X 10.7 or higher, Intel® Core Duo 2 GHz, 4 GB RAM 1.2 GB of free hard drive space required and 1.2GB of FREE RAM available Any Compliant ASIO™ or Core Audio™ compliant device |