Sax Supreme并不是萨克斯风样本的集合，而是一种专门设计用于在Native Instruments的Kontakt（版本4.2.4或更高版本）中运行并使用MIDI控制器播放的虚拟乐器。
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它的制作人Xfonic使用脚本来控制1200多个样本的播放，因此，它们的总体表现像一种乐器，而不是单独的录音。在任何机会，说明音符警告用户在弹奏任何音符之前先移动键盘上的调制轮，因为此操作将启用颤音和连奏脚本。脚本还管理每个音符七个速度层和四个循环采样，其想法是程序会自动添加或多或少的所有必要表达。确实，自定义界面非常简单明了，使用户仅需调整一些控件即可。
源乐器是老式的高音萨克斯风，记录在消声室内，因此基本样品是中性的。空间特征是通过卷积混响引入的，该混响具有从壁橱到音乐厅的10种模拟下拉菜单。
为了真实起见，制作人还录制了乐器的机械键噪声，可以通过调整“键噪声”和“键噪声”级别的控件将其输入到混音中。唯一提供的其他控制是低音和高音均衡器以及声像和混响级别。
要从Sax Supreme获得最佳效果需要一些实践-可以理解，鉴于弹奏键盘与吹奏和吹奏管乐器不同。话虽如此，它仍然比我想象的要容易，并且听起来更好。特别是，我预计该仪器将无法产生流畅的滑音，但事实证明它们出奇的光滑。
不可避免地会在翻译中损失一点点，但源乐器的基本声音确实非常好，可以描述为温暖而流畅，就其特性而言倾向于单簧管。用力敲打音符会产生非常温和的调子音调，但实际上不可能获得爵士乐和摇滚乐手使用的那种刺耳的声音，尤其是那些偏爱中音和次中音萨克斯风的人。
通过在非常特殊的环境中仅录制一位演奏一种乐器的音乐家，Xfonic在某种程度上限制了Sax Supreme的范围。男中音，中音和中音萨克斯唱片将大大扩展音色，其他音乐家使用自己的乐器演奏时，也会大大扩大音色。显然，这可能会提高产品的零售价格，目前这是相当合理的，但要点是，以这种形式，它可能无法满足您对萨克斯管的所有要求。
当然，Sax Supreme不能替代真实的东西，但是对于许多项目来说，它可能会做得到。综上所述，如果您想要的是老式，醇厚，高音的声音，而不是叮咬更多的声音，那么此库非常适合。
Sax Supreme is not so much a collection of saxophone samples as it is a virtual instrument specifically designed to run in Native Instruments’ Kontakt (version 4.2.4 or above) and be played using a MIDI controller.
Its producers, Xfonic, have used scripts to control the playback of over 1200 samples so that, collectively, they perform like an instrument rather than individual recordings. At every opportunity, the instruction notes warn users to move the modulation wheel on their keyboards before playing any notes, as this action enables the vibrato and legato scripts. Scripts also manage seven velocity layers and four round-robin samples per note, the idea being that more or less all of the necessary expression is automatically added by the program. Indeed, the custom interface is very simple and straightforward, leaving the user with just a handful of controls to tweak.
The source instrument was a vintage soprano saxophone, recorded in an anechoic chamber so that the basic samples are neutral. Spatial characteristics are introduced by a convolution reverb with a drop-down menu of 10 simulations, ranging from a closet to a concert hall.
For realism, the producers have also made recordings of the instrument’s mechanical key noises, and these can be fed into the mix by adjusting the Key On Noise and Key Off Noise level controls. The only other controls on offer are bass and treble EQ and pan and reverb level.
Getting the best from Sax Supreme requires a bit of practice — understandably, given that playing a keyboard is different from blowing and keying a wind instrument. That said, it is still easier than I imagined it would be, and sounds better. In particular, I anticipated that the instrument would fail to render fluid glissandos, yet they proved to be surprisingly smooth.
Inevitably, a little is lost in translation, but the basic sound of the source instrument is very nice indeed and could be described as warm and smooth, tending slightly towards the clarinet in terms of its character. Hitting a note hard produces a very mildly honky tone, but it isn’t really possible to get that raspy sound used by jazz and rock musicians, especially those who favour alto and tenor saxophones.
By recording just one musician playing one instrument in a very particular environment, Xfonic have somewhat limited the scope of Sax Supreme. Baritone, tenor and alto sax recordings would greatly expand the sound palette, as would the performances of other musicians using their own instruments. Obviously that could increase the product’s retail price, which is currently quite reasonable, but the point is that in this form it probably won’t meet all of your saxophone requirements.
Sax Supreme is not a replacement for the real thing, of course, but for a lot of projects it will probably do the job. To sum up, if a vintage, mellow, soprano sound is what you’re after, rather than something with more bite, this library fits the bill.
