ohsie | 13 November 2023 | 987 MB
想法与过程
卡带玩具钢琴是基于儿童玩具钢琴的 5 种乐器的集合。 五个附带乐器中的第一个当然只是录制在磁带上的原始玩具钢琴，虽然它是一种美妙且有用的声音，但大多数玩具钢琴本质上都非常……不完美。 因此，这个系列的主要目标是创造原始声音的额外变化，以拥抱其中的优点（例如弹簧混响、颗粒合成等），而不失去其原始（有时）令人毛骨悚然的声音。
总而言之 – Cassette Toy Piano 是 5 种乐器的集合，使用 2 个不同的盒式磁带录音机（一个具有更中性的声音，另一个具有更多的 Lofi 和降级声音）以 3 个动态层录制。 总共有 1112 个样本 – 每盘 111 个样本，加上每盘 2 个噪声样本（1.71 GB 未压缩的 24 位 WAV 文件）。
下面，您可以聆听每种乐器，以及每个面板对声音的影响：
Raw Sound Deck A MONO – 未改变，玩具钢琴的原始声音 – 几乎中性的卡带声音
原始声音甲板 B 单声道 – 未改变，玩具钢琴的原始声音 – 质量较低，松动的传动带引入了很多音高不稳定
声音 01 卡座 A MONO – 湿润、共鸣的声音 – 几乎中性的卡带声音
声音 01 甲板 B 单声道 – 潮湿、共鸣的声音 – 质量较低，松动的传动带会导致很多音高不稳定
声音 02 卡座 A MONO – 干涩尖锐的金属声音（调低八度时听起来很棒） – 几乎中性的卡带声音
声音 02 甲板 B 单声道 – 干燥而尖锐的金属声音（调低八度时听起来很棒） – 质量较低，松动的传动带会带来很多音高不稳定
声音 03 甲板 A MONO – 颗粒状、几乎弓形的声音 – 几乎中性的卡带声音
声音 03 甲板 B 单声道 – 颗粒状，几乎弓形的声音 – 质量较低，松动的传动带引入了很多音高不稳定
声音 04 甲板 A MONO – 经典的颗粒声音 – 几乎中性的卡带声音
声音 04 甲板 B 单声道 – 经典的颗粒声音 – 质量较低，松动的传动带引入了很多音高不稳定
每个音符都经过高质量算法仔细去噪，以避免在演奏多个音符时出现噪声叠加（样本中仍然留有一些噪声，以避免去噪伪影）。 仍然可以使用噪声旋钮添加噪声 – 这种方式更加灵活，并且可以独立调整噪声的音量，同时还可以应用滤波等参数。 它还会产生更真实的声音，因此在演奏五声和弦时，只会听到一个噪声样本，而不是五个堆叠在一起的噪声样本。
Kontakt 版本中的自定义脉冲响应
Kontakt 版本包含自定义脉冲（4 个弹簧脉冲、4 个大厅脉冲和 3 个走廊脉冲），以及您是否希望将其放置在插入效果之前或之后的选择 – 延迟也是如此。
实用又有趣的制作工具
如果您喜欢复古声音并且正在寻找一些东西来增强您的制作工具箱，那么这款产品将适合您。
模拟循环赛
使更快的音符通道听起来更真实，并增加乐器的整体非线性 – 仅适用于 Kontakt 和 SFZ 版本。
各种声音
除了使用该乐器录制盒式录音的声音之外，您还可以轻松创建一些奇怪的声音，并且已经包含了相当多的预设来帮助您入门（仅限 Kontakt 和 Ableton Live 版本）。
眼镜
提供多种流行格式：Kontakt 5、Ableton Live 9、Logic、SFZ 和 Multiformat
1,71 GB 未压缩的 24 位 WAV 样本（总共 1112 个样本）
录制在 2 个不同的卡座上
Kontakt 和 SFZ 版本中的模拟循环赛
5 种乐器
2 个噪声样本（每个 2 分钟长）
3个动态层
有机的声音，有很多小瑕疵
需要 Kontakt 5.6.6+
The Idea & Process
Cassette Toy Piano is a collection of 5 instruments based on a children toy piano. First of the five included instruments is of course just a raw toy piano recorded on a cassette and while it is a nice and useful sound most toy pianos are very… imperfect in their nature. Because of that the main aim for this collection was to create additional variations of the raw sound to embrace what’s good in it (with things like spring reverb, granular synthesis, etc.) without losing its original (and sometimes) creepy sound.
So to sum everything up – Cassette Toy Piano is a collection of 5 instruments recorded with 3 dynamic layers using 2 different cassette decks (one with a more neutral sound and the other with a much more lofi and degraded sound). Overall there are 1112 samples – 111 samples per deck, plus 2 noise samples from each deck (1,71 GB of uncompressed 24-bit WAV files).
Below, you can listen to each of the instruments, plus how each deck affects the sound:
Raw Sound deck A MONO – unchanged, raw sound of toy piano – almost neutral cassette sound
Raw Sound deck B MONO – unchanged, raw sound of toy piano – lower quality, loose drive belt introduces a lot of pitch instability
Sound 01 deck A MONO – wet, resonating sound – almost neutral cassette sound
Sound 01 deck B MONO – wet, resonating sound – lower quality, loose drive belt introduces a lot of pitch instability
Sound 02 deck A MONO – dry & sharp, metallic sound (sounds great when tuned down by octave) – almost neutral cassette sound
Sound 02 deck B MONO – dry & sharp, metallic sound (sounds great when tuned down by octave) – lower quality, loose drive belt introduces a lot of pitch instability
Sound 03 deck A MONO – granular, almost bowed sound – almost neutral cassette sound
Sound 03 deck B MONO – granular, almost bowed sound – lower quality, loose drive belt introduces a lot of pitch instability
Sound 04 deck A MONO – classic granular sound – almost neutral cassette sound
Sound 04 deck B MONO – classic granular sound – lower quality, loose drive belt introduces a lot of pitch instability
Every note has been carefully denoised with a high quality algorithm to avoid noise stacking when playing more than one note (there’s still some noise left in the samples to avoid denonising artifacts). Noise can still be added with the noise knob – it’s much more flexible this way and allows the ability to adjust the volume of the noise independently whilst also applying parameters such as filtering. It also creates a more realistic sound, so when playing a five voice chord, only one sample of noise instead of five stacked on top of each other will be heard.
Custom impulse responses in Kontakt version
Kontakt version contains custom impulses (4 spring impulses, 4 hall impulses & 3 corridor impulses), along with a choice of whether you want it to be placed pre or post insert effects – same thing goes for the delay.
Useful and fun production tool
If you like vintage sounds and you’re looking for something to enhance your production toolbox, then this product will be for you.
Simulated Round Robin
Makes faster note passages sound more realistic and adds to the overall nonlinearity of the instrument – available in Kontakt and SFZ versions only.
Variety of sounds
Aside from the sound of a cassette record with this instrument you can easily create some weird sounds and there are already quite a few presets included to get you started (Kontakt & Ableton Live versions only).
Specs
Available in multiple popular formats: Kontakt 5, Ableton Live 9, Logic, SFZ & Multiformat
1,71 GB of uncompressed 24-bit WAV samples (1112 samples in total)
Recorded on 2 different decks
Simulated round-robin in Kontakt and SFZ versions
5 instruments
2 noise samples (each 2 minutes long)
3 dynamic layers
Organic sound with lots of little imperfections
requires Kontakt 5.6.6+
