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哥伦比亚唱片历史悠久的施坦威 D 音乐会三角钢琴
Piano In Blue 捕捉了哥伦比亚唱片公司为 Miles Davis 的“Kind Of Blue”和 Glenn Gould 的“Goldberg Variations”使用的施坦威 D 音乐会三角钢琴的历史声音。 体验弹奏精美的三角钢琴，其编码为免费的 Native Instruments Kontakt Player 6.6.1 和 Komplete Kontrol。 在这个空间中保留这架钢琴的这一标志性组合的机会是值得的，现在我们能够将其提供给全世界的音乐创作者。
截至 2021 年 10 月，Piano In Blue 已更新为与免费的 Kontakt Player 6.6.1+ 以及 NKS 编码兼容，现在可以直接通过 Native Access 应用程序下载和安装。 此更新将 Piano In Blue 放在 Kontakt 的“库”选项卡中以便于访问，并包括性能和音质的改进。
在此最新更新中，直接样本经过了精心处理和去噪。 该库已在之前的更新中进行了去噪，并且在 2021 年秋季的最新 NKS 更新的直接样本中再次进行了这种处理。这种最新的处理使库的温暖丰富性能够干净地通过并暴露角色 以自然、可演奏、受控制的方式使用该乐器。
考虑到迈尔斯·戴维斯 (Miles Davis) 的《Kind of Blue》录音中的一些历史性图片，我们的工程师设置了三组麦克风。 第一对——来自旧哥伦比亚设置的 M49，具有相同的位置（使用立体声位置而不是单声道），另外两对分别设置在更靠后的位置。
我们为每个麦克风录制了两个信号链，一个干净的信号通过 Neve 控制台，一个通过历史悠久的磁带机，最后进入 Pro Tools。 我们强烈建议探索磁带信号迷人的色彩，但两者都是为了您的方便而提供的。 请注意，磁带样本确实具有更高的增益声音，并且我们包含一个噪声旋钮，因此您可以控制磁带嘶嘶声的基线水平，以帮助防止样本完全静音。
钢琴按半音阶进行采样——一次一个键——暴露出每个键音色上令人愉悦的变化。 这是获得真实乐器表现的唯一方法。 在整个录音过程及其后的每个制作阶段，我们都对钢琴进行了精心的手工采样，并仔细考虑了采样钢琴的最佳效果。
我们真诚地希望您和我们一样喜欢这架钢琴。
钢琴规格：
– 1949 年施坦威 D 通过 Neve 8078 调音台
– 8 个力度层半音采样
– 9300 个样本
– 3 个麦克风位置
– 关闭/复古 – 2x Neumann M49 靠近盖子
– 中 – 2x B&K 4007 在钢琴尾部
– 远 – 大厅里有 2 个 Sennheiser MKH20
– 2 个处理路径（磁带；直接输入）
– Studer A800MKIII 24 轨模拟磁带机
需要免费的 NI Kontakt Player 或 NI Kontakt FULL v6.6.1 或更高版本！
Columbia Records Historic Steinway D Concert Grand Piano
Piano In Blue captures the historic sound of the Steinway D concert grand piano used at Columbia Records for Miles Davis’ “Kind Of Blue” and Glenn Gould’s “Goldberg Variations.” Experience a beautifully playable grand piano, encoded for the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player 6.6.1 and Komplete Kontrol. The opportunity to preserve this iconic combination of this piano in this space has been worthwhile, and now we are able to make it available to music creators worldwide.
As of October 2021, Piano In Blue has been updated to be compatible with the free Kontakt Player 6.6.1+ as well as NKS encoding, and can now be downloaded and installed directly via the Native Access application. This update puts Piano In Blue right in the Libraries tab of Kontakt for easy access, and includes improvements to performance and sound quality.
The Direct samples have been meticulously treated and de-noised for this latest update. The library had undergone de-noising for a previous update, and this was done again for the Direct samples for the latest NKS update in the fall of 2021. This newest treatment allows the warm richness of the library to come through cleanly and expose the character of this instrument in a natural, playable, controlled way.
With a mind to the handful of historic pictures from the recording from Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” our engineer set up three sets of microphones. The first pair – the M49’s from the old Columbia setup, with the same placement (using stereo placement rather than mono), and with the two other pairs each set successively farther back.
We recorded two signal chains for each mic, a clean signal going through the Neve console and one going through a historic tape machine and finally into Pro Tools. We highly suggest exploring the charming colorization of the tape signal but both are provided for your convenience. Note that the Tape samples do have a higher-gain sound, and we include a Noise knob so you can control the baseline level of tape hiss to help prevent samples going to complete silence.
The piano was sampled chromatically — one key at a time — exposing delightful variances in timbre with each key. This was the only way to get a true representation of the instrument. The piano was meticulously sampled by hand, with careful consideration for what works best with a sampled piano, all throughout the recording session itself and at every stage of production thereafter.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this piano as much as we do.
PIANO SPECS:
– 1949 Steinway D via Neve 8078 Console
– 8 Velocity Layers Sampled Chromatically
– 9300 Samples
– 3 Microphone Positions
– Close/Vintage – 2x Neumann M49 near the lid
– Mid – 2x B&K 4007 at the tail of the piano
– Far – 2x Sennheiser MKH20′s in the hall
– 2 Processing Paths (Tape; Direct in)
– Studer A800MKIII 24 Track Analog Tape Machine
Requires free NI Kontakt Player or NI Kontakt FULL v6.6.1 or later!
