Team DECiBEL | 15 Mar 2020 | 3.07GB
我们的旗舰钢琴。令人惊叹的Steinway音乐会盛大音乐会，其上铺有一层棉花，以营造出美丽的电影色调。充满细微差别和品格，真正启发人心。设计时考虑了现代电影和电视作曲家。
Midnight Grand是一台令人惊叹的音乐会三角钢琴，在音乐厅内进行了专业录音，在锤子和弦之间铺有一层棉布，以营造出精致的电影基调。
这不仅是“施坦威音乐的另一样”，它是精心制作的充满细微差别和个性的虚拟钢琴，非常适合亲密戏剧和丰富的电影片段。
与我们的所有产品一样，Midnight Grand在开发时考虑了易用性，因此您可以直接进入并开始编写音乐。我们相信它将成为许多作曲家样品收藏的主要内容。
该乐器是在现代音乐厅环境中使用精选的顶级麦克风（来自DPA，Coles，AKG）录制的，这些麦克风放在靠近钢琴的位置，然后再回到房间。我们将这些麦克风信号小心地混合到一个立体声混音中。结果是均衡且通用的声音-足够宽敞，不会听起来像四四方方或幽闭恐怖，但又足够干燥，可以灵活地添加任意数量的混响。
我们记录了真实的踏板上下采样，以便在踩下延音踏板时产生真实的共鸣。我们的某些Beta测试人员非常喜欢踩踏板采样的声音，因此我们决定添加一个仅使用这些采样的附加补丁“ Midnight Piano（Alt）.nki”。即使未踩下延音踏板，此贴片也具有丰富而饱满的声音。
机械声音和房间音
借助Midnight Grand，我们不仅可以自己采样音符。我们对这个库的声音愿景是听起来就像您坐在钢琴旁，捕捉着一个人在空荡荡的房间里孤独无助的感觉，只有钢琴在您面前。实现这一目标的一个重要部分（除了放置麦克风）是捕获钢琴的机械声音-释放琴键时，锤子的声音返回其静止位置，而踩下踏板时，阻尼器的声音升高。可以将这两种声音调入您的口味，以增强真实感。
“房间音调”控制可增加大厅周围空气流通的自然声音，以及细微的吱吱声和咔嗒声。如果很少使用，室内音调确实可以使样本栩栩如生，给人的印象是演奏是在真实的声学空间中进行的。
大气层
我们再次带回了我们流行的“大气层”-可演奏的打击垫和质地，与原始钢琴完美地融合在一起。
“薄雾”层添加了平滑，梦幻的延音。
“颤抖”层是一个由处理后的实时字符串录音创建的纹理垫。
“ Eclipse”层是一个丰富的反向粒状延迟效果，它在原始钢琴后面徘徊。
可以使用图层混合器拨入这些图层以进行品尝。此外，可以使用“大气强度”刻度盘来控制这些图层的全局“强度”，或者使用调制轮实时地自动进行控制。
特征
施坦威D演唱会隆重举行，准备了一层棉花。
精美，电影和细微的声音。
在现代音乐厅环境中录制。
3个独特的气氛层。
真实的踏板上下采样，实现真正的共鸣。
可控的按键释放，踏板和房间噪音。
简单易用的界面。
下载大小为3.3GB（从6.6GB的样本池压缩的NCW）。
需要Kontakt 5.3或更高版本。
Our flagship piano. A stunning Steinway concert grand, prepared with a layer of cotton for a beautiful cinematic tone. Full of nuance and character, and truly inspiring to play. Designed with the modern film and TV composer in mind.
Midnight Grand is a stunning concert grand piano, expertly recorded in a concert hall with a layer of cotton between the hammers and strings, to create a delicate, cinematic tone.
This is not ‘just another sampled Steinway’ – it is a carefully crafted virtual piano full of nuance and character, perfect for intimate drama and rich cinematic passages alike.
As with all our products, Midnight Grand was developed with ease of use in mind, so you can jump straight in and start writing music. We are confident it will become a staple in many composers’ sample collections.
The instrument was recorded in a modern concert hall environment using a selection of top-shelf microphones (from DPA, Coles, AKG) placed close to the piano and further back in the room. We carefully blended these microphone signals into a single stereo mix. The result is a well balanced and versatile sound – spacious enough so as not to sound boxy or claustrophobic, yet dry enough to offer the flexibility of adding as much or little reverb as you like.
We recorded true pedal up and down samples, for authentic sympathetic resonance when the sustain pedal is held down. Some of our beta testers loved the sound of the pedal down samples so much that we decided to include an additional patch, ‘Midnight Piano (Alt).nki’ which uses only these samples. This patch has a rich, full sound even when the sustain pedal isn’t engaged.
Mechanical Sounds and Room Tone
With Midnight Grand, we went far beyond sampling the notes themselves. Our sonic vision for this library was for it to sound like you are sat at the piano, capturing the feeling of being alone in an empty room with nothing but the piano in front of you. A huge part of achieving this (aside from the microphone placement) was capturing the mechanical sounds of the piano – the sound of the hammers returning to their resting position when a key is released, and the sound of the dampers lifting when the pedal is pressed. Both of these sounds can be dialled in to your taste, for enhanced realism.
The Room Tone control adds the natural sound of the air moving around the hall, as well as subtle creaks and clicks. When used sparingly, the room tone can really bring the samples to life, giving the impression the performance is taking place in a real acoustic space.
Atmosphere Layers
Once again, we have brought back our popular ‘Atmosphere Layers’ – playable pads and textures which blend together with the raw piano beautifully.
The ‘Haze’ layer adds a smooth, dreamy sustain.
The ‘Shivers’ layer is a textural pad, created from processed live string recordings.
The ‘Eclipse’ layer is a rich reversed granular delay effect, which lingers behind the raw piano.
These layers can be dialled in to taste using the Layer Mixer. Additionally, the global ‘intensity’ of these layers can be controlled using the ‘Atmosphere Intensity’ dial, or automated in real-time using the mod wheel.
Features
Steinway D concert grand, prepared with a layer of cotton.
Beautifully delicate, cinematic and nuanced sound.
Recorded in a modern concert hall environment.
3 unique atmosphere layers.
True pedal up and down samples, for authentic sympathetic resonance.
Controllable key release, pedal, and room noise.
Simple and user-friendly interface.
3.3GB download size (NCW compressed from a 6.6GB sample pool).
Requires the full version of Kontakt 5.3 or above.
