[Beyond Traditional Grand Piano] Westwood Instruments Alt Grand [KONTAKT] (24.49GB)

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P2P | 02 May 2025 | 24.49 GB

超越传统的三角钢琴
Alt Grand 是源自 20 世纪 30 年代的独特珍品，蕴含着近百年演奏历程中的音乐与回忆。

它可捕捉带毛毡和不带毛毡的音色，并可将其融合成完全独特的音色。数十种操控方式触手可及，可彻底改变音色和氛围，Alt Grand 提供了非凡的灵活性。这架钢琴细节丰富，演奏性极佳，通过多个麦克风录制，展现了其独特的个性。

原始录音已被转化为 20 多个可变的纹理层，可营造微妙的背景氛围，或独立呈现自然的氛围音色。

作为您工具箱中不可或缺的补充，这是一个三角钢琴样本库，可提供多年的个性和丰富的音色塑造可能性。对于任何寻求用途广泛、适应性强的钢琴的人来说，这架钢琴都是您的必备之选——从电影配乐到歌曲创作和现代制作。

自然音色、毡制音色（或介于两者之间）
正如 Alt Piano 广受好评和喜爱的一样，我们录制了带毡和不带毡的 Alt Grand 钢琴。为您呈现两种截然不同且百搭的音色。为三角钢琴制作毡制音色是一项细致的工作，我们花费了大量时间，力求让毡的重量和位置恰到好处，适合每一个八度（有时甚至是每一个音符）。

不带毡制音色的钢琴自然音色大胆开阔，而带毡制音色的钢琴则更加柔和温暖。

但最重要的是，您无需做出选择。您可以通过控制按钮将两种录音进行混合，调出最适合您的音色。

变幻音效
与我们大多数采样库一样，我们热爱从原始乐器中创作新的声音。不断突破界限，打造原创音效。Alt Grand 拥有 23 种全新音效，均由原始录音制作而成。磁带、吉他踏板以及其他一些独特的音效处理方式，能够创造出一系列令人惊艳的声音。

这些音效可以用作钢琴后的背景音效，营造出富有氛围的次级音色。或者，它们也可以单独用作类似合成器的有机音色。

每种声音都有其独特的次级音色层，可通过“音效”滑块进行访问。每种音效的效果都不同，可以用来改变和操控声音的特性。

采样幕后
我们花了数年时间寻找合适的三角钢琴，最终找到了这架美丽的20世纪30年代Chappell三角钢琴。它被一路运到我们的第二个家——Nave Studios，我们在那里花了好几天时间进行采样。它包含大量的力度层、3个循环采样、踏板上和踏板下采样，以及全套的毡制采样。这项工作非常细致，但绝对值得。

录音在Studio 1录音棚进行，这是一个拥有温暖而直接声音的现场录音室。录音使用了复古的​​Neumann和AKG麦克风、一架Neve 1073前置放大器以及一张AMEK Rembrandt调音台。

您可以选择3种可用于制作的混音，也可以从5个独立的麦克风位置创建您自己的混音。这令人难以置信的音色捕捉到了这架钢琴的所有细微差别。

营造完美氛围

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magnetic tapes
内置磁带机，包括哇喔、颤动、噪音、磁带饱和度和年龄控制。您可以调节任何效果，从轻柔的卷带机压缩音到磨损的磁带。

变调
我们的标志性效果。创造出更阴暗、更忧郁的声音，这是任何其他方式都无法实现的。强大而简单的控件，只需单击即可进行音高转换和移调。

退调
使钢琴听起来像跑调了。从为一些额外角色添加的微妙效果到为需要它的乐谱和声音带来几乎无法演奏的体验。

“现场”钢琴家
通过添加“现场”演奏者的声音（包括轻柔的钢琴凳吱吱声、衣服拟音和一些微妙的房间氛围），创造更真实、更真实的表演。

procrastinate
一个超级全面的延迟引擎，具有数十个选项。从干净的数字延迟到磁带模拟延迟，以及用于营造大而模糊和闪烁氛围的“朦胧”选项。

混响混响
包括我们的一系列自定义混响脉冲，而 Alt Grand 的新功能是能够为钢琴和纹理提供完全不同的混响。

What's included

乐器与演奏技巧

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violin
带有纹理推子以混合毡制和非毡制声音

的钢琴 纹理
TEMPORAL
FRAGMENT
VIAL
RECURSIVE
BANSHEES
EPHEMERA
GIZMO
INFINITY
PROTOTYPE
LIMINALIS
OPAQUE
OSTERHOUT
PATINA
PHOSPHENE
PROMISE
QUIETUDE
REMNANTS
REVERIE
SINUSOIDAL
SONNERIE
STYGIAN
URSIDAE
VARIATIONS

Mixers and microphones

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Mix 1 - Modern
An up-close and personal player's perspective. Get a real feel for playing piano with a warm, dry sound.

Mix 2 - Classical
This mix is centered on the classical microphone position. Dry but lively.

Mix 3 - Studio
Get a more spacious, distant sound that is well balanced in a larger ensemble or orchestral setting.

Microphone - close player
Sound heard directly from the player's viewpoint. Near the front of the piano.

Microphone - Close Classical
Vintage microphone placement using a stereo pair of Neumann KM184s.

Microphone - Soundboard
The single Neumann U87 is centrally located underneath the piano. Solid vintage tone with a unique sound.

Microphone - Room
For this location, we used a pair of original vintage AKG 414's made in the 80's, placed in the center of the studio to match the rest of our sound library.

Microphone - Gallery
Another stereo pair of AKG414s was placed high up in the studio for a distant and natural reverb sound.

- Featured Grand Piano
- Felt and non-felt recording
- Tape FX and dozens of controls
- 23 incredible textures
- 3 mixes available for production
- 5 microphone positions
- "Live" Player Controls
- Over 100 presets

A grand piano beyond tradition
Alt Grand is a unique relic from the 1930s. Filled with the music and memories from almost 100 years of performance.

Captured with and without felt and can be blended for a completely individual sound. With dozens of controls at your fingertips to completely alter the sound and vibe of the Alt Grand offers remarkable flexibility. With dozens of controls at your fingertips to completely alter the sound and vibe, Alt Grand offers remarkable flexibility. This is a highly detailed and playable piano, recorded through multiple microphones to reveal all of its distinctive personality.

The original recordings have been transformed into over 20 transformative textural layers that can create subtle background ambience or stand alone as The original recordings have been transformed into over 20 transformative textural layers that can create subtle background ambience or stand alone as

An unbelievably valuable addition to your toolkit, this is a grand piano sample library that delivers years of character and extensive tone-shaping possibilities. A must-have for anyone looking for a highly versatile and adaptable piano - from cinema-filling soundtracks to songwriting and modern production. from cinema-filling soundtracks to songwriting and modern production.

Natural or felted (or somewhere in-between)
As has been applauded and loved in Alt Piano, we recorded Alt Grand with and without felt. Providing you with two very different and versatile characters. Felting a grand piano is meticulous work and we spent ages on getting the weight and placement of felt just right for every single octave (and in some cases We spent ages on getting the weight and placement of felt just right for every single octave (and in some cases each note).

The natural sound of the piano without felt is bold and open, with the felted recordings much gentler and warmer.

But best of all, you don't have to choose. There's a control which lets you blend between the two recordings to dial in a sound that suits you. that suits you.

Transformative textures
As with most of our sample libraries, we love to create new sounds from the original instruments. Pushing the boundaries and crafting original sounds. With Alt Grand there are 23 brand new textures made from the source recordings. Tape, guitar pedals and some other unusual methods to create a range of incredible sounds.

These can be used in the background behind the piano to create an atmospheric sub-layer. Or they can be used front and center on their own as an organic synth- like tone. or they can be used front and center on their own as a organic synth- like tone.

Each sound has its own unique secondary layer which can be accessed using the Texture slider. What happens is different on every texture and can be used to morph and manipulate the character of sound.

Behind the sampling
We searched for years for the right grand piano and finally found this beautiful 1930s Chappell grand piano. It was shipped all the way to our second home, Nave Studios, where we spent days sampling it. It was shipped all the way to our second home, Nave Studios, where we spent days sampling it. There are plenty of velocity layers, 3 round robins, pedal up and pedal down samples as well as the complete set of felted samples too. There are plenty of velocity layers, 3 round robins, pedal up and pedal down samples as well as the complete set of felted samples too.

Recorded in Studio 1, a live room which has a warm and immediate sound. Captured through vintage Neumann and AKG microphones, a rack of Neve 1073 pre-amps and an AMEK Rembrandt desk. Captured through vintage Neumann and AKG microphones, a rack of Neve 1073 pre-amps and an AMEK Rembrandt desk.

You can choose between 3 production-ready mixes or create your own mix from 5 discrete microphone positions. An incredible tone that captures all the nuance of this piano. nuance of this piano.

Dial in the perfect vibe

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Tape
A built-in tape machine, including Wow, Flutter, Noise, Tape Saturation and Age controls. You can dial in anything from a gentle reel-to-reel crush to a You can dial in anything from a gentle reel-to-reel crush to a worn-out cassette.

Transpitch
Create a darker, moodier sound, unachievable any other way. A powerful, but simple control which pitch shifts and transposes with just A powerful, but simple control which pitch shifts and transposes with just one click.

Untune
Make the piano sound like it's fallen out of tune. From a subtle effect for some extra character to an almost unplayable experience for scores and sounds that need it. From a subtle effect for some extra character to an almost unplayable experience for scores and sounds that need it.

"Live" Pianist
Create a more real and authentic performance by adding the sound of a "live" player including gentle piano stool creaks, clothing foley and some subtle room ambience. clothing foley and some subtle room ambience.

Delay
A super comprehensive delay engine with dozens of options. From clean Digital delay to Tape emulated delay as well as Haze option, for big washy and shimmery atmospheres.

Reverb Reverb
Included is our series of custom reverb impulses, and new to Alt Grand is the ability to have completely different reverbs for both the piano and the textures. textures.

What's included

Instruments & Articulations

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Piano
Piano with texture fader to blend between felted and non-felted sounds

Textures
TEMPORAL
FRAGMENT
VIAL
RECURSIVE
BANSHEES
EPHEMERA
GIZMO
INFINITY
PROTOTYPE
LIMINALIS
OPAQUE
OSTERHOUT
PATINA
PHOSPHENE
PROMISE
QUIETUDE
REMNANTS
REVERIE
SINUSOIDAL
SONNERIE
STYGIAN
URSIDAE
VARIATIONS

Mixes & Microphones

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Mix 1 - Contemporary
The up close and personal player's perspective. A real feeling of playing the piano with a warm, dry sound.Mix 2 - Classical
This mix is centred around on the classical mic position. dry but lively.Mix 3 - Studio
Get a roomier more distant sound that balances well in a larger ensemble or orchestral setting.Mic - Close Player
An immediate sound from the player's perspective. Close inside the front of the piano.Mic - Close Classical
Classical mic placement using a stereo pair of Neumann KM184s.Mic - Soundboard
A single Neumann U87 in a central position, underneath the piano. Solid vintage tone with a unique sound.Mic - Room
For this position we used an original pair of vintage AKG 414s made in the 80s, placed in the center of the studio to match our other libraries.

Mic - Gallery
Another stereo pair of AKG414s placed high up in the studio for a distant and naturally reverberant sound.

- Character grand piano
- Recorded with and without felt
- Tape FX and dozens of controls
- 23 incredible textures
- 3 production-ready mixes
- 5 microphone positions
- "Live" player controls
- Over 100 presets

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