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支持系统：Windows.MAC

音源厂商：https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/embertone-jubal-flute

使用采样器：Kontakt 7. Kontakt 8加载

文件大小：58MB

Embertone 的 Jubal Flute 是继 Sensual Sax 之后，第二款以 iOS 平台发布的 Kontakt 乐器。该公司再次与经验丰富的 iOS 音乐制作人 Blue Mangoo 合作，后者以其 iFretless 系列而闻名。

据 Embertone 介绍，这款特色长笛是由神秘的 Jubal 用铁杉木制作的一件轻如羽毛的独特珍品。他把它存放在当地一家乐器商店，之后便杳无音讯。无论其来源如何，它的声音都恰如其分地融入了空灵/奇幻的领域，如果你在管弦乐中尝试使用它，很可能会遭到指挥的严厉审视。

这款乐器的呈现方式时尚高效。通过几个按钮，你可以选择"真连奏"模式（在该模式下，可以演奏单音旋律线并使其听起来变化自然），或者选择"多和弦"模式（用于演奏和弦）。第三个按钮可以启用循环模式，在重复音符之间产生微妙的变化。

几个滑块可以设置混响的大小和强度，而显示屏下方则提供了一个布局略显独特的键盘。当按下一个音符时，可以按住并左右拖动键盘来达到不同的八度。或者，也可以使用锁定按钮将其固定到位，从而实现复音演奏。

双键盘按钮通过添加第二排琴键提供了额外的灵活性。这允许您在一个琴键上演奏连奏线，同时在另一个琴键上添加和弦或第二条连奏线。

MIDI 设置页面可用于配置输入/输出通道以及用于延音/连奏、音量、混响量/时间和延音踏板的控制器分配。使用呼吸控制器时，能够分配连续的音量控制是一个很大的优势，让您可以富有表现力地控制音符的渐强和渐弱，使用 Akai EWI 进行尝试非常有趣。

Jubal Flute 需要 iOS 9.0 或更高版本，并支持 IAA/Audiobus/AU。这款应用简洁而古朴，音符的颤音自然流畅，呼吸声也恰到好处。它的音域相当宽广，达到了六个八度，而且是我见过的唯一一款宣传语为"召唤精灵魔法"的长笛。因此，我给它点赞。

Jubal Flute by Embertone is the second of their Kontakt instruments to be released in iOS guise, following Sensual Sax. Once again the company have partnered up with veteran iOS music-makers Blue Mangoo, best known for their iFretless series.

According to Embertone, the story is that the featured flute was a unique feather-light curio made from hemlock by the mysterious Jubal, who deposited it in a local music shop, and was never heard from again. But whatever its origin, the sounds fall squarely into ethereal/fantasy territory, and you'd likely get stern glances from the conductor if you tried it in an orchestral setting.

The presentation is stylish and efficient. A couple of buttons can be used to choose between 'true legato' mode, in which a monophonic melody line can be played with natural-sounding changes, or 'polysus' for playing chords. A third button enables round robins for subtle variations between repeated notes.

A couple of sliders set the reverb size and amount, while the lower part of the display provides a keyboard with a slightly unusual arrangement. When pressing one note at a time, it's possible to hold it down and drag the keyboard left or right to reach a different octave. Alternatively, a lock button can be used to fix it in place, which then enables polyphonic playing.

A double keyboard button provides additional flexibility by adding a second row of keys. This allows you to play legato lines on one while adding chords or a second legato line with the other.

The MIDI settings page can be used to configure input/output channels and controller assignments for polysus/legato, volume, reverb amount/time, and sustain pedal. The ability to assign continuous control over volume is a big plus when using a breath controller, allowing you to swell and fade notes expressively, and it was fun trying it out with an Akai EWI.

Jubal Flute requires iOS 9.0 or later, and supports IAA/Audiobus/AU. The app has a certain simplicity and quaintness to it, the notes developing with a natural, uneven vibrato and just the right amount of breath noise. It also has quite a generous range of six octaves, as well as being the only flute I've seen advertised with 'conjures elven magic' as a bullet point. On that basis, it gets a thumbs-up from me.