电声反射
MIRRORS 探索声音反射和折射的概念，将模拟合成与原声管弦乐演奏完美结合。MIRRORS 与著名乐器创作者 SLATE + ASH 合作，将合成音源素材通过管弦乐合奏的听觉视角，发掘电声表达的对称性。
合成与管弦乐的恢弘相遇
MIRRORS 探索实验性模拟合成与传统管弦乐采样的融合。该合集源自我们布里斯托尔合作者提供的合成音源素材——故障的纹理、破碎的振荡以及经过高度处理的氛围。我们携手将这些声音置于管弦乐演奏的棱镜之下，记录它们精准编排的镜像，始终专注于最细微的细节。
当物体靠近镜子时，越来越难以分辨它的尽头和反射的起点。同样，在《MIRRORS》中，合成音色与管弦乐演奏无缝衔接，打造出一套量身定制的工具，助您激发创造力、营造氛围或设置场景。
声音，为重新编排而生
SLATE + ASH 秉持着创造独特原声音乐的指导原则，创作了《MIRRORS》的原始素材。他们运用错综复杂的跳线、模块化设备和模拟合成器，探索更自然的声音世界，塑造出如同呼吸般颤动的音色、微分泛音以及随时间演变的温暖音调。
伦敦当代管弦乐团的 Hugh Brunt 随后将这些声音重新编排，用于现场演出，捕捉每一个细节——每一个质感、起伏、颤动，甚至音高拉伸等合成特质。这需要传统的弦乐、铜管乐和木管乐，但也需要一些突破常规的乐器，例如维罗琴、弓弦槌，甚至是沙沙作响的塑料袋。在布伦特的指挥下，以及作曲家兼制作人亚伊尔·埃拉扎尔·格洛特曼的美学指导下，我们在柏林的Teldex录音室录制了管弦乐合奏，并一如既往地注重细节和保真度。
重要合作者
在Teldex录音
除了在柏林著名的Teldex配乐舞台录制《MIRRORS》的管弦乐合奏外，我们还在配乐舞台上对源素材进行了放大，并从相同的麦克风视角进行录制。这意味着，《MIRRORS》中的图像和反射不仅具有极强的凝聚力，而且还易于与其他管弦乐工具合集融合。
亮点
- 45 对合成器和管弦乐音色
- 定制引擎和界面
- 97 个音效设计预设，232 个 Kontakt 快照
- 不断演变的铺底音色、长音符和纹理
- 三个可混音的麦克风位置，并带有漏音控制
- 由 SLATE + ASH 制作的源合成器素材
- 管弦乐合奏和合成源素材，在 Teldex 中采样
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Electroacoustic reflections
Exploring the concept of sonic reflections and refractions, MIRRORS is the harmonious marriage of analog synthesis and acoustic orchestral performance. A collaboration with celebrated instrument creators SLATE + ASH, MIRRORS sends synthesized source material through an aural looking glass of orchestral ensembles, unearthing the symmetries of electroacoustic expression.
Synthesis meets orchestral grandeur
MIRRORS explores both experimental analog synthesis and traditional orchestral sampling. The collection originated from synthesized source material from our Bristol-based collaborators—glitched textures, fractured oscillations, and hyper-processed ambiances. Together, we then put these sounds through a prism of orchestral performance, recording their precisely orchestrated mirror images, all with unwavering attention to the minutest details.
As an object approaches a mirror, it becomes harder to tell where it ends and its reflection begins. Likewise in MIRRORS, synthesized sounds give way seamlessly to orchestral performances, resulting in a set of tools tailor-made for sparking your creativity, creating atmospheres, or setting scenes.
Sounds made to be reorchestrated
SLATE + ASH created the source material for MIRRORS under the guiding principle of making sounds that evoke a distinctly acoustic feel. With their labyrinth of patch cables, modular devices, and analog synths, they tapped into more organic soundworlds, sculpting breath-like fluttering, microtonal harmonics, and warm tones that evolve over time.
Hugh Brunt of the London Contemporary Orchestra then re-orchestrated these sounds for live performance, capturing all the minutae—every texture, swell, and flutter, and even the synthetic idiosyncracy of pitch stretching. This called for traditional strings, brass, and woodwinds, but also out-of-the-box instrumentation like verrophone, bowed crotales, or even rustling plastic bags. With Brunt conducting, and additional aesthetic guidance of composer-producer Yair Elazar Glotman, we recorded the orchestral ensembles at Teldex Studios in Berlin with our typical attention to detail and fidelity.
Notable collaborators
Recorded at Teldex
In addition to recording the orchestral ensembles for MIRRORS at the storied Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin, we amplified the source material on the scoring stage, recording it from the same microphone perspectives. This means, not only are the images and reflections in MIRRORS remarkably cohesive, they are also easy to blend with other Orchestral Tools collections.
Highlights
- 45 pairs of synth and orchestral sounds
- Bespoke engine and interface
- 97 sound design presets, 232 Kontakt snapshots
- Evolving pads, long notes, and textures
- Three mixable mic positions with bleed control
- Source synth material made by SLATE + ASH
- Orchestral ensembles and synthesized source material sampled in Teldex
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