电动巴洛克复兴
通常被称为Baldwin®电动羽管键琴，Baldwin™组合羽管键乐起源于20世纪60年代初，当时是一家名为the Cannon Guild的短命羽管制造公司的旗下。该公司由羽管键琴制造商Eric Herz创立，支持了一位名叫Caleb Warner的发明家，他的想法最终成为了Baldwin®电动实心羽管键帽。该设计很快被卖给了鲍德温钢琴公司，该公司制造了它，希望20世纪60年代巴洛克风格音乐的激增能够使其取得成功。然而，最终只生产了大约500台这样的仪器。
仅仅因为
Baldwin®组合羽管键琴已被用于许多流行歌曲中，最著名的是披头士乐队的歌曲《Because》。您可以在Youtube上听到Baldwin®电子羽管键琴的一些声音介绍。它在古典音乐和流行音乐中同样适用，尽管在后者中使用得更为频繁。然而，调音的前景让许多乐队无法使用它。海滩男孩乐队带着一个调音师进行了巡演，但他们也带了一个钢琴调音师，为每场演出做好准备。现在它是数字形式的，希望Baldwin®竖琴的声音能重新融入更多的音乐中。
如何工作
这种独特的机电乐器将电吉他的现代流行音色与古典羽管键琴的音色相结合，创造出完全属于自己的独特声音。它具有一个坚固的铝制机身和一个红色的福米卡音板，音板上方有一个57弦的阵列，由两对无源拾音器放大。由此产生的信号通过双音量踏板系统进行平衡。圆润的中置拾音器和明亮的桥式拾音器都有非常令人愉悦的音色，混合在一起听起来更好。它还有一个阻尼踏板，允许玩家创造从静音吉他到拨弦小提琴的额外声音频谱。
古代音乐的电子羽管键琴
多年来，Antiquity Music已售出至少20架Baldwin®组合羽管键琴。我们为我们的电子大键琴虚拟乐器采样了声音最好的一个。我们欢呼并调节千斤顶，使乐器能够像20世纪60年代出厂时那样演奏。然后，我们用三种阻尼器设置录制每个音符，从没有阻尼的开放弦到没有弯曲音高的重度静音。两套拾音装置通过Great River MP-2NV DI和Mytek 8X192转换器同时录制。
在为这个虚拟仪器制作控件时，添加了拾取开关盒的忠实再现，使用户能够精确控制混合每个拾取的输出，但具有音量和平移功能。
电键琴规格：
-6 GB核心样本库-超过800个样本
-24位96 kHz采样
-3循环层
-3减震器踏板铰接
-采样的每个音符
-可定制的速度响应
-VST AU RTAS独立
-与Kontakt 5.5兼容+
ELECTRIC BAROQUE REVIVAL
Commonly known as the Baldwin® electric harpsichord, the Baldwin® Combo Harpsichord originated in the early 1960's under the umbrella of a short-lived harpsichord manufacturing firm called The Cannon Guild. Founded by the harpsichord builder Eric Herz, the firm supported an inventor named Caleb Warner, whose idea eventually became the Baldwin® electric solid-body harpsichord. The design was soon sold to the Baldwin Piano Company, who manufactured it with the hope that the 1960s' surge in Baroque-influenced music would turn it into a success. However, only around 500 of these instruments were ultimately produced.
JUST BECAUSE
The Baldwin® Combo Harpsichord has been used in numerous pop songs, most famously on the Beatles song "Because". An introduction to some of the sounds of the Baldwin® electric harpsichord can be heard on Youtube. It is is equally at home in classical and pop music, though it has been used more often in the latter. However, the prospect of tuning the instrument kept many bands from using it. The Beach Boys toured with one, but they also brought a piano tuner to get it ready for every gig. Now that it's in digital form, hopefully the Baldwin® harpsi sound will find its way back into more music.
HOW IT WORKS
This unique electro-mechanical instrument marries the modern pop timbre of the electric guitar with that of the classical harpsichord, creating a unique sound entirely its own. It features a solid aluminum body with a red formica soundboard, above which a 57-string array is amplified by two pairs of passive pickups. The resulting signal is balanced through a dual volume pedal system. The mellow middle pickup and the brighter bridge pickup each have a very pleasing timbre, and sound even better when mixed together. It also has a damper pedal, which allows the player to create an additional spectrum of sounds ranging from a muted guitar to a pizzicato violin.
ANTIQUITY MUSIC'S ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD
Antiquity Music has sold at least twenty Baldwin® combo harpsichords over the years. We sampled the best-sounding one for our Electric Harpsichord virtual instrument. We revoiced and regulated the jacks so that the instrument would play exactly the way it did when it left the factory in the 1960's. Then we recorded every note with three damper settings, from an open string with no damping to heavy muting without bending the pitch. Both pickup sets were recorded simultaneously through a Great River MP-2NV DI and Mytek 8X192 converter.
When making the controls for this virtual instrument, a faithful recreation of the pickup switch box was added, giving the user exacting control over blending each pickups' output, but with volume and panning capability.
Electric Harpsichord Specifications:
- 6 GB Core Sample Library - Over 800 Samples
- 24 bit 96 kHz Sampling
- 3 Round Robin Layers
- 3 Damper Pedal Articulations
- Every Note Sampled
- Customizable Velocity Response
- VST AU RTAS Standalone
- Compatible with Kontakt 5.5+ |
