对于寻求即刻灵魂乐的制作人来说，GEORGE DUKE SOUL TREASURES 堪称一座宝库。这款乐器由美国灵魂乐和爵士乐传奇人物 George Duke 为 Native Instruments 独家录制，包含超过 500 个充满灵魂乐韵味的键盘循环，随时可用，无需翻箱倒柜地寻找采样。
所有循环都经过完美切片和节奏同步，您可以轻松编辑和重新编排所有切片，创造出无数的乐句变化——无需任何深厚的音乐造诣，即可为您的嘻哈、R&B 或充满灵魂的电子乐曲目提供即时的和声基础。
STUDIO SOUL
这款乐器包含原声钢琴、Rhodes 钢琴、Wurlitzer 钢琴和 Clavinet 钢琴，由 George Duke 和他的私人工程师 Erik Zobler 使用备受追捧的复古设备录制。每个乐句提供两个版本：清音版和"Tubes & Tapes"版。信号经过各种模拟外置设备，最终通过 Requisite Audio 电子管光学限幅器，并录制到 Ampex 模拟磁带上，增添了真实、温暖的 Soul Brother 风格。
George Duke Soul Treasures 音色库（适用于 Kontakt）截图 灵活的编辑和重新编排
每个乐句都被分成多个片段，可以从循环中的任意位置单独触发，从而轻松进行重新编排并创造出无数的变化。音调、音量、起音和延展等声音参数可以随时调整，每个步骤都可以通过波形显示查看。
时间灵活——KONTAKT 的时间延展功能可提供令人愉悦的流畅效果。您还可以将 MIDI 文件（包括触发片段的时间信息）拖放到主音序器中，从而在 DAW 中构建和最终确定音轨时获得最大的灵活性。
八种不同的滤波器类型和录音室品质的卷积混响，提供更多音效可能性，每个效果链均可通过 MIDI 键盘触发。
GEORGE DUKE – 游戏大师
George Duke 的职业生涯漫长而辉煌，曾荣获五项格莱美奖，从 60 年代早期的 George Duke Trio 三重奏，到最近与 Jill Scott 的合作，他的音乐生涯可谓辉煌。George 独特的放克风格在"Cannonball" Adderley、Frank Zappa、Billy Cobham 和 Jean Luc Ponty 等传奇人物的唱片中都能听到，也出现在他自己令人印象深刻的唱片中。他的制作工作包括与 Smokey Robinson、Anita Baker 和 The Pointer Sisters 等众多杰出人物合作，并经常与他的老工程师兼好友 Erik Zobler 合作。随着嘻哈音乐的出现，新一代粉丝涌现，因为唱片挖掘者在众多作品中发现并使用了乔治·杜克的样本，包括坎耶·韦斯特、艾斯·库伯、MF Doom 甚至 Daft Punk 的曲目。
GEORGE DUKE SOUL TREASURES is a treasure trove for producers looking for instant soul for their tracks. Exclusively recorded for Native Instruments by American soul and jazz legend George Duke, over 500 soul-drenched keyboard loops are ready to go, and without the need to dig for samples through crates of dusty vinyl.
All loops are perfectly sliced and tempo-synced, and you can easily edit and re-arrange all slices to create countless phrase variations - providing an immediate harmonic basis without requiring advanced musicianship for your hip-hop, R&B or soulful electronic tracks.
STUDIO SOUL
This instrument contains acoustic, Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet pianos recorded by George Duke and his personal engineer Erik Zobler, using highly sought-after vintage equipment. Two version of each phrase are available - clean and 'Tubes & Tapes'. The signal was routed through various analog outboard gear before finally being sent through a Requisite Audio tube optical limiter, and recorded to an Ampex analog tape - adding that authentic, warm, soul brother flavor.
George Duke Soul Treasures Library for Kontakt screenshotFLEXIBLE EDITING AND REARRANGING
Each phrase is divided into several slices, which can be triggered individually from any point in the loop, making it easy to re-arrange and create countless variations. Sound parameters like tune, volume, attack and stretch can be adjusted on the fly with every step visible via the Waveform Display.
Timing is flexible – KONTAKT's timestretching delivers pleasingly smooth results. You can also drag and drop a MIDI file into your host sequencer – including the timing information for triggering the slices – giving you maximum flexibility when building and finalizing the tracks in a DAW.
Eight different filter types and studio-quality convolution reverb and provide additional sonic possibilities, with each effect chain triggerable via a MIDI keyboard.
GEORGE DUKE – MASTER OF THE GAME
With five Grammy Awards to his name, George Duke's career has been a long and illustrious one, from the early days in the 60s as the George Duke Trio, right up to his recent work with Jill Scott. George's distinctive, funky style can be heard on records by such legends as "Cannonball" Adderley, Frank Zappa, Billy Cobham and Jean Luc Ponty, as well as on his own impressive discography. His production duties have included working with such luminaries as Smokey Robinson, Anita Baker and The Pointer Sisters, among many others, and have often been in collaboration with his long-time engineer and friend, Erik Zobler. A new generation of fans sprang up with the advent of hip-hop, as crate diggers found and used George Duke samples in numerous productions, including tracks by Kanye West, Ice Cube, MF Doom and even Daft Punk. |
