DECiBEL团队| 2020年12月21日| 158.5兆字节
独特的时空扭曲Optigan / String Synth混合！
Platter可能是我们迄今为止最粗糙，最肮脏的乐器，它是一种混混的弦乐合成器，以各种合成器波形为起点，但将它们重新构想成基于乙烯基的重放机。如果Solina和Optigan被遗弃在阁楼上五十年并生了婴儿，这听起来可能就是…
核心前提很简单：我们获取了多种合成器波形，但对频谱的弦合成器端有很大的偏见，并由我们当地的黑胶工作坊将它们压制成定制的dubplate。我们故意没有遵循锯，正弦，正方形的标准路线。取而代之的是，有一些“合成器钉”，但是还有一些来自旧弦合成器和其他更复杂的乐器的以管弦乐为主题的声音。因此，您没有选择“脉冲”或“锯”，而是使用了“交响曲”，“巴洛克”，“合唱”和“ Elegiac”之类的东西。不确定听起来会是什么样子？试试看
然后，我们在两台老式机器上重播了它们的乙烯基LP上的声音：1960年代的Dansette和1910年的手摇便携式78播放器，配有钢针和内置号角。该过程的结果是产生了两组完全不同的波形，一组近似于原始声音（但有一点裂纹和摆动），而另一组则是有限的带宽有限的，完全过时的音调，随着声音而颤抖。每当您单击振荡器的Vintage开关时。
在界面上，您可以将这些起点提高到一个新的水平。您可以使用三个振荡器进行混合，在60s波形和Vintage版本之间可以自由选择。每个波都有其自己的放大器包络和颤音控制（可以将其设置为超慢，以使声音几乎潜移默化地进出），以及一个非常有用的高通滤波器。将其拨到足够高的位置，除了嘶嘶声和crack啪声，剩下的就很少了，这是在其他两个拨盘上主要由两个60年代波形组成的音调中增加一些Vintage字符的好方法。
在右侧，有一个块将所有三个振荡器使用一个共同的Filter电路（带有包络线），Valve饱和使声音更硬，以及Twinle Needle和Groove控件连接在一起。落针控制初始的落针重击，并在您敲击琴键时模拟盘片的啮合。凹槽是一种恒定的，78rpm的循环裂纹，是从1910年的转盘上采样的，只要您按住一个音符，它就可以演奏。明智地使用这两个控件确实可以帮助模拟老化的Optigan式机器的行为。加上当然还有Glitch控件，可立即创建随机音色（偏向于音乐上有用的音色）。单击它，立即获得新鲜的灵感！
后面板是回声，混响和旋转扬声器模拟信号以及建模的放大器驾驶室，所有这些都可以非常快速，轻松地将声音带入有用的新方向。
显然，拼盘不是一种娱乐：它是一种完全原始且故意制造的怪异乐器。它擅长于复古主题的音景，黑白恐怖电影的配乐，喜怒无常的蒸汽朋克声，背景音乐，可以在世纪之交的剑桥河沿岸打水，Victrola则是弓箭演奏。想要将您的足迹走入另一个时代，拼盘就在这里。拼盘也可以与其他玩家很好地玩：尝试用您选择的补丁对其进行分层，然后调整HPF，使其不竞争，并让其为您喜欢的任何音调增添复古乙烯基的柔和气息。无论是组合拍摄还是独奏拍摄，当您想要在镜头上装上怀旧的棕褐色滤镜时，这都是非常值得的！
注意：需要完整零售版的Kontakt 4.2.3或更高版本（与免费的Kontakt Player不兼容）
Team DECiBEL | 21 December 2020 | 158.5 MB
Unique timewarped Optigan / String Synth hybrid!
Possibly our gnarliest, grungiest instrument yet, Platter is a kind of bastardised string synth hybrid, taking as its starting point a variety of synth waveforms but reimagining them as built into a vinyl-based replay machine. If a Solina and an Optigan were abandoned in an attic for fifty years and had babies, this is what they might sound like…
The core premise is quite a simple one: we took a variety of synth waveforms, but with a hefty bias towards the string-synth end of the spectrum, and had them pressed to custom dubplates by our local vinyl workshop. We deliberately didn’t go down the standard route of saw, sine, square for this one; instead, there are a couple of “synth staples” but also a batch of more orchestrally-themed sounds taken from old string synths and other more complex instruments. So instead of choosing “Pulse” or “Saw”, you’ve got things like “Symphonic”, “Baroque”, “Choral” and “Elegiac”. Not sure what that’s going to sound like? Try it and see
We then replayed these waves off their vinyl LPs on two vintage machines: a 1960s Dansette, and a 1910 hand-cranked portable 78 player complete with steel needle and built-in horn. The result of that process is two completely distinct sets of waves, one more-or-less true to the original sounds (but with a bit of crackle and wobble) and the other a savagely bandwidth-limited, thoroughly antique tone that warbles merrily along whenever you click in the oscillator’s Vintage switch.
The interface is where you take those starting points to the next level. You get three oscillators to play with and blend, each of which is freely selectable between the 60s wave and the Vintage version. Each wave has its own amp envelope and tremolo control (which can be set super-slow to allow the sound to fade in and out almost subliminally) plus a very useful high-pass filter. Dial this up high enough and you’re left with very little except hiss and crackle, which can be a great way to add a bit of Vintage character to a tone mainly comprised of two 60s-era waveforms on the other two dials.
On the right-hand end there’s a block that ties all three oscillators together using a common Filter circuit (complete with envelope), Valve saturation to push the sound harder, and the twin Needle and Groove controls. Needle controls an initial needle-down thump and simulates engaging the platters whenever you hit a key. Groove is a constant, 78rpm cyclic crackle sampled from the 1910 turntable and plays as long as you hold a note. Judicious use of these two controls can really help simulate the behaviour of an ageing Optigan-style machine. Plus of course there’s the Glitch control, for instant random patch creation (with a bias towards musically-useful patches). Click it and get immediate fresh inspiration!
On the rear panel are echo, reverb and rotary speaker sims plus modelled amp cab, all of which can take the sound in useful new directions very quickly and easily.
Platter is, fairly obviously, not a recreation: it’s an entirely original and deliberately oddball instrument. It excels at vintage-themed soundscapes, black-and-white horror movie soundtracks, moody steampunky swells, background music for turn-of-the-century punting trips along the rivers of Cambridge with a Victrola playing in the bow… if you want to timetravel your tracks into another age, Platter is here for you. Platter also plays nicely with others: try layering it with your patch of choice and then adjusting the HPFs so it doesn’t compete, and let it lend a sheen of vintage vinyl airiness to any tone you like. In combination or solo, this is very much the one to reach for when you want a nostalgic sepia filter over your lens!
Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 4.2.3 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player)