《Orchestral Tools x SLATE + ASH – MIRRORS》是一款融合模擬合成器與現場管弦樂演奏的前沿音源，總容量高達 20.45GB，專為 電影配樂、實驗電子、氛圍音樂 等類型創作而生。它由 Orchestral Tools 與知名聲音設計團隊 SLATE + ASH 聯合打造，將精細設計的合成音色與精密編配的管弦樂演奏進行「鏡像對照」，在真實與人工、傳統與現代之間架起一座聲音的橋梁。
音源核心包含 45 對「合成器音源與其對應的管弦樂重構」，由倫敦當代交響樂團指揮 Hugh Brunt 親自操刀改編與錄製。錄音場地為德國柏林的著名 Teldex 錄音棚，除了採集真實的弦樂、銅管、木管音色，還加入了特殊樂器與物件如玻璃琴、擦奏鈸、塑膠袋等，以最大程度還原電子合成素材的細節質感。同時，原始合成器素材也同步在同一錄音棚內以多話筒位進行擴聲採樣，實現兩種聲音間無縫融合。
MIRRORS 擁有定製引擎與界面，支持三種麥克風混合、串音控制，內含 97 個設計預設與 232 個 Kontakt 快照，涵蓋進化式 Pad、長音紋理、情緒氛圍等聲音類型。非常適合中國大陸配樂師、遊戲聲音設計師、氛圍電子音樂人使用，是一套能激發深層靈感、打破傳統分界、在電子與交響之間自由切換的高階聲音工具。無論你是希望打造沉浸式音景，還是構建動態情緒張力，MIRRORS 都將成為你聲音創作中的「反射之鏡」。
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Orchestral Tools x SLATE and ASH MIRRORS KONTAKT
KONTAKT – 20,45 GB
下載連結：https://www.52timbre.com/1203.html
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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.
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
