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要想获得 2.3GB 的多采样率，你必须对太鼓有足够的重视，但这种乐器在激烈的电影和电视配乐中无处不在，这促使 Nine Volt Audio 非常认真地对待它。他们将四名太鼓鼓手放在一个音乐厅舞台上，用九个麦克风分别录制了他们敲击鼓头和鼓壳、敲击鼓棒、咆哮和喊出令人毛骨悚然的亚洲音节以及跺脚的声音。速度高达 90 级。如果说工程师需要一盒止痛药来支付费用的话……

在 Kontakt 中，如果你只想获得特定演奏技巧和麦克风位置的特定速度映射多采样集，以便手动构建自己的合奏，那么你应该在适当的药物治疗之前保持清醒。呃，我的意思是，你应该浏览 “合奏构建器工具”。如果想获得更多可玩性，鼓乐乐器可以混合特定演奏技巧的麦克风信号，让你获得更直接的满足感。一套 “效果鼓乐器 “能让你利用 Kontakt 的内部处理功能进行声音设计，不过虽然有趣，我想它们不会成为人们购买多采样太鼓库的主要原因……

大多数用户要找的是 “多重乐器 “提供的典型的光头、汗流浃背的腰鼓手军团。通往纳尼亚战场的捷径（假设你手头没有衣柜）是通过十几种多重演奏乐器，每种乐器都配有多通道 MIDI 触发器文件。这些多重乐器能让人联想到各种令人窒息的部落追逐和史诗般的冲突。

那么，它的音效如何？是的。开发人员已经涵盖了我能想象到的所有音效需求，还有很多我无法想象的。多声部演奏听起来非常真实，还包括 5/4 和 7/4 音阶的良好样本，这些音阶经常出现在经过太古修饰的媒体音乐中。考虑到质量和数量，价格也很合理。如果不是因为 Kontakt 编程和音频编辑偶尔会有一些小瑕疵，我肯定会给它打五颗星。

正如我所说，如果你打算购买这个库，你就必须对太鼓有认真的态度，而不仅仅是金钱和磁盘空间。在我测试其中一个多声部演奏时，Kontakt 的复音表可能会达到 500 个声部，因此 CPU 占用率将是一个问题（除非你打算为太鼓编写大量独奏曲……在这种情况下，我很同情你的邻居）。因此，尽管这个库很好，但忙碌或资金短缺的媒体作曲家可能会倾向于放弃它的一些灵活性，而去尝试同一家公司的优秀且更实用的 Action Drums Taiko Edition 循环库。

You’d have to be bloody serious about Taiko to want 2.3GB of multisamples, but the instrument’s ubiquity in high-octane film and TV scores has led Nine Volt Audio to take it very seriously indeed. They put four Taiko drummers on a concert-hall stage and recorded each with nine mics, hitting the drum head and shell; smacking the sticks together; growling and shouting blood-curdlingly Asian syllables; and stomping their feet. At up to 90 velocity levels. If ever an engineer deserved a box of painkillers on expenses…

In Kontakt, if you just want specific sets of velocity-mapped multisamples for particular performance techniques and mic positions, so that you can manually construct your own ensembles, you should be restrained until appropriate medication can be administered. Er, I mean, you should browse the Ensemble Constructor Instruments. For something more playable, Drum Instruments blend the mic signals for a specific performance technique to give more immediate gratification. A set of Effected Drum Instruments takes you into sound-design territory using Kontakt’s internal processing, but although interesting, I suspect they won’t be the main reason anyone buys a multisample Taiko library…

What most users will be looking for is the archetypal legion of bald, sweaty drummers in loincloths, courtesy of the Multi Instruments. The quickest route to Narnian battlefields (assuming you have no wardrobe to hand) is via the dozen Performance Multis, each accompanied by a multi-channel MIDI trigger file. These conjure all manner of breathless tribal pursuits and epic conflicts.

So does it sound the business? Yes. And the developers have covered every sonic angle I can imagine needing, plus a lot I can’t. The Performance Multis sound very authentic, and include good specimens of the 5/4 and 7/4 meters that frequently crop up in Taiko-garnished media music. Given the quality and quantity on offer, the price is reasonable too. Were it not for some occasional slightly flakey Kontakt programming and audio editing I’d have awarded this five stars.

As I’ve said, if you plan to buy this library, you have to be serious about Taiko, and not just in terms of money and disk space. While I was testing one of the Performance Multis, Kontakt’s polyphony meter threatened to hit 500 voices, so CPU munch will be a concern (unless you plan to write a lot of solo pieces for Taiko… in which case, I pity your neighbours). So, as good as this library is, busy or cash-strapped media composers might be tempted to forgo some of its flexibility and try the same company’s excellent, and more wieldy, Action Drums Taiko Edition loop library.

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