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想象一下，不是一架，而是 18 架钢琴——只是琴弦都被扯掉了，取而代之的是玻璃……

采样让我们能够实现“不可能”，唯一的限制就是我们的想象力。虽然我们并不习惯自夸，但我们确信，Crystal Pianos 很可能会成为采样领域中的经典之作，献给所有热爱音乐创作的人。

这种从单一共振声源创造出“钢琴式乐器”的奇妙探索之旅，对我们的驻场采样师 Christian Henson 来说，已经持续了 22 年。灵感来源于 1974 年 John Carpenter 的经典邪典科幻电影《Dark Star（黑星球）》。Christian 一直梦想拥有电影中宇航员演奏的那种钢琴——琴槌敲击的不是琴弦，而是瓶子和玻璃杯。

直到 2004 年，当他受邀为一部科幻作品配乐时，Christian 才开始尝试重现电影中那段令人难忘的声音场景。这一过程充满挫折，却也持续了整整 22 年，而如今，Henson 终于觉得我们成功破解了它。

我们的创新技术 “Shepherd Mapping（谢泼德映射）” 使我们能够将原本只拥有单一音高的共振物体，转化为完整的半音阶乐器。这一次，我们使用了 18 种不同的玻璃物件——从酒杯、烧杯到玻璃碗——每一件都经过精心挑选，只因它们独特的声音特性：从亲密细腻、如钢片琴般的音色，到闪耀如玻璃合唱团般的辉煌声响。

每种玻璃乐器都提供 5 种不同演奏方式：

超高细节敲击（Hyper-detailed Hits）
闷音敲击（Muted Hits）
慢速涟漪（Slow Ripples）
快速涟漪（Fast Ripples）
摩擦音（Rubs）

通过我们独特的 “Partial Mixer（泛音混合器）”，你可以控制每一件玻璃的声音结构，分别调整：

基音（Fundamentals）：最明显的主音或根音
泛音（Harmonics）：周围频率，经 Shepard 技术映射为半音阶音高
瞬态（Transients）：敲击产生的材质音色部分，无论音高如何变化，这部分始终保持原始质感

你可以创作出神奇的旋律，却不会带有钢片琴或钟琴那种“哈利·波特式”的梦幻刻板印象；也可以编织复杂精致的复调织体，甚至打造大片波光粼粼的玻璃氛围，为你的音乐带来真正新颖独特的声音。

所有采样均录制于格拉斯哥 Gorbals Sound Studios 极度干燥、超低底噪的录音环境中，每一个音符都由我们的创始人 Christian Henson 亲自精心演奏与筛选。

产品规格

18 件独立精选玻璃器皿

多麦克风采样系统录制（KM84、KM184 与 U87）

三种可独立控制的泛音层次

超过 30GB 无压缩音频（无损压缩后约 13GB）

5 种演奏法：
标准敲击（Standard Hits）
闷音敲击（Muted Hits）
慢速颤音（Tremolo Slow）
快速颤音（Tremolo Fast）
指尖摩擦杯沿（Rubbed）

内置 5 种效果器：
低通/高通滤波器（LP/HP Filter）
次低频和声器（Sub Bass Harmonizer）
延迟（Delay）
混响（Reverb）
Crystallizer（水晶化效果）

A witch says（魔女提示）：

基于 Gorilla Engine 的版本加载速度比原版更快。

Imagine not one, but 18 pianos where the strings have been ripped out and replaced by glass…

Sampling allows us to achieve the impossible – the only limitation is our imagination. While we don’t make a habit of bragging, we’re certain that Crystal Pianos is likely to become a sampling classic for our fellow music makers. This strange pilgrimage of being able to create piano-like instruments from single resonating sources is one that goes back 22 years for our samplist-in-residence Christian Henson. Inspired by the 1974 John Carpenter cult-classic “Dark Star”, Christian always dreamed of having a piano like the one played by the astronaut in the film, where hammers struck bottles and glasses instead of strings. It wasn’t until 2004, when he was tasked with composing a science fiction score, that Christian began his often frustrating attempts at recreating the essence of that scene from the Carpenter classic. It’s taken 22 years of experimentation, but Henson feels we have finally cracked it. Our innovation “Shepherd Mapping” enables us to make entirely chromatic instruments from single objects that resonate at only one pitch. On this occasion, we’ve done this with 18 different glass objects; from wine glasses, to beakers, to bowls. Each piece of glassware was hand-picked for its unique sonic characteristics, ranging from intimate celeste-like tones all the way to a chorus of shimmering glass. Each offering provides you with 5 different playing styles: Hyper-detailed Hits, Muted Hits, Slow Ripples, Fast Ripples, and Rubs. Control the sonic characteristic of each glass via our unique “partial mixer” that enables you to tweak individual sonic components of the performances: Fundamentals (the most audible music note or root), Harmonics (the surrounding frequencies mapped into chromatic shepherd tones) and Transients (the strike tone, which asserts the material characteristics of the instrument and therefore doesn’t change, even if the pitch of the other partials does). Create magical melodies that don’t have the sentimental “Potter-Effect” of a celeste or glockenspiel. Orchestrate intricate contrapuntal tapestries or indeed oceans of rippling glass atmospheres to bring something new and unique to your music. Recorded in the ultra dry, super low noise-floor environment of Gorbals Sound Studios Glasgow with every note carefully curated and performed by our founder Christian Henson.

Product Specs

18 Individually Selected Pieces of Glassware

Sampled with Multiple-Mic Setup (KM84, KM184 and U87)

Three Different and Individually Controllable Partials Tones

Over 30GB of Uncompressed Audio (Compressed Losslessly to ~13GB)

5 Articulations: Standard Hits, Muted Hits, Tremolo Slow, Tremolo Fast, and Rubbed (With Finger on Rim)

5 Included Effects: LP/HP Filter, Sub Bass Harmonizer, Delay, Reverb, and Crystallizer

A witch says,

Our Gorilla Engine based releases load faster than original version.

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