Violence 既可用于音乐创作,也可用于音效设计,其特点是从多个角度对小提琴独奏进行前所未有的解构录制:拉弓、刮擦、敲击、弹拨、用木槌、筷子、吉他镐和湿手指演奏。然后,声音设计被重新拼接、分层,并通过一系列不同寻常的工具进行后期处理,以产生与其他虚拟乐器不同的声音。我们设计了八十多个独特的音色补丁,每个补丁都有一套定制的旋钮和控制器,方便地分为四类音色: 鼓套件、旋律、伴奏和音效以及节奏同步。
Violence 的灵感来自于极具影响力的美国作曲家约翰-凯奇(John Cage)。正如凯奇在钢琴上所做的那样,Violence 也为小提琴带来了:一种全新的、非正统的方法用于传统乐器,产生了令人惊叹的、新鲜的新乐器、纹理和声音设计元素。Violence 将物理改变与数字处理相结合,创造出一种跨越声学和电子领域的声音。
Violence 采用业界领先的 Kontakt 引擎。它与 VST、AudioUnit 和 RTAS(Pro Tools 7 和 Cool 插件格式)兼容,可在任何主流音序器中无缝运行,也可独立使用。
Violence 具有多种控制功能,每种功能都是为 82 种乐器定制的。这些乐器被细分为四大类文件夹:
鼓组
旋律
垫子和 SFX
节奏同步
根据加载的乐器,界面上会出现用于调整乐器的相应旋钮,例如
量化
包络控制(攻击和释放)
立体声扩散
Lopass 和 hipass 滤波器
层混合控制
效果(混响、延时、驱动、镶边、颤音、旋转、摇摆等)
自动平移控制
中继器
Created for both musical use and sound design, Violence features an unprecedented deconstruction of a solo violin recorded from numerous angles: bowed, scraped, hit, plucked, played with mallets, chopsticks, guitar picks, and wet fingers. Then the sound design was repitched, layered, and post-processed through an array of unusual tools to produce sounds unlike any found in other virtual instruments. More than eighty unique patches were designed, each with a custom set of scripted knobs and controls all conveniently organized into four categories of sounds: Drum Kits, Melodic, Pads and Sound Effects, and Tempo-Synced.
The inspiration for Violence came from the influential American composer John Cage, whose extensive experiments with prepared piano yielded new timbres and effects. What Cage did on the piano, Violence brings to the violin: a new and unorthodox approach to a traditional instrument, yielding amazing and fresh new instruments, textures, and sound design elements. Violence combines physical alterations with digital manipulations for a sound that straddles acoustic and electronic realms.
Violence is powered by the industry-leading Kontakt engine. It is compatible with VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS (Pro Tools 7 & Cool plug-in formats allowing it to work seamlessly within any major sequencer, in addition to standalone use.
Violence features a variety of controls which are custom-designed for each of its 82 instruments. The instruments are subdivided into four major category folders:
Depending on the instrument loaded, appropriate knobs for tweaking the instrument appear in the interface, such as: