SonicCouture Skiddaw Stones KONTAKT DVDR 英文正式版 (音效素材)(DVD一片裝) 軟體簡介: SonicCoutureSkiddawStonesKONTAKTDVDR英文正式版(音效素材)(DVD一片裝) 官方網址:http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/g4-the-skiddaw-stones/ 音效素材 TheSkiddawStonesareprobablythemostunusualandcertainlythe oldestinstrumentthatSoniccouturehassampled. ALithophone(litho=stone,phone=voice)datingfrom1840, TheSkiddawStonesarecomposedof61tunedandshapedrocks,madefrom therarehornfelsstone,foundinCumbria,England.Hornfelsissaidto haveasuperiortoneandlongerringthanthemorecommonlyusedslate. CreatedbyJosephRichardson,astonemasonandmusician,ittookalmost thirteenyearstocollectandshapeenoughindividualnotesofhornfels tomakeaneight-octaverange.ThestonesweretakenfromSkiddaw,one ofthehighestmountainsinCumbria.Themassivetaskofassembling thisinstrumentconsumedJosephsoabsolutelythatheandhisfamily werereducedtopoverty.Oncecomplete,Richardsonandhissonstoured EuropeasTheRock,BellandSteelBand,andevenperformedat BuckinghamPalace,bycommandofQueenVictoria. TheStonescurrentlyresideattheKeswickMuseum,whoverykindly agreedtoletustakethemoff-site,toastudiofortherecording. Asthestonesareinsuredfor?50000,thiswasnocasualundertaking. Everystonewascarefullywrappedandpackedincustommadeflight-cases fortransportation.Onceatthestudio,twodifferentsetsofmallets wereusedtolaboriouslycapturelargesetsofvelocityhits,thenan extraarticulationwasrecorded-thesoundoftheheadofthewooden malletbeingscrapedacrossthestonesurface-asurprisinglyhaunting andresonantsound. Theresultisatrulybewitchinginstrument,onethatsoundstruly ancient,evenolderthanitis.Totallyuniquerockmusic.