Adam Monroe Music Honky Tonk Piano v2.71 (AAX AU VST) WIN/OSX-DECiBEL

采样过程
Adam Monroe 的 Honky Tonk Piano 是从一台老式 Chickering 立式钢琴采样的 – 确切年代未知 – 主要通过 Neumann TLM 102 麦克风进行采样。钢琴无疑看起来有些动感，虽然可以调音（一次一个音符），但钢琴的音调有点偏“喇叭”。钢琴是在单声道打开盖子的情况下近距离采样的，但每个音符都经过仔细平移以产生立体声效果。最初使用 AKG D112 来捕捉较低的频率，但 TLM 102 本身就做得足够好。
我们尝试对这架钢琴进行深度采样（10 个力度层，2 个音符循环），但最终，循环仅被部分捕获，同时达到了速度目标。与大多数只录制一个或另一个的钢琴库不同，钢琴在延音踏板打开和关闭的情况下进行采样，增加了库的大小，但在演奏时允许更多的表达。

一旦记录了笔记，处理它们的艰巨任务就开始了。噪音被去除，钢琴被均衡和压缩 – 是的，这是一个经过大量处理的插件。最终的结果是一个极其纯粹和响亮的钢琴库，它将贯穿您的混音。这不是一个原始的、干净的插件，而且注释可能非常难！我们觉得这增加了 honky-tonk 风格钢琴演奏的打击乐性质。尽管自 VST 最初发布以来我们已经清理了很多音符，但我们觉得过多的清理开始破坏插件的声音和感觉。

这个钢琴插件可以成为您收藏的一个很好的补充，因为它填补了采样立式钢琴世界中的一个不错的位置。如果您需要制作 ragtime 音乐的演示或录音，或者只需要一架普通的 purcussive 钢琴，这款虚拟乐器已准备好成为您的 VST、AU 或 AAX 库中的最新成员。

工程
亚当·梦露 (Adam Monroe) 的 Honky Tonk Piano 的 Kontakt 版本已贬值 (12.16.2019)。VST、Audio Unit 和 AAX 版本由 Adam Monroe Music 编程。任何也是 VSTi（虚拟乐器）、AU（音频单元）或 AAX 插件的样本库的目标是尝试匹配 Kontakt 播放器（或其他第三方播放器）的性能。有了这个库，我们觉得我们已经做到了。
VST、AU 和 AAX 版本包括更新的高性能算法，这些算法随着 Adam Monroe Music 发布的每个新虚拟乐器而不断改进。例如，缓冲算法是双缓冲和多线程的，这意味着缓冲性能很快，即使在较慢的计算机上，甚至在较低的延迟下也是如此。声音在一个纯粹的 C 风格数组中保持和迭代。内存使用与（折旧）Kontakt 版本相当。AU、VST 和 AAX 版本已添加实时采样率转换（通过三次插值），以支持 44.1、48、88.2 和 96 kHz 的原生采样率。由于可靠的 VST/AU/AAX 代码库和 – 以及不需要外部 .dll/objects/libs 的代码编译 – 您可以确信 VST、AU、

为什么要开发 VST、AU 和 AAX 版本？虽然是一款很棒的软件，但完整版的 Kontakt（运行 3rd 方示例库需要）价格昂贵。开发任何人都可以使用的 VST、AU 和 AAX 版本不会为钢琴样本库的开发增加大量时间——大部分时间都花在采样和处理样本上——所以这真的很容易。

音频工程是创建 VST、Protools 或 Audio Unit 插件的重要组成部分，您会发现此插件中内置了一些有用的东西，例如混响、低保真和合唱。VST 版本基于 VST 2.4，几乎可以在任何现代版本的 32 或 64 位 Windows 和 OS X 10.9 或更高版本中运行。Audio Unit 版本兼容 OS X 10.9 或更高版本，兼容 32 位和 64 位 DAWS。Protools 版本为 64 位，需要 Protools 10 或更高版本的完整版本。所有版本的下载大小为 2.9 GB，解压后的库占用约 4.2 GB。我们使用亚马逊进行文件服务，因此您可以放心，您的下载将快速流畅！

Team DECiBEL | 16 Apr 2020 | 2.91GB each

Adam Monroe’s Honky Tonk Piano Is a 32/64-Bit VST AU AAX Plugin For Windows And OSX
* 16-Bit Audio Samples (With Separate Sustain Samples)
* 2X Round-Robin, 10 Velocity Layers
* Reverb, Chorus, Delay, And Lo-Fi effects
* Supports 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz

THE SAMPLING PROCESS
Adam Monroe’s Honky Tonk Piano was sampled from a vintage Chickering upright piano – exact age unknown – primarily through a Neumann TLM 102 microphone. The piano had undoubtedly seem some action, and although it could be tuned (one note at a time) the tone of the piano was a bit on the “honky” side. The piano was sampled close-miced with lid open in mono, but each note was carefully panned to creat a stereo effect. An AKG D112 was used initially in order to capture the lower frequencies, but the TLM 102 did a fine enough job on its own.
We attempted to sample this piano deeply (10 velocity layers, 2 note round robin) but in the end, round robin was only partially captured, while the velocity goals were met. Unlike most piano libraries that just record one or the other, the piano was sampled with both sustain pedal open and closed, increasing the library’s size, but allowing for more expression while playing.

Once the notes were recorded, the laborious task of processing them began. Noise was removed and the piano was eq’d and compressed – yes, this is a heavily processed plugin. The end result is an EXTREMELY PURCUSSIVE and LOUD piano library that will cut through your mix. This is not a pristine, clean plugin, and the notes can be quite hard hitting! We feel this adds to the percussive nature of honky-tonk style piano playing. Although we’ve cleaned up the notes quite a bit since the VST’s initial release, we feel that too much cleaning-up starts to destroy the sound and feel of the plugin.

This piano plugin can be a great addition to your collection, as it fills a nice niche in the world of sampled upright pianos. If you need to make demos or recordings of ragtime music, or just need a generally purcussive piano, this virtual instrument is ready to become the newest member of your VST, AU, or AAX arsenal.

ENGINEERING
The Kontakt version of Adam Monroe’s Honky Tonk Piano is depreciated (12.16.2019). The VST, Audio Unit, and AAX versions are programmed by Adam Monroe Music. The goal in any sample library that is also a VSTi (virtual instrument), AU (Audio Unit), or AAX plugin is to attempt to match the performance of the Kontakt Player (or other third party players). With this library, we feel like we have done just that.
The VST, AU, and AAX versions include updated, high-performance algorithms that have been improving with each new virtual instrument released by Adam Monroe Music. For example, the buffering algorithm is double-buffered and multithreaded, which means that buffering performance is fast, even on slower computers, and even in lower latencies. Voices are held and iterated over in a pure, C-Style array. Memory use is comparable to the (depreciated) Kontakt version. Real-time sample rate conversion (through cubic interpolation) has been added to the AU, VST, and AAX versions in order to support sample rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz natively. Because of the solid VST/AU/AAX code base and – and compilation of the code to not need external .dll’s/objects/libs – you can feel confident that the VST, AU, and AAX versions will work just as well as the (depreciated) Kontakt version.

Why develop VST, AU, and AAX versions at all? Although a great piece of software, the Full version of Kontakt (required to run 3rd party sample libraries) is expensive. Developing VST, AU, and AAX versions that anyone can use does not add significant time to the development of a piano sample library – most of the time is spent sampling and processing the samples – so it’s a real no-brainer.

Audio engineering is a large part of creating a VST, Protools, or Audio Unit plugin, and you will find some useful things like reverb, lo-fi, and chorus built into this plugin. The VST version is based on VST 2.4, and should work in nearly any modern version of 32 or 64 bit version of Windows and OS X 10.9 or later. The Audio Unit version is compatible with OS X 10.9 or later and is compatible with 32 and 64-bit DAWS. The Protools version is 64-bit and requires the full version of Protools 10 or later. The download size for all versions is 2.9 GB, and unzipped the library takes up about 4.2 GB. We use Amazon for file serving, so you can rest assured your download will be fast and smooth!

Release v2.71 12/10/2019
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Improvements since last version:
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*Mac Au/VST versions now conform to OS X Catalina code signing and notarization requirements.

*Mac versions are now installed via package installers.

*Resources for Mac versions and a config file are now placed outside of the amhonky.vst and amhonky component bundles. This is because Apple wants things code-signed now:
verifying resources in a bundle would take too long and the config can\u2019t be inside because it would invalidate the code signature. If you don\u2019t like it, complain to Apple!

*Mainting 32-bit mac versions (must install after 64-bit versions).