Orchestral Tools x SLATE and ASH MIRRORS KONTAKT

《Orchestral Tools x SLATE + ASH – MIRRORS》是一款融合模拟合成器与现场管弦乐演奏的前沿音源，总容量高达 20.45GB，专为 电影配乐、实验电子、氛围音乐 等类型创作而生。它由 Orchestral Tools 与知名声音设计团队 SLATE + ASH 联合打造，将精细设计的合成音色与精密编配的管弦乐演奏进行“镜像对照”，在真实与人工、传统与现代之间架起一座声音的桥梁。

音源核心包含 45 对“合成器音源与其对应的管弦乐重构”，由伦敦当代交响乐团指挥 Hugh Brunt 亲自操刀改编与录制。录音场地为德国柏林的著名 Teldex 录音棚，除了采集真实的弦乐、铜管、木管音色，还加入了特殊乐器与物件如玻璃琴、擦奏钹、塑料袋等，以最大程度还原电子合成素材的细节质感。同时，原始合成器素材也同步在同一录音棚内以多话筒位进行扩声采样，实现两种声音间无缝融合。

MIRRORS 拥有定制引擎与界面，支持三种麦克风混合、串音控制，内含 97 个设计预设与 232 个 Kontakt 快照，涵盖进化式 Pad、长音纹理、情绪氛围等声音类型。非常适合中国大陆配乐师、游戏声音设计师、氛围电子音乐人使用，是一套能激发深层灵感、打破传统分界、在电子与交响之间自由切换的高阶声音工具。无论你是希望打造沉浸式音景，还是构建动态情绪张力，MIRRORS 都将成为你声音创作中的“反射之镜”。

Orchestral Tools x SLATE and ASH MIRRORS KONTAKT

KONTAKT – 20,45 GB

Electroacoustic reflections
Exploring the concept of sonic reflections and refractions, MIRRORS is the harmonious marriage of analog synthesis and acoustic orchestral performance. A collaboration with celebrated instrument creators SLATE + ASH, MIRRORS sends synthesized source material through an aural looking glass of orchestral ensembles, unearthing the symmetries of electroacoustic expression.

Synthesis meets orchestral grandeur
MIRRORS explores both experimental analog synthesis and traditional orchestral sampling. The collection originated from synthesized source material from our Bristol-based collaborators—glitched textures, fractured oscillations, and hyper-processed ambiances. Together, we then put these sounds through a prism of orchestral performance, recording their precisely orchestrated mirror images, all with unwavering attention to the minutest details.

As an object approaches a mirror, it becomes harder to tell where it ends and its reflection begins. Likewise in MIRRORS, synthesized sounds give way seamlessly to orchestral performances, resulting in a set of tools tailor-made for sparking your creativity, creating atmospheres, or setting scenes.

Sounds made to be reorchestrated
SLATE + ASH created the source material for MIRRORS under the guiding principle of making sounds that evoke a distinctly acoustic feel. With their labyrinth of patch cables, modular devices, and analog synths, they tapped into more organic soundworlds, sculpting breath-like fluttering, microtonal harmonics, and warm tones that evolve over time.

Hugh Brunt of the London Contemporary Orchestra then re-orchestrated these sounds for live performance, capturing all the minutae—every texture, swell, and flutter, and even the synthetic idiosyncracy of pitch stretching. This called for traditional strings, brass, and woodwinds, but also out-of-the-box instrumentation like verrophone, bowed crotales, or even rustling plastic bags. With Brunt conducting, and additional aesthetic guidance of composer-producer Yair Elazar Glotman, we recorded the orchestral ensembles at Teldex Studios in Berlin with our typical attention to detail and fidelity.

Recorded at Teldex
In addition to recording the orchestral ensembles for MIRRORS at the storied Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin, we amplified the source material on the scoring stage, recording it from the same microphone perspectives. This means, not only are the images and reflections in MIRRORS remarkably cohesive, they are also easy to blend with other Orchestral Tools collections.

Highlights
– 45 pairs of synth and orchestral sounds
– Bespoke engine and interface
– 97 sound design presets, 232 Kontakt snapshots
– Evolving pads, long notes, and textures
– Three mixable mic positions with bleed control
– Source synth material made by SLATE + ASH
– Orchestral ensembles and synthesized source material sampled in Teldex