Silence+Other Sounds Nordic Folk Strings v1.1 KONTAKT

Silence+Other Sounds - Nordic Folk Strings v1.1 是一款基于斯堪的纳维亚传统三弦乐器 Tagelharpa（马尾琴） 打造的 Kontakt 音源，由演奏家 Alessandra Cognetta 录制，完整还原了这种古老民谣弦乐的独特氛围。它不仅适用于史诗民谣和维京风配乐，也为现代作曲提供极具表现力的律动型素材。

该音源包含 Standard Tagelharpa（标准款） 与 Bass Tagelharpa（低音款） 两种型号，分别呈现高亢刺耳与深沉厚重的音色特征。不同于传统的持续采样方法，Nordic Folk Strings 录制的是 Tagelharpa 的真实节奏演奏动作，并通过独家开发的 Movement Sequencer（动作序列器）与 Rhythmic Legato（节奏连奏）功能，让这些节奏片段能像乐句一样灵活拼接、实时编写。

通过 Movement Sequencer，用户可按拍子或按琴键触发不同节奏动作片段，并在此基础上用 Rhythmic Legato 实现连贯、自然的旋律编写——就像实时拼接 loop 一样连贯。结合内建的 Clean / Gnarly 色彩调制器，还可快速切换音色质感，赋予编曲更多表现力。

这是一款专为追求北欧民谣氛围、史诗感或古典民间音乐风格的作曲人量身打造的工具，既可以复刻传统维京场景，也适用于现代实验性创作。运行需 Kontakt 6.7+ 或更高版本，音色库大小约 2.43 GB。

Silence+Other Sounds Nordic Folk Strings v1.1 KONTAKT

KONTAKT – 2,43 GB

Nordic Folk Strings is a Kontakt library based on tagelharpa, the traditional three-strings instrument from Scandinavia. It’s a collaborative project with singer and tagelharpa expert Alessandra Cognetta (Omen, Hellen), who has recorded the whole source material.

Nordic Folk Strings features 2 models of tagelharpa, Bass Tagelharpa and Standard Tagelharpa. The former features a darker, lower sound whereas the latter presents a more typically Vikingreminiscent tone. Both have been sampled at different time ranges, with different kind of rhythms (straight and triplets) , different tunings and tones.

Rather than sampling long sustained notes, in Nordic Folk Strings we have sampled rhythmic movements, in order to preserve the raw authenticity of the tagelharpa. The movements loops are tempo synched to the DAW and can be combined creatively by using our custom scripted Rhythmic Legato and the innovative Movements Sequencer.

Movement Sequencer
All the 8 instruments in Nordic Folk Strings feature a Movements Sequencer, a creative and innovative tool to seamlessly combine movements and create new ones from scratch. At each step, a different “chunk” of movement is played, according to its position against the reference timing (more on this in the “Rhythmic Legato” section).

The Movements Sequencer can be used in two ways: with to beat and to keys. With to beat, the sequencer is driven at a regular timing whereas with to keys the sequencer moves to next step everytime a new note is played.

Both the options can create virtually endless rhythmic and melodic combinations.

Rhythmic Legato
Nordic Folk Strings introduces an innovative functionality to play seamless melodies with the movement loops : the Rhythmic Legato.

Simply put, once a movement is selected, if the notes/loops are played in a legato fashion (adjacent notes briefly overlapping), the basic movement rhythm keeps going seamlessly in background. Instead of having the loops always starting from the beginning when a new note is played, the Rhythmic Legato script offsets the loop according to when it has been played against the reference rhythm of the movement.

The result is equivalent to “comping” the audio loops in real time to achieve realistic and smooth phrases. Just press PLAY in the DAW and play a legato melody to immediately spark new ideas.

By combining the Rhythmic Legato and the Movements Sequencer, it is possible to come up with virtually endless new movements and playing melodies “into” them.

Nordic Folk Strings provides an ultra-realistic rendition of the tagelharpa combined with performance and writing flexibility. It can be used for traditional epic music as it can be pushed to write articulated and complex parts. Or you can get creative with the timbre by experimenting with the Tone Selector (Clean and Gnarly tone).

Nordic Folk Strings is for composers and music producers looking for the iconic strings sound of traditional nordic music. It evokes images of vast frozen lands from the Viking age and scenes of ancient battlefields.