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Orange Tree Samples Evolution Clawhammer Banjo v1.2.5 KONTAKT

🪕 班卓琴演奏一般分两大派：Earl Scruggs 开创的三指指弹蓝草风格，以及更古老的传统 clawhammer（爪槌/指甲背敲弦）风格。

Clawhammer 技法和三指蓝草班卓完全不是一种声音——它用大拇指拨弦，再用指甲背向下扫弦。这种弹法既能走简单节奏，也能玩带旋律的复杂 pattern。它那种辨识度很高的味儿，还因为常用音色更柔的 open back（敞背）班卓，而不是蓝草里爱用的响亮共振班卓。

🪕 Evolution Clawhammer Banjo 是史上第一套覆盖这种弹法的采样库，录音用的是仿 Whyte Laydie 典型制的民谣风敞背班卓。乐器里还带了指弹奏法，扩展性更强——这样你弹 roll 的时候，也能吃到民谣班卓更甜、更共振的声音。

我们和犹他州老牌录音棚 Rosewood Recording Company 联合开发。老板兼录音师 Guy Randle 在研究“怎么原汁原味重建 clawhammer 弹法”上起了核心作用，分析各种奏法、决定到底采什么、怎么采才有效。Evolution Clawhammer Banjo 给你“原录信号”和“增强信号”两路：增强信号是 Guy Randle 用模拟设备推出来的，专门把乐器rich的木质感放大。两路相位一致，按口味混就行。

班卓采样由全能乐手 Ryan Tilby 演奏——蓝草和 clawhammer 都熟。他配乐/录歌需求很旺，是 Billboard 上榜艺人、出过五张个人专辑，在 Telluride、Merlefest、RockyGrass 等美国各大节都演过，也多次巡演欧洲；音乐上过 Duck Dynasty、Discovery Channel 和 Outdoor Photo Adventures。

本库跑在我们的 Evolution 引擎上：内置 pattern 一键出正宗 clawhammer 节奏、效果器全家桶、大量可调配参数，按你演奏习惯改乐器。

✨ 核心特性：

🎼 内置 pattern 引擎，带现成 clawhammer 节奏

🎛️ 内置效果器组，直接出可混音的班卓音色

🪶 用自有物理建模技术调拨弦位置（pick position）

🎹 强映射系统：把奏法绑到力度区间、MIDI CC、键位开关都行

🎙️ 采样规格：

💾 6.48 GB（用无损 NCW 压到 2.89 GB）24-bit 采样

🪕 正宗 clawhammer 所需奏法全有：专用 clawhammer 长音、全闷音、闷指甲扫弦、指弹长音，外加泛音，以及刷琴面、拍琴面、clawhammer 拇指击弦等演出效果

🔗 滑音、锤音、拉音的连奏采样

🎚️ 奏法 3 个力度层，最多 4x round-robin（轮替防机械感）

🎯 完整奏法清单：

采样奏法：Clawhammer 长音、clawhammer “chiff” 长音、clawhammer 拇指长音、clawhammer 闷扫、clawhammer 泛音、指弹长音、指弹泛音、锤音（hammer on）、拉音（pull off）、上滑、下滑

MIDI 奏法：上行装饰音、下行装饰音、嗡音 trill、整步滑入、整步锤音、力度滑音、四分音符滑音、八分音符滑音、十六分音符滑音、释放下滑、八度、强力和弦

演出效果：右手拍弦、左手拍弦（低/中/高）、拍琴头、刷琴头、手指刷、clawhammer 拇指击（1–5 弦）、空弦击、和弦延鸣、品丝噪声

🎁 授权说明：

Evolution Clawhammer Banjo licensed Native Instruments 的 Kontakt Player 采样器——所以不需要买完整版 Kontakt，在免费 Kontakt Player 里也能无限制跑，还会直接出现在 Kontakt 的 Libraries 标签页里，点开就用。

Banjo playing generally falls into two main camps: the fingerpicked bluegrass style pioneered by Earl Scruggs, and the older traditional clawhammer style.

Clawhammer technique produces a very different sound compared to the three-fingered bluegrass banjo approach. The clawhammer method involves using your thumb to pluck strings accompanied by downward strums with the back of your fingernails. This style allows for simple rhythms as well as more complex patterns that include melodic playing. Its distinct sound is compounded by the typical use of the mellower-toned open back banjo, in contrast to the loud resonator banjos favored for bluegrass music.

Evolution Clawhammer Banjo is the first ever sample library to cover this playing style and was recorded using a folk-style open back banjo modeled after the archetypal Whyte Laydie banjo. The instrument also includes fingerstyle articulations for even more versatility. That way you can benefit from the sweeter, resonant sound of the folk banjo while playing banjo rolls.

We developed the library in collaboration with Rosewood Recording Company, one of Utah’s most venerable recording studios. Guy Randle, the owner and recording engineer at Rosewood Recording Company, had a central role in researching how to authentically recreate the clawhammer playing style, analyzing its various articulations to determine what and how to effectively capture them. Evolution Clawhammer Banjo includes an as-recorded signal as well as an enhanced signal that Guy Randle skillfully guided through analog gear to emphasize the rich tonal qualities of the instrument. Both the as-recorded and enhanced signals are phase coherent and can be blended to your taste.

The banjo samples were performed by talented multi-instrumentalist Ryan Tilby, who is well-versed in both the bluegrass and clawhammer playing styles. Known for his broad palette of sounds and styles, Ryan Tilby is an in-demand session musician as well as a Billboard charting artist with five solo albums. As a performer, Ryan has played at Telluride, Merlefest, FanFest, RockyGrass, and countless other music festivals throughout the United States, as well as having toured Europe multiple times. His music has been featured on Duck Dynasty, the Discovery Channel, and on Outdoor Photo Adventures.

Evolution Clawhammer Banjo is hosted by our Evolution engine, which provides you with a wealth of appointments: built-in patterns that instantly get you authentic clawhammer rhythms, a comprehensive collection of effects, and a generous amount of settings to tailor the instrument to your performance needs.

Key Features
– Integrated pattern engine with ready-to-use clawhammer rhythms.

– Built-in effects collection for production-ready banjo tones.

– Adjustable pick position using our proprietary physical modeling technology.

– Powerful mapping system that lets you set how you want to trigger articulations, assigning them to velocity ranges, MIDI CCs, and keyswitches.

Sampling Specifications
– 6.48 GB (compressed to 2.89 GB using the lossless NCW audio format) of 24-bit samples.

– All the articulations needed for authentic clawhammer playing: specialized clawhammer sustains, fully muted notes, muted nail strums, fingerstyle sustains, plus harmonics and performance effects like brushes across the head of the banjo, slaps on the banjo head, clawhammer thumb hits, and more.

– Legato samples for slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs.

– The articulations have 3 dynamics and up to 4x round-robin.

Complete Articulation List
Sampled articulations: Clawhammer sustain, clawhammer “chiff” sustain, clawhammer thumb sustain, clawhammer muted strum, clawhammer harmonic, fingerstyle sustain, fingerstyle harmonic, hammer on, pull off, slide up, slide down

MIDI-based articulations: Grace note up, grace note down, buzz trill, whole-step slide in, whole-step hammer on, velocity slide, quarter note slide, eighth note slide, sixteenth note slide, release slide down, octaves, powerchord

Performance effects: Right hand string slap, left hand slap (low), left hand slap (med), left hand slap (high), head slap, head brush, finger brush, clawhammer thumb hit (1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th strings), open string hit, chord ring, fret noise

Evolution Clawhammer Banjo licenses Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player sampler software. Consequently, owning the full version of Kontakt is not necessary, and Evolution Clawhammer Banjo operates without limitations within the free Kontakt Player application/plugin. This also allows the sample library to be listed in the libraries tab in Kontakt for convenient access.