A comprehensive collection of playable concert vibraphone effects with bowed, finger, hand and rubber mallet articulations, produced in collaboration with Pearl Drums.

A 4-octave Adams Alpha vibraphone with gold anodised aluminium bars was recorded with exceptionally close microphones for an outstanding level of resonance and character, ideal for soundtrack scoring, cinematic effects, modern jazz and avant-garde music. Five German bass bow articulations, four finger and hand techniques such as taps, mutes, scrapes and flicks, and four rubber mallet variations up to superball ricochets, which also offer an additional ribbon microphone option, go far beyond traditional playing methods. Four independent layers, each with its own articulation selection, arpeggiator, filter, LFO and variable motor speed, plus 36 sound-designed elements and 20 factory presets, let you build your own instruments.

Features

• 5 bowed articulations: feathered/flautando, spiccato, staccato, marcato, long note and sustaining
• 4 finger articulations: finger taps, finger mutes, scrapes and flicks
• 4 rubber mallet articulations including fast and slow superball ricochets
• 36 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source material
• 21 Kontakt presets (.nki) and 15 Decent Sampler presets, 11,560 stereo samples in WAV format
• Four layers with individual motor speed and FX rack with convolution reverb

Technical details

• Type: Virtual instrument for Kontakt and Decent Sampler
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux (Decent Sampler only)
• Requirement: Full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 6.6 or higher (Kontakt Player is not supported) or Decent Sampler 1.11.18 or higher
• Content: 13 articulations, 21 .nki presets, 15 Decent Sampler presets, 11,560 stereo samples, 24 GB

System requirements

• Mac OS X 10.12 or higher (Kontakt), Mac OS X 10.9 or higher (Decent Sampler)
• Windows 7 or higher
• Linux x86 64 bit (Decent Sampler only)
• Processor: multi-core recommended
• RAM: 3 GB
• Disk space: 24 GB
• SATA or SSD drive recommended

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://activate.soundiron.com/. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.