CINEMATIQUE
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UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS FOR MODERN MUSIC
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A box full of metallic bars
The Glockenspiel Box is a collection of five small individual mallet instruments including a metallophone, several glockenspiel, two kalimbas, two different spieluhr
and finally a giant glass bowl.
We have set a major focus to come out with instruments that provide maximum versatility giving you a wide range of tools and options to shape the sound of the instruments to your own requirements.
In order to realize that we used lots of different mallet types such as: Hard Wood, Soft Felt, a piece of Cardbox, Medium Hard Plastic, Soft Leather, a pair of Drum Brushes and Rubber Mallets. In the end we come out with a total of 21 different articualtions! All the instruments were recorded in maximum quality with Neumann and Schoeps microphones.
Additionally you can layer 4 different attack sounds as well as a corresponding reverse sound to your chosen articulation. Beside that there are lots of effects such as EQ, Distortion, Bitcrush and Chorus.
Please note. Kontakt 5 or higher full version is required.
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>THE 5 INSTRUMENTS
The Glockenspiel:
The Glockenspiel is a percussion instrument, composed of a set of tuned metal bars resting over a frame like a trough. We used a
typical one, which is built in a frame and will be used mostly in an orchestral context. It has a range from C3 to G6.
Vintage Sopran Glockenspiel:
As a bonus we added 2 articulations of a tiny variation of a Glockenspiel. It just covers a range from C5 to C8. Our Sopran
Glockenspiel was used as a vintage children toy.
The Metallophone:
In music of the 20th century and beyond, the word metallophone is sometimes applied specifically to a single row of metal bars
suspended over a resonator box. Metallophones tuned to the diatonic scale are often used in schools. Our metallophone starts on C3 and ends at C6.
The Spieluhr (aka Musicbox):
The Spieluhr (also known as musicbox) is a small instrument which produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a rotating cylinder plucking the tuned tines of a steel comb. Our Spieluhren are tiny with a size of 2,4 x 2 x 1" and cover a range from G4 to G7.
The Kalimba:
The Kalimba is an african instrument consisting of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the
instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs. We have used 2 different types of Kalimbas. They are covering a range from C3 to C6
The Glass Bowl:
This is not a musical instrument. It is a crystal bowl which you will mostly find in a domestic surrounding. We hit the bowl with different
kinds of mallets creating low and mellow sounds which will spread from C2 to C6.
