CINEMATIQUE
INSTRUMENTS
UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS FOR MODERN MUSIC
LISTEN TO THE MARIMBA
| MAr Nuer / Michael Askill |
| Elmon Gaush / Eric van Gent |
| 42th Street Gaga / Eric van Gent |
| Star / Eric van Gent |
| Playing along ... |
Orchestral Wood
During our stay in Australia, we recorded this Marimba in cooperation with Michael Askilll, one of Australia's finest percussionists, using his playing technique.
The Marimba has a range of 5 octaves. It has been recorded with close-up condenser microphones to achieve a rich and defined stereo sound with no room,
so you can add one afterwards. We have mostly recorded 4 round robin groups with up to 4 velocity layers. Finally the marimba has a lot of interesting
and inspiring features giving you a wide range of tools to vary and change the sound at your own requirement such as an arpeggiator, an octaver and a tremolo function.
Articulations:
There are three basic articulations to the Marimba:
Hard, Medium and Soft
The hard articulation was made by hitting with a hard plastic mallet which achieves a dry and thin sound with lots of percussive attack. The second articulation features a typical felt mallet giving you a sound which balances the percussice attack and a warm richness. The final variation was achieved by playing the Marimba with a giant soft mallet resulting in a warm and indirect sound.
In order to still give the medium and soft variation a notable attack we have added an option to mix in the hard articulation. This feature will offer some interesting combinations.
Please note. Kontakt 5 or higher full version is required.
INSTRUMENT VIEW
WALKTHROUGH MARIMBA
Playing along the HALion version
CONTENT
3 Articulations
- Hard: was made by hitting with a hard plastic mallet, which achieves a dry and thin sound with lots of percussive attack.
- Medium: was played with a typical felt mallet, giving you a sound which balances the percussice attack and a warm richness.
- Soft: was played with a giant soft mallet, resulting in a warm and indirect sound.
Articulation Mixer
In order to still give the medium and soft variation a notable attack we have added an option to mix in the hard articulation.
This feature will offer some interesting combinations
Powerful Arpeggio
Actually it is an 8 step sequencer with voicing divider. You can select per each step whoch note you like to play
Additional FX
There are effects available for creating interesting variations such as octaver, drive and delay.
Tremolo Engine
Our easy-to-use tremolo. Releasing the key triggers a note which lets you easily play tremolos.
6 Reverb Types
Beside several different sizes you get our special reverb type 'infinite' which immerses the instrument in a whole other world
