CINEMATIQUE
INSTRUMENTS
UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS FOR MODERN MUSIC
LISTEN TO THE VIBRAPHONE
| V-Vibes / Michael Askill |
| d4 / Christian Hostert |
| Solo With My Vibe / Michael Askill |
| Passage / Diego Manca Mura |
| Rebirth / Marc Rohles |
Finest Orchestra Vibraphone
Our Vibraphone is a fine orchestra Yamaha vibraphone - it has a range of 4 ½ octaves
Articulations:
There are three groups of articulations available. “Mallets” consists of the open and muted articulations, which are natural to the Vibraphone. We added a bowed
articulation, achieved by stroking the metal bars with a bow, which results in a sound with a beautiful slow attack. Finally we recorded some prepared articulations, which are achieved by placing coins, spoons, spatulas, washers and respectively foldpaper on the metal bars. With the Solo Vibraphone we came out with a extreme versatile vibraphone instrument providing regular mallets as well as bowed and prepared sounds and a silky and organic sound.
During our stay in Australia, we recorded a Vibraphone in cooperation with Michael Askill, one of Australia's finest percussionists, using his playing and our recording technique.
The Vibraphone we have captured has a range of 4 ½ octaves, and has been recorded with close-up condenser microphones such as the Schoeps MK4 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.
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The first group called “Mallets” consists of the open and muted articulations.
With the button „Pedal“ set to enabled, the instrument will play muted by default, unless the sustain pedal (CC 64) is pressed, which is when it switches to open. With the button on „Hold“, only open notes will be played and you are able to adjust an overall length.
The prepared articulations can be played apart from each other if you chose a single articulation, or mixed, if you chose „Custom“. By using the „Assign“ button and then choosing an articulation, you can set a specific key to play that articulation; meanwhile, if you press „Random“, a random articulation will be assigned to each key.
With the Solo Vibraphone we came out with a extreme versatile vibraphone instrument providing regular mallets as well as bowed and prepared sounds and a silky and organic sound
Please note. Kontakt 5 or higher full version is required.
INSTRUMENT VIEW
WALKTHROUGH THE VIBRAPHONE
CONTENT
3 Articulation / Playing Technique
- Mallets: consists of open and muted articulations
- Bowed: achieved by playing the metal bars with a bow
- Prepared: achieved by placing coins, spoons, spatulas, washers and respectively foldpaper on the metal bars
Extremely Versatile
providing regular mallets as well as bowed and prepared sounds and a silky and organic sound
Additional FX
On board effects such as Octaver, chorus and bitcrusher expand the instruments options
Powerful Arpeggio
Tiny but effective. The 8 step sequencer with voicing engine per step lets you easily create inspiring patterns.
Several Reverb types
Vibraphone is equipped with several reverb types including our favourite 'Infinte' type.
