Plugin Boutique are offering a deal on Solo Vibraphone by Cinematique Instruments for a limited time, now only £39.98 / $49.36, (usually £57.37 / $70.83). The offer ends June 11th.
The Vibraphone is a percussion instrument very similar (and at the same time very dissimilar) to the Marimba. Its tone is produced by metal bars that are arranged like the keys on a piano, and resonator tubes underneath them. More advanced in comparison to the Glockenspiel, it features a tremolo driven by a motor, and a pedal to either let the metal bars ring or dampen them.
This Vibraphone is a fine orchestra Yamaha vibraphone – it has a range of 4 ½ octaves.
There are three groups of articulations available. “Mallets” consists of open and muted articulations, which are natural to the Vibraphone. Cinematique Instruments added a bowed articulation, achieved by stroking the metal bars with a bow, which results in a sound with a beautiful, slow attack.
Finally, they recorded some prepared articulations, which are achieved by placing coins, spoons, spatulas, washers and respectively fold paper on the metal bars. With the Solo Vibraphone, Cinematique Instruments came out with an extremely versatile vibraphone instrument providing regular mallets as well as bowed and prepared sounds and a silky and organic sound.
3 Articulation / Playing Techniques
- Mallets: consists of open and muted articulations, which are natural to the Vibraphone.
- Bowed: achieved by stroking the metal bars with a bow, which results in a sound with a beautiful, slow attack.
- Prepared: achieved by placing coins, spoons, spatulas, washers and respectively fold paper on the metal bars. The prepared articulations can be played apart from each other or mixed
Onboard fx such as Octaver, chorus and low res (bit crusher) expand the options of the instrument.
The tiny but effective 8 step sequencer with a voicing engine per step lets you easily create inspiring patterns.
Vibraphone is equipped with several reverb types including our favourite ‘Infinite’ type.
Features include:
- One Solo Vibraphone instrument
- Lots Of Different Playing Techniques
- Approximately 1200 Samples
- 600 MB of compressed data
Solo Vibraphone requires a full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or later.
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