Marble: Creative Kontakt Instrument by Cinematique Instruments

Marble includes 63 single instruments spanning drums, percussion, synths, textures, basses, pads, guitars and mallets. Many sources offer up to six round robin variations and up to eight dynamic layers, with roughly 2,500 samples in total. Sources include a jazz drum kit, a marimba recorded in a concert hall, pizzicato cello notes, a flute, analog-style synths and a range of glitch and FX sounds.

The two tracks each run a 16-step sequencer where every step is editable across 12 functions. A lock option for tuning makes it easier to play drum beats or rhythmic patterns without changing pitch.

After the sequencer stage, the combined output passes through a 13-effect matrix. The effects can be adjusted in real time, and the developer describes the matrix as including low- and high-pass filters, distortion, compression, a frequency rate control and a random generator. Effect settings can be recalled and swept with the Marble or Modwheel controller across 127 steps.

The Freeze function keeps Marble playing without holding a key, which suits live performance or sketching a new composition around a looping pattern.