Articulations and Sound Character
The Mallets group contains open and muted articulations that stay close to a natural vibraphone sound. With the Pedal button enabled, notes play muted by default and switch to open when the sustain pedal (CC 64) is pressed. The Hold setting plays only open notes and lets you adjust an overall length.
The bowed articulation is made by stroking the metal bars with a bow, giving a slow attack. The prepared articulations use coins, spoons, spatulas, washers and folded paper placed on the bars. They can be played individually or mixed through the Custom option. The Assign and Random buttons let you map specific articulations to keys or distribute them across the keyboard.
The samples were recorded with close-up condenser microphones, the developer says, to give a stereo sound with no room, so you can add your own reverb afterwards.
