Vital Series: Mallets – Kontakt Mallet Percussion Instrument by Vir2

The core of the library is eight tuned percussion instruments, each recorded with several mallet types: Soft, Medium Soft, Medium Hard, Hard, Rods and Bow. Each instrument uses dry, stereo samples with up to four velocity layers and five round robins, so repeated notes avoid obvious repetition.

The mallet types give you control over attack and tone within each instrument, which is useful when you want a softer marimba pad or a harder, more articulate xylophone line.

Each instrument has its own Mallet Type, Volume, Pan, Stereo Width, Octave Remapping, ADSR and Extended Range controls. Octave Remapping shifts an instrument up or down by two octaves, and Extended Range stretches its lowest and highest mapped samples from C0 to C7.

The Rolls creator generates mallet rolls: one triggered note simulates two hands striking that note, while two notes simulate alternating strikes. Seven built-in effects, including Tune, Equalizer, Distortion, Delay, Reverb, Transient Master and Compressor, let you shape the sound inside the instrument. A global LFO and LowPass filter are also included.