Lithophone

Lithophone
$16.00

Sounding stones made of basalt, granite, marble and other minerals were used in many ancient cultures for ceremonial and religious purposes. These days, the Lithophone is the most commonly known stone instrument, which Carl Orff first introduced to orchestral arrangements. There are 15 small round slabs of limestone chromatically arranged on rubber pegs. The Lithophone recorded by the Vienna Symphonic Library was newly developed at the Technical University of Zurich, and modeled after the marimba. The unmistakable, round stone sound remains prominent over the instrument’s nearly five octave range.

Lithophone
ARTICULATION GROUP    
11 LITHOPHONE Single notes with soft and hard mallets
Small and large stones on slabs
Bowed, p and f
Soft mallets:
Single notes secco
Rolls
Chord tremolos
Sul ponticello, normal and secco
Glissandos

Medium mallets:
Single notes normal and secco
Chord tremolos

Hard mallets
Single notes secco
Chord tremolos

Effects:
Finger strokes normal and secco
Nail strokes normal and accented
3mm needle center strokes and plucked
5mm needle side strokes and ponticello
"Shattering" tremolo portato and accented

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System Requirements

  • Windows 8.1 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 (latest update), Intel Core i3
  • 7200 rpm hard drive for the sample content
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager software for activation in the cloud or on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key

Recommended

  • Windows 10/11 (latest updates, 64-bit), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 11 (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • 8 GB RAM
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • 1 GB