Synchron Mallets II

Synchron Mallets I
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Synchron Mallets II

Synchron Mallets II is part of the Synchron Percussion II Collection and contains a vibraphone and crotales.

The Vibraphone was developed in 1921 by the Leedy Manufacturing Company in the USA. Due to its quick popularity, it was developed further by the same company in 1927, when it got its now familiar form with aluminum sound bars. Vibraphones have a pleasant soft sound equally suited for melodies and harmonic accompaniment. In comparison with other mallet instruments, its sound has a relatively long sustain. As with the piano, the tone can be held with a pedal. Vibraphones also have a motor that turns so-called butterfly valves over the resonator tubes, thus creating a vibrato effect.

The vibraphone featured in Synchron Percussion II was recorded with up to eight dynamic layers and eight round robins for single strokes. It provides the following articulations: motor on and off, hard and soft mallet, single notes open and secco, and rolls. Effect techniques include pitch bend (to achieve this, a hard mallet is drawn with pressure over the sound bar), harmonics (the sound bar is pressed in the middle and played at its suspension point), glissandos as well as being played with the mallet handle, rubbed with a super ball, and bowed.

The Crotales used in today’s orchestras descended from antique cymbals and were first used during the Bronze Age in Ireland. Originally, antique cymbals were played in pairs by striking each other. Modern orchestral crotales consist of individual brass or bronze discs arranged in half tone steps. They have a very bright, bell-like sound with a relatively long sustain, which makes them similar to the glockenspiel. They are often used for melodies or for doubling leading voices.

The crotales of Synchron Percussion II are available in a range of two octaves (C6–C8). They were played with plastic and metal beaters, and sampled with up to eight dynamic layers and four round robins. Rolls, glissandos and bowed articulations are included as well.

Synchron Mallets II
ARTICULATION GROUPARTICULATIONS
04 Vibraphone - Musser
  • Hard and soft mallets, bow, superball
  • Single notes, open (motor off and on) and secco
  • Harmonics
  • Rolls normal and dynamics (1/3 sec.)
  • Glissandos fast and slow, up and down; full range and octave 4/5/6/7
  • Handle, motor off and on
  • Pitch bend
  • Bow: single notes, regular and pitch bend
  • Superball: regular, motor off and on
05 Crotales - Bergerault
  • Metal and plastic beaters, bow
  • Single strokes open and muted
  • Rolls normal open and muted
  • Dynamic rolls 0.5/1/3 sec.
  • Glissandos
  • Bow: regular

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Minimum System Requirements

  • Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i5
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • 16 GB RAM
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)

Recommended

  • Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
  • 32 GB RAM
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • Standard Library: 71 GB (individual microphone data can be removed)
  • Full Library: 143 GB (individual microphone data can be removed)