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Premium Instruments For A Detailed Scoring Sound!

Scoring Mallets features three premium custom instruments from Marimba One, Malletech and Yamaha – a Marimba, Xylophone, and Vibraphone.

For these recordings HandHeld Sound chose custom Mallets that combine medium soft outer material with a harder more articulate core to bring out both warmth and resonance from the instruments.

THE INSTRUMENTS

Marimba

A custom Marimba made by ‘Marimba One’. This has 5 Octaves with Basso Resonators to enhance the fundamental pitch.

Xylophone

This Xylophone is from ‘Malletech’ and features a robust tone and strong attack. The mallets we used extend the rich sound and offer a nice balance between warmth and punch.

Vibraphone

This Yamaha Vibraphone is very special. It has a very direct sound with a lot of dynamics. There is some non linearity of harmonics throughout the tonal and dynamic ranges that makes it sound detailed and grainy, which works well within a modern orchestral context.

The HandHeldSound Sampling Approach

“Scoring Mallets” makes effective use of its massive sample pool to provide a lot more than just plenty of velocity layers, round robins and release samples.

HandHeldSound have also designed custom scripts for authentic Trills, Rolls, and Glissandi with complete control over tempo and humanization. You can apply Crescendo, time shifting, and velocity drifts all in real time if you wish.

The Acoustic Positioner™ – Truthful Positioning Around the Stage

HandHeldSound have developed a totally new concept with instrument positioning. Unlike panning, instrument positioning is a spatial effect which relies on the acoustic properties of the recording space.

Scoring Mallets was recorded in a beautiful scoring room and with the Acoustic Positioner you are now able to move instruments around the stage to better fit your production, especially when doing scoring and using a variety of instruments from different libraries.

Acoustic Positioner offers true positioning capabilities without relying on convolution and panning mock-ups. The engine is based on specific microphone arrays and placement that allowed us to create a comprehensive time and phase matrix that is entirely sample-based.

There are no gimmicks and no simulation. You are actually moving the instrument around the stage smoothly with virtually no extra CPU usage! This allows “Scoring Mallets” to give you a Surround-enabled ultra realistic and detailed instruments that fit virtually any scoring scenario!

A Built-in Step Sequencer & Extensive Scripting Ensure Ultra-Realistic Performances!

Polyphonic Step Sequencer for Ostinati Generation

With the built-in Step Sequencer you can design polyrhythmic and polyphonic Ostinati and change tonal structures on the fly by playing chords.

With added features for time drifts and custom velocity maps you can create evocative loopable Ostinati and intricate polyphonic lines on the spot.

Design sequenced patterns and trigger them in realtime. Create up to 4-note polyphonic and polyrhythmic Ostinati with complete control over timing, tempo, and dynamics.

Ultra Idiomatic Writing & Playback –  From Single Notes to Ripple Rolls!

With “Scoring Mallets” you can elegantly play single notes, Trills, Rolls, Glissandi. These options allow complete freedom of idiomatic writing without the use of pre-recorded loops.

And finally, “Scoring Mallets” includes special 4-mallet playing techniques which bring authentic multi-mallet playing styles to the virtual instrument world.

Choose between various types – Basic, Independent, and Ripple Rolls – each with special scripting to replicate proper timing and velocity relationships between inner and outer mallets.

Playability Enhancements

“Scoring Mallets” also includes a customized Logarithmic Velocity Control and extensive realtime performance, timing, and humanization options that ensure ultra realistic playback.