GRAND MARIMBA

FIVE OCTAVE ROSEWOOD MARIMBA

4 ARTICULATIONS
70 Velocity Layers
Kontakt Player NKS

"I can’t fault this on any level.. This is a truly grand marimba"

Sound On Sound Review

The Ultimate Solo Percussion

A descendant of the African balafon, the modern marimba originated in Mexico, and is typified by wooden bars mounted above metal resonator tubes, which can be tuned using stops.

The Yamaha 6100 is the state of the art, with exclusive precision tuning, Honduran Rosewood bars and welded resonators for rattle-free playing.

Soniccouture Grand Marimba features an incredible 70 velocity layers for a truly connected playing experience.

Hear The Audio Demos

KONTAKT PLAYER COMPATIBLE

This is a Kontakt Player instrument. This means that you do not need to own the full version of NI Kontakt to use it. It will run as a plug-in instrument in any VST/AU/RTAS/AAX/WASAPI,compatible host program or DAW eg: Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, DP, Reaper, Pro-Tools. No extra purchase necessary.

Requires KONTAKT 6 or KONTAKT 6 PLAYER version 6.6 or later

Minimum System Requirements

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

THE MAIN PANEL

ARTICULATION CONTROL - MALLET, STICK, ROLL, BOW
KSP TREMOLO CONTROL

The main control panel.

EDIT PANELS

ENVELOPE, FILTERS
MICROTUNING PANEL
TREMOLO SETUP

Grand Marimba can be taken further than a conventional sound if you desire. Use envelopes, and filters, allowing you to create varying sound textures and shapes.

SETUP PANEL

SETUP OPTIONS MENU
VELOCITY CURVE TUNING
RANDOMISE TIMING + VELOCITY

Fine tune the response and performance of Grand Marimba.

WEAVER

RHYTHMIC TRAIL GENERATOR
UP TO 8 LANES
CREATE YOUR OWN PRESETS

Create unique rhythmic patterns for each note you play. A bit like a delay effect but evolves differently according to what you play - strands of sound weave in and out of each other.

THE FX PANEL

3 USER CONFIGURABLE INSERT FX
4 BAND EQUALISER
SPACE MODULE WITH CUSTOM REVERBS

Grand Marimba features a comprehensive effects page, with a configurable insert chain featuring Replika, Phasis and other cutting-edge NI effects. The Space Reverb module features Soniccouture's custom impulse library built up over many years and recording sessions.

SAMPLING THE MARIMBA

The marimba is massive, almost 3 meters across, which makes recording it a challenge;
it isn't possible to get too close to an instrument that large and maintain any sort of sensible stereo image.
And since we were aiming for an intimate, non-ambient, recording, we needed a very large but relatively dry studio to work in.

3 Mic pairs were used : AKG414s (with CK12 capsules), Shoeps cardioids, and AEA ribbons further back in the room.
These mics were mixed down to a stereo signal in post production.