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 HandHeldSound 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.