KVR Audio

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:02 am

Only $40 too!!

Soniccat · Post by **Soniccat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:45 am

Cool

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:46 am

Congratulations!

That's pretty cool.

My girlfriend bought one of those used. She only paid $15 for hers, but she didn't get a case and stand. You both got good deals.

Are we going to be hearing your new instrument on the cafe any time soon?

take care,
McLilith

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:47 am

Standard MIDI in/out/through?

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:48 am

So is that a vibraphone or xylophone. I'm never certain of the difference (too tired to look it up, so don't make me)?

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:49 am

LBN wrote:Standard MIDI in/out/through?

I sampled my girlfriend's glock. In a sense, it responds to MIDI now.

take care,
McLilith

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:50 am

shamann wrote:So is that a vibraphone or xylophone. I'm never certain of the difference (too tired to look it up, so don't make me)?

It's a glockenspiel.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:17 am

that looks exactly (bag, stand, and everything) like the percussion kit i got for middle school band

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:22 am

shamann wrote:So is that a vibraphone or xylophone. I'm never certain of the difference (too tired to look it up, so don't make me)?

vibraphones/Marimbas kick ass and have wooden bars. With soft mallets you can make almost drone/pad-like sounds on one. I personally love the marimba.

xylophones have metal bars and are almost exclusively played with hard mallets.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:31 am

McLilith wrote: Are we going to be hearing your new instrument on the cafe any time soon?

Most definatly.

Chase Altertone wrote:that looks exactly (bag, stand, and everything) like the percussion kit i got for middle school band

CB700, Oh Yeah!

Yours probably came with a drum pad too, no?

shamann wrote:So is that a vibraphone or xylophone. I'm never certain of the difference (too tired to look it up, so don't make me)?

Actually, a "glockenspiel" or "Concert bells". A Xylophone has wooden(or sometimes resin or some other composite material) keys. A vibraphone has metal keys, and little rotating flaps over the sound tubes that are hooked up to a motor wich makes them spin. This causes vibrato, hence the name "Vibraphone"

Then there's the Marimba, which is like a xylophone only much bigger with a lower range.

LBN wrote:Standard MIDI in/out/through?

No.

But there are xylophone MIDI controllers called "MalletKat" they generally cost a lot more than $40 though. I would love to have one though.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:38 am

Chase Altertone wrote: vibraphones/Marimbas kick ass and have wooden bars. With soft mallets you can make almost drone/pad-like sounds on one. I personally love the marimba.

xylophones have metal bars and are almost exclusively played with hard mallets.

Actually, Xylophones have wood bars, vibrophones have metal.

I think you had them mixed up.

But they do kick ass.

Hopefully now that I own a mallet instrument I will get much better at playing them. Now that I don't have to book a practice room every time I want to practice.

Nice to see someone else here that plays mallets though. Doesn't seem like a very popular instrument. Especially today.

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:37 pm

Cool! Now you can play Neighbourhood #3 (Power's Out), too.

Groet, Erik

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:50 pm

I would love to have a vibraphone, that is one instrument that doesnt get enough use...

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:25 pm

It's a glockenspiel, eh. I've never seen one with the second row of bars like that. Always assumed the extra meant it was something else. So now I know.

Gymnopedies · Post by **Gymnopedies** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:48 pm

Chase Altertone wrote:
shamann wrote:So is that a vibraphone or xylophone. I'm never certain of the difference (too tired to look it up, so don't make me)?
vibraphones/Marimbas kick ass and have wooden bars. With soft mallets you can make almost drone/pad-like sounds on one. I personally love the marimba.

xylophones have metal bars and are almost exclusively played with hard mallets.

Actually, Xylophones/Marimbas have wood bars...

Vibraphones have metal bars and a motor that turns a cam over the resonator tubes that produce a vibrato.
metalaphone+vibrato= vibraphone.

Look what I just bought ;D