Contemporary Marimba · Kontakt
Budapest Abstract Marimba
Bright, Transient, Abstract
Transient-rich and bright, with synth and ambience sublayers underneath the wood.
50Kontakt presets
4Instrument sources
17GUI controls
6Octaves per instrument
+And more
Pure Hits●Tremolo Beds●Soft Sticks●Medium Sticks●Hard Sticks●Hands●Brush●Analog Sublayers●EQ Presets●MIDI Learn●& more
50 Kontakt presets24 bit / 48 kHzKontakt 5.7.3+
A contemporary-sounding Budapest marimba, built for fast sequences and inspiring tremolo beds.
Unlike traditional marimba libraries, the focus here is on transient-rich, bright sounds, with analog synth and ambience sublayers added so the instrument fits genres from electronic and jazz through to filmscore.
At a Glance
- 50 Kontakt presets 24 traditional marimba and 26 soundscapes
- 4 instrument sources an Adams Concert Marimba plus Oberheim and Sequential sublayers
- 6 playing techniques soft, medium and hard sticks, hands and brush across 6 hit and tremolo instruments
- 4 velocity layers from pianissimo to forte on the traditional instruments
- 17 GUI controls all of them MIDI-learnable
- Performed by Nandor Weisz percussionist of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Content & Detail
01What Is Insidethe four figures▾
Kontakt presets50 — 24 traditional marimba and 26 soundscapes
Instrument sources4 — the Adams Concert Marimba and synth sublayers from Oberheim and Sequential synthesizers
Range6 octaves per instrument, on both the traditional and the contemporary side
Velocity layers4 on the traditional instruments, 1 to 3 on each synth sublayer
02The Traditional Instrumentshits and tremolo beds▾
The instrumentAn Adams Concert Marimba, sampled in a dry studio environment in Budapest
What is played6 different hit and tremolo instruments, played with soft, medium and hard sticks, hands and brush
Controls17 in the interface, including instrument switch, attack-decay, room mix, EQ presets, tape, chorus, reverb and a master compressor
All MIDI-learnableEvery element of the interface can be mapped
03The Contemporary Layereverything above, plus▾
What it addsEverything from the traditional instruments, plus 15 extra analog synthesizer sublayers
Where they came fromSampled from various Oberheim and Dave Smith synthesizers
What they are forA subtle weight or an extra character, through analog synth layers, tape, dimension and space effects
04Recording and Requirementsand one disagreement▾
Microphones namedClose — 1x Shure SM57. Mid — 2x AT35. Recorded through a Universal Audio Apollo X
Mic positions claimedThe field says “3 mic positions” twice, in the features and again in the summary, while both places that name the microphones list the two above
Resolution24 bit / 48 kHz
HostKontakt 5.7.3+
A marimba recorded dry and close is a percussion instrument; the same marimba under a synth sublayer becomes a texture. Both sets are here, and the second is built on top of the first rather than beside it.
