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Simon Rigby
Simon Rigby’s Reviews
Beautifully Broken
This is a really awesome little broken instrument. Celeste like in many ways, but more mechanical in the sounds of woody case. It is a nice touch to include a doctored version for those who want something a little bit more tamed, but the "undoctored" version is my favourite.
Beautifully and intimately sampled it responds well to loads of different treatments, from saturation to delays and reverbs and of course verbs and delays are built in.
Inherently playable and loads of fun.
My only gripe is that if you're going to have a "splash" knob and a "splosh" knob, you really need a "splish" as well :)
Would download again.
Not Your Average Marimba
My initial expectations for this library were to a degree what I heard when I pressed the first key in the low end. It's a bowed marimba, but it's an exceptionally good one. Hold down a key for any length of time and you start to hear the evolution of tone that gives this instrument so much character. Then you dig a little deeper and it becomes so much more.
Due to a really well developed "engine" this instrument is immensely flexible and some of my favourite surprise moments came from playing it in the higher register. Sure it has the inherent marimba quality, but it also has "bottle blow" undertones.
The inclusion of an envelope and an offset control are well considered and provide a range of possibilities. One of my favourites it to dial up the offset and decrease the release slightly that results in a "vibraphone-esque" palette.
This is brilliantly executed and very organic. The attention to detail that the creator has paid rewards the player with lots of subtle and not so subtle control that gives this instrument uses well outside the initial expectations.
Grab this. It won't disappoint.