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The Bloom Ensemble Mallets Black Friday crossgrade from Excite Audio is 25% off at $29 until Nov 30, 2026, and it is open to anyone who owns the full version of any Bloom series product.
Bloom Ensemble Mallets is a virtual instrument that turns loops, one-shots and phrases into a playable mallet instrument. It is the latest ensemble instrument in the Bloom series.
The sound set is built from pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells.
The maker points to electronic, ambient, downtempo and cinematic music as the home for it, and names Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, Bonobo and Floating Points as inspirations.
Excite Audio's sound designers made over 250 presets, sorted into 7 categories:
There are eight banks of sounds, and each bank holds 14 bpm-synced samples spread over two octaves.
On the Main Page, the white notes trigger individual sounds. The black notes launch phrases or change properties.
Four macros shape the sound: Age, Lo-Fi, Bounce and Smudge. You can swap a sound by loading a new bank, or by dragging single samples onto the 14 white notes.
Use the Bloom Sequencer to fire off and stack single hits as well as repeating, looped patterns. You program bpm-synced patterns and lay struck melodies over pulsing rhythms.
In the modulation section you can automate pitch, volume, filters and all three effects.
The Edit Page treats every sample as raw material. Playback type and direction, attack and release, pitch and panning all sit there.
Per the maker, you could turn a hard mallet hit into a gradual swell, play a marimba roll backwards, or retune a glockenspiel to a different key.
You can import your own audio by dragging a file onto the sample display on the Main Page. That replaces the existing sample, so you can build custom banks from your own recordings. Import is marked as new in this release.
There are high-pass and low-pass filters, plus three effects:
This is a crossgrade for owners of any full Bloom series product. The full version of Bloom Ensemble Mallets is sold separately.
Yes. The Bloom Ensemble Mallets crossgrade is 25% off at $29 until Nov 30, 2026. It is meant for owners of the full version of any Bloom series product, and the full Bloom Ensemble Mallets is sold separately.
Over 250 presets in 7 categories, from Full Ensembles to Textures, built from pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells. Eight banks of 14 bpm-synced samples, a sequencer, filters, and Modulation, Reverb and Delay effects round it out.
Formats are VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone, with AU on the Mac side and no AU in the Windows list. Supported DAWs include Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason. It is 64-bit only.
Yes. Drag an audio file onto the sample display on the Main Page to replace the existing sample. Your own recordings can become personalized banks, and you're free to exchange individual samples whenever you like. Sample import is marked as new.
Prices and end dates are checked at publishing time and can change, so confirm them at the store before you buy.