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The Bloom Ensemble Mallets Upgrade Black Friday deal is 33% off for owners of Bloom Ensemble Mallets Lite, which brings the upgrade to $20 until Nov 30, 2026.
It is an upgrade, so it is meant for people who already hold the Lite version. The full Bloom Ensemble Mallets is sold separately.
Bloom Ensemble Mallets is an ensemble instrument from Excite Audio's Bloom series. It turns loops, one-shots and phrases into a tuned-percussion instrument that is ready to play.
The sound sources are pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells. You can play solo voices, high-energy sequences or full ensemble stacks.
The maker says it adds organic melodic movement to electronic, ambient, downtempo and cinematic music. It cites Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, Bonobo and Floating Points as inspiration.
Here is what the maker lists for the full instrument:
The presets are split into 7 categories: Full Ensembles, Experimental, High Energy, Low Energy, Melodic, Solo and Textures. Melodic presets are built from samples pitched in a scale across 2 octaves.
On the Main Page, the white notes trigger individual sounds. The black notes launch phrases or change properties.
There are eight banks of sounds. Each bank holds 14 bpm-synced samples across two octaves. You can load a new bank or drag single samples onto the 14 white notes to swap them.
The four macros are Age, Lo-Fi, Bounce and Smudge. They shape the sound without leaving the Main Page.
The Edit Page covers playback type and direction, attack and release, and pitch and panning. A hard hit can be turned into a gradual fade-in, a marimba roll can be played backwards, and a glockenspiel can be transposed to another key.
To use your own audio, drag a file onto the sample display on the Main Page. Your own recordings can become personalized sample banks, and you're free to exchange the sounds whenever you like.
The sequencer programs bpm-synced patterns. In the modulation section you can automate pitch, volume, filters and all three effects.
The effects are Modulation (Chorus, Flanger and Vibrato), Reverb (Plate, Hall or Spring) and a Delay that syncs to your project. High-pass and low-pass filters sit alongside them.
Bloom Ensemble Mallets comes as VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone. The maker lists Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason among the supported DAWs.
It is 64-bit only, and the recommended buffer size is 512 samples or higher. On Windows, it needs Windows 7 or higher, and the Windows formats are VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone.
An internet connection is required to authorise the software. If you access it through a Rent to Own plan or the Beatport Studio membership, it runs through the Beatport Access portal and needs an internet connection every 30 days to validate your license.
Yes. The Bloom Ensemble Mallets Upgrade is 33% off, so it costs $20 until Nov 30, 2026. It is for owners of Bloom Ensemble Mallets Lite, and the full Bloom Ensemble Mallets is available separately.
The maker lists over 250 presets in 7 categories, three effects, four performance macros, an Edit Page, a sequencer and sample import. The sounds come from pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells.
Yes, it comes as VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone. The maker lists Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason among the supported DAWs. It is 64-bit only.
Yes. Drag an audio file onto the sample display on the Main Page to replace the existing sample. Load your own recordings to assemble personalized sound banks, and exchange individual samples whenever you like. The maker marks sample import as new.
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