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The Bloom Ensemble Mallets Black Friday deal takes 33% off Excite Audio's tuned percussion instrument, so it costs $39 until Nov 30, 2026. It is the latest ensemble instrument in the Bloom series.
The maker says it turns loops, one-shots and phrases into a mallet instrument that is ready to play. The sound sources are pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells.
The maker points to Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, Bonobo and Floating Points as inspiration. It is aimed at electronic, ambient, downtempo and cinematic music.
The maker lists solo voices, high-energy sequences and full ensemble stacks as the range you can play.
The Main Page holds eight banks of sounds. Each bank has 14 bpm-synced samples across two octaves.
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 sounds by loading a new bank, or by dragging single samples onto the 14 white notes.
The Edit Page turns every sample into raw material. It holds playback type and direction, attack and release, and pitch and panning, plus high-pass and low-pass filters.
With it, a marimba roll can play backwards, a sharp hit can melt into a gradual crescendo, and a glockenspiel can be tuned to a different key.
The maker marks sample import as new. Drag an audio file onto the sample display on the Main Page to replace the existing sample, and build custom banks from your own recordings.
The Bloom Sequencer triggers and layers one-shots and looping sequences. You program bpm-synced patterns, and the modulation section automates pitch, volume, filters and all three effects.
The three effects are:
Bloom Ensemble Mallets comes as VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone. It is 64-bit only.
The maker lists Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason among the supported DAWs. On Windows it needs Windows 7 or higher, with VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone formats.
A buffer size of 512 samples or higher is recommended. An internet connection is needed to authorise the software.
If you get it through a Rent to Own plan or the Beatport Studio membership, it installs and runs through the Beatport Access portal. That route needs an internet connection every 30 days to validate the license.
Yes. The Bloom Ensemble Mallets Black Friday deal takes 33% off, bringing the price to $39 until Nov 30, 2026. It is Excite Audio's mallet instrument with over 250 presets, four performance macros and a built-in sequencer.
It is built from pianos, vibraphones, marimbas, glockenspiels and bells. The 250+ presets cover 7 categories, from Full Ensembles and Solo voices to High Energy and Low Energy sequences, Melodic presets, Textures and Experimental sound design.
Yes. The maker lists sample import as new. Drag an audio file onto the sample display on the Main Page to replace the existing sample, then build custom banks from your own recordings and swap samples whenever you like.
It comes as VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone, 64-bit only. Supported DAWs include Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason. A 512-sample buffer or higher is recommended.
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