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Hyperion Percussion: Marimba Black Friday pricing is $49.50, 50% off, until Dec 6, 2026, on Soundiron's Kontakt library of a full-scale Adams Alpha 5-octave rosewood marimba with Apex frame.
It is the first instrument in the Hyperion Percussion series. The range runs C2 to C7, and the maker says every nuance was captured for concert playability.
This Kontakt marimba plugin ships as a sample library, with one master patch and four individual.nki instrument presets, plus 20 custom FX presets.
The four mallets each have their own voice. The Innovative Percussion Pedro Carneiro PC3 medium soft yarn mallets give a warm, heavy but softly rounded tone. The Promark SPYR SM3 medium yarn mallets are described as balanced and classic, with rich tonality.
The Vic Firth Anders Astrand M293 hard yarn vibraphone mallets give a crisp, sharp, precise attack. The extra-large 1.6" soft rubber mallets bring a springy bounce, a smooth attack and a pronounced, blooming sustain.
This is the solo edition, and it uses an extremely close, wide stereo position. Soundiron centered on each bar individually, which the maker says gives detail, clarity and a strong presence.
That leaves the stereo field adjustable across the key range. You can place the marimba on the soundstage and pick a room, hall, algorithmic reverb or environmental impulse from the Space tab.
The interface has automation-ready controls for swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, coarse and fine pitch, articulation switching, cross-fading and layering.
The LFO system lets you pick the shape, the modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. There are 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, and modulation targets include velocity, modwheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and a step-sequencer table.
The arpeggiator has a velocity table and controls for direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. A key and scale lock keeps notes inside common scales and keys.
The FX rack has 8 slots that you can fill in any order from 27 DSP modules. They include phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ and a rotator.
The reverb carries 99 impulse responses of rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor spaces, plus 40 custom FX impulses for heavier sound design. A bank of FX rack chain presets is there to start from.
You need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt, version 6.2.2 or later. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process do not support this library.
Windows 7 or higher, or macOS 10.12 or higher. The minimum spec is a quad-core CPU, 8 GB or more of RAM and a SATA or SSD drive.
Yes. The Hyperion Percussion: Marimba Black Friday deal takes 50% off, putting the Soundiron Kontakt library at $49.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
One master and four individual Kontakt.nki presets, plus 20 custom FX presets. The library holds 31,536 stereo samples at 24 bit / 48 kHz, 16.5 GB installed, with four mallet types and a modular FX rack.
No. It needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt, version 6.2.2 or later. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process do not support this library.
Four types: PC3 medium soft yarn, Promark SPYR SM3 medium yarn, Vic Firth M293 hard yarn vibraphone mallets, and extra-large 1.6" soft rubber. Each has 10 round-robin variations and 12 dynamic layers per note.
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