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Extraordinary aluminium bells

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    Extraordinary aluminium bells

    An exciting addition to the mallet family, this extraordinary array of aluminium bells has been performed by world-renowned percussionist Paul Clarvis, a master of his craft. Expertly recorded in the Hall at AIR Studios by resident engineer Jake Jackson, this is unique metallic sound will enhance your percussion collection.
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    Requires Kontakt (full license)

    6 mic signals

    Kontakt Full

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    Aluphone GUI

    The Overview panel

    This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

    Aluphone GUI

    General Controls panel

    This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.

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    The Ostinatum

    In this view you can add notes to a pattern sequencer, select which key it triggers on and then play for instant ostinato creation. It’s like an arpeggiator on a synthesiser.

    What's included

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    Individual patches

    • Long - bowed
    • Long - fingers
    • Long - hard beater
    • Long - soft beater
    • Short - bowed
    • Short - hard beater
    • Short - soft beater

    Other patches

    • Aluphone - COG patches
    • Aluphone - longs
    • Aluphone - shorts
    • Aluphone - time Machine patches

    Mics & mixes

    Mics

    • C - Close
    • T - Tree
    • A - Ambients
    • O - Outrigger
    • G - Gallery
    • M - Mid

    Mixes

    • M - Medium Mix
    • B - Broad Mix

    Tech specs

    Mac system requirements

    Mac OS 11, 12 or 13 

    Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported

    Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM

    Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    PC system requirements

    Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

    Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    File size

    13.80 GB disk space required during install

    6.90 GB download size

    Too large to download? Choose hard drive delivery at checkout

    Kontakt player

    Kontakt Full required

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