User guide
VibysM
The VibysM is a 3.5-octave Musser concert vibraphone - one of the best models ever made. Performed with soft mallets.
Overview
SOFT MALLETS, FULL STEREO
The VibysM is a 3 1/2 octave Musser concert vibraphone, one of the best vibraphone models ever made. It was played with soft mallets to capture the widest dynamics and all the softness of the instrument, and recorded in ORTF configuration for a full stereo image.
The vibraphone was very popular in the jazz of the 50's and was used much less afterwards, but today it is back in popular music, modern jazz and even electronic music. Around 411 samples, with 9 velocity layers for the sustain and 3 for the releases.
Interface
Features
The motor
Vibraphones often have a motor: a spinning bar that blocks all the resonance tubes at once, giving the instrument its famous vibrato. It is so characteristic that some players never play without it, so the VibysM simulates it, with its rate and an on/off switch.
You can also set the depth of the effect - not really possible on a real instrument, although it varies from one vibraphone to another.
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Motor
On / Off: turns the motor simulation on or off
Rate: the speed of the motor
Depth: the depth of the tremolo
Release, pedal and sensitivity
The releases and the sustain pedal noises, triggered automatically, each have their own volume, so you decide how much of the instrument's mechanics you hear.
The sensitivity adjusts the library to your taste and your playing, by setting how quiet the softest notes are.
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Tweaks
Release Volume: the volume of the release samples
Pedal Volume: the volume of the sustain pedal noises
Sensitivity: sets the minimum volume for velocity 1, from a narrow to the full dynamic range
Technical specifications
Sample player
VibysM plays in UVI Player (formerly UVI Workstation), UVI's free sample player. We provide it with every library you buy, so you don't need an expensive sampler to use our products. It works on Mac (macOS 10.14 or later, Intel or Apple silicon) and Windows (10 or later), standalone or as a plug-in (VST / VST3 / AU / AAX), in 64-bit only. More about it here.
Copy protection
We use the iLok system to protect our products and you can choose to register your license to your computer or to an iLok dongle. If you decide to use an iLok dongle, both V1 and V2 are compatible with our products. You can activate your license on up to 3 computers or iLok dongles at the same time and you can deactivate one and activate another as many times as you want.