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CHAPTER 17. SOUNDS: VIBRAPHONE.
What does a vibraphone do in a keyboard that simulates piano instruments? Well, even though the vibraphone isn't played with a
keyboard, it has that magic appeal of a piano because the bars are arranged exactly like piano notes, but it's played with mallets, so it
puts together the fun of playing a percussive instrument with the ease of playing a piano at first glance. The vibraphone simulated by
the Seven is completely based on physical modeling, and offers two parameters:
 DECAY TYPE: this can either be Keyboard or Mallets. The difference stands in the fact that a real vibraphone, as opposed to a
piano, has only one big damper for all bars, while the piano has one damper for each note. So, on a piano you can play and hold a
single note and have the sound to decay slowly in time; on a vibraphone the sound will decay soon after you hit the bar with the
mallet, unless you press the sustain pedal. So, if you prefer to play the vibraphone piano-style, select Keyboard; if you wish to try
the experience of using mallets, select Mallets... but remember that even the best vibraphonist can only use up to four mallets, so
no more than four notes at once!
 MALLET HARDNESS: the harder the mallet, the brighter the sound.
PLEASE NOTE: the Seven simulates a four octave vibraphone, with a note range starting at the second C note up to the last C note.
You'll find that all other notes will not produce any sound. This is not a bug, not an issue. If you don't like having mute notes on the
keyboard, you can still use the sampled vibraphone.
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