EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

highlandsource wrote:

> hi,
>
> having heard mike manieri (sp?) bend notes on the vibes i'm
> always left wondering..how he do dat?

You use a special hard rubber ended mallet in one hand and a regular one in
the other. You strike the note regularly with the regular mallet and hold
down the sustain pedal. You then press down hard on the note with the rubber
mallet near the bottom of the bar where the string runs through the note.
And while the note is sustaining you move the rubbert mallet slowly up the
length of the note to create the bent effect. It works better lower on the
instrument because then notes ar physically larger and you have more
distance to move the pressed in mallet up. In regular playing situations of
course you can do it with two of the same regular mallets. It's not as
predominant an effect though, although more practical if it is in the middle
of a passage of notes.


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Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
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