EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@y..., Eli Krantzberg <elik@c...> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> --
> Eli Krantzberg
> Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
> http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com

Thanks for this enlightening info Eli.
Having listened and analysed best I could Mainieri's playing, I had 
come to the conclusion that he used one of those old digital delays 
with a pedal connected to the speed pot(Roland made those). I did 
experiment with those and got the same results. Check out the Blue 
Montreux albums, perhaps that is what is happening on those.

Paul