Frozen Glock
A Yamaha glockenspiel, sampled softly, accompanied by organic pad textures
ByDan Keen
The story
In the depths of our West London studio lives a Yamaha glockenspiel. It sounds nice when played hard, but better when played softly. I set up a Sontronics Apollo stereo ribbon microphone and recorded this sample in minor thirds. 2 dynamic layers, 4 round robins. The result is warm and clean. I decided to take it to the next step by morphing and mangling these samples into pads that add ebb and flow. You can adjust this knob with the mod wheel for a musical blend that adapts as you play!
Frozen Glock Walkthrough
Reviews
Dan Doesent Miss
Dan really doesn't miss. Ive been following him since soft string spurs and its so awesome to see him working for spitfire. His instruments are some of my favorite on Pianobook and I think he has a great ear for sampling. This instrument is beautiful. The way the mallet hits the bell has such a pleasing realistic transient sound and the round robins sound awesome. This instrument also has an awesome dynamic range as well a huge note range, sounding awesome way down low and way up high. Im working on a piece right now inspired by the first Harry Potter movie where i use a celeste. I really like the mechanical noises of the celeste so i don't think I'm going to replace it with this but i might layer this in for added tone.
Great Simple Soft Glock Sound
Plays well and sounds great. Well done
Love, love
Playable inspiration that compels happy fingers to tinkle on and on.