Our percussionist used a small Behringer amplifier which sat right under the malletkat, so the sound emanated from where the instrument was in the overall mix of the community band and it was *not* wired into the house sound.
My son happened to be in town for the weekend so he came and played trumpet with the band (he's been a member since 5th grade) and he said he looked up in amazement at the chimes because he knew we didn't have any chimes. So, yes, it did sound just like the instrument it replaced. People who use electronic instruments need to realize that they need to be played through a small but adequate amplifier which sits where the player is, just as the sound would emanate from that spot if a non-electronic instrument were being played there. Electronic instruments should not be played through an auditorium's P.A. system unless the entire group is amplified and everybody's sound is coming through the P.A. system, which should never (in my opinion) be done with an orchestra or a concert band. David H. Bailey On 1/13/2014 12:26 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: > Did it sound like the instruments it replaced? I recall hearing my > daughter's youth orchestra, with a keyboard synth replacing harp, in which > the latter sound seemed to be uncomfortably coming from all over the room, > while the real instruments were heard from where they were being played. > > Raymond Horton > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > Composer, Arranger > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:17 AM, David H. Bailey < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Funny you should ask that -- I played one this past weekend, sharing it >> with another percussionist. The man who owned it had programmed the >> bottom 2 octaves to be chimes (written treble clef) and had programmed >> the top two octaves to be orchestra bells in the same octave. >> >> So it can be notated however you wish -- it is a four octave range but >> you can have multiple zones, each set in its own octave and with its own >> sounds. >> >> David H. Bailey >> >> On 1/13/2014 6:46 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: >>> >>> anyone know how this instrument is supposed to be notated? the >>> performer is using the 4-octave model and has assigned sounds that >>> need to be triggered mainly in the centre and avoiding the extreme >>> keys, so it fits well on treble clef (G3-Bb7) without having to >>> resort to clef changes or 8va markings. >>> >>> note this is NOT being used as an electronic marimba, the performer >>> triggers sound files that are often not "pitched" and has mapped out >>> the sounds across the instrument range for ease of playing, so it >>> doesn't really have to reflect the range of the marimba in this >>> piece; it is "just" a keyboard here. >>> >>> http://www.alternatemode.com/articles/aug4.shtml >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> David H. Bailey >> [email protected] >> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
