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WHAT IS MARBLE?

MARBLE is a creative music tool - it is an extreme versatile instrument, modern and inspiring. By coming up with 2 parallel sound slots equipped with an "open" sequencer, real-time sound shaping and loads of acoustic and synthetic sound sources MARBLE tries to fnd new approaches to music production.

MARBLE covers a wide range of musical components and ofers an enormous number of possibilities and options. The over 800 presets are surely demonstrating that. You have single sounds, tonal textures, rhythmical fgures, drum beats, ambient patterns, moving spheres, percussion loop etc. There are endless ways you can use MARBLE.

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Ok, but what is it basically about?

MARBLE is technically a 2 track 16 step sequencer with the ability to edit every single step of the sequencer in terms of volume, pan, flter, tune, drive, reverse etc. - to sum it up, you have eleven parameter to chose! In order to feed these two tracks MARBLE provides 63 diferent sound sources, some of them are providing up to six times round robin with several dynamic layers (see list below). Marble is full chromatically. It is not just a one key trigger machine. You can play the sounds in every key or as chords, but it also possible to „lock“ the tuning, which lets you easier play drum beats or rhythmical pattern.

But if that wasn ́t enough, MARBLE gives you the oppurtunity to shape the entire sound in real-time. You have 13 efects at your fngertips which can be manually adjusted in 127 steps. To recall these efect settings just use the Marble - or the Modwheel – which runs through all 127 steps. You can now shape your sound in real-time at your own requirements.

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THE MAIN FEATURES

1. THE CORE - THE 'OPEN' SEQUENCER

The base of MARBLE are 2 parallel sound slots or tracks, each equipped with an 'open' 16 step sequencer. 'Open' means that you can determine and defne every possible sound parameters for every single of the 16 steps. In detail it is possible to separately change the values for 12 (!) functions for every step of both sequencer. You can change the velocity, the note length, pan, tuning, the playing-direction, the shape, flter, LFO stutter, reverb, delay and the time shifting in both directions. MARBLE is full chromatically playable. It is not just a one key trigger machine. You can play the sounds in every key or as chords, but it also possible to „lock“ the tuning, which lets you easier play drum beats or rhythmical pattern.

2. CONTENT AND SOURCES

In order to feed the 2 sound slots MARBLE provides a lot of exciting and organic sound sources. Beside some highlights of our current Cinematique Instruments library we have specially recorded plenty of new sounds and instruments such as a complex Gretsch jazz drum kit, a bass, a marimba, the pizzicato notes of a cello trio, a fute - thanks to powerfute.ch, several modern and classical synths, a gran cassa, miscellaneous tiny skin percussions, shaker and a lot of fx and glitch sounds and much more. (below you fnd the entire list). Most of the sounds are existing in several round robin variation - up to 6 - and several dynamic layers - up to 8. Each sound covers a key range of minimum four octaves from C1 to C5. There are included over 2,500 single sample sounds.

3. A NEW PATH - DYNAMIC SOUND SHAPING

MARBLE provides a new and absolute unique feature: Real-time Sound Shaping.
After having created a sound in the sequencer area with all the extensive possibilities - see under 1 -, the entire sound of MARBLE fnally passes a complex efect matrix. This efect matrix includes various efect such as low- and highpassflter, distortion, compression, frequency rate, random generator and much more. By means of slightest changes of these efects MARBLE achieves amazing results and gives an exciting vitality and complexity to all the sounds or patterns. And guess what? This works in real- time.

4. FREEZE IT.

Imagine you like to play the guitar or piano while MARBLE is running, just enable „Freeze“ and MARBLE will play without holding a key in an endless mode. This is an excellent feature for those who are going to use MARBLE in live situation or as the starting point for a new music composition in order to add further instruments.

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A. SOUNDLIST:
Tonal sounds/ natural and organic: E-Bass (Single Notes) - Telecaster Single Notes - E Guitar Harmonics - Cello Trio Pizzicato - Flute Staccato (coming from powerflute.ch) - Marimba (recorded in a concert hall) - Vibraphone/ Metallophone - Kalimba - Alto Glockenspiel - Glas Bowl - E-Piano (coming from K101)

Synth: Pure Sinus - Pure Saw - 80s Typical - Classical - Korg MS20 Elektro Bass - Modern Bass - 808Tom - Analog Vibraphone - Analog Flute Synth - Insomnia - Magnolia

Drum Kits: Gretsch Jazz Drum - BeachTowel Drum - Electro Drums - Domestic - Bungalow - 80s DrumBox - Glitched - Korg MS20

Percussive: Set of Glitch Sounds - Processed Bass Drum - Set of Bass Drums - Bongos - Grancassa - Set of Handclaps - Tiny Skin Handdrum - Tom Toms - Shaker - Dead Guitar Strokes - Muted Metal Plates - Metal Salad Bowl - Sea Container - Spokes - FX Set

Pads & Textures: Ambient - Sinus 60Hz Granular - Calm, Noise Frame - Stretched Metal - NoiseSwimmer - Bowled Texture - 50s Orchester Stretch - Feedbacks - Noise & Digital Dust - Guitar Cloud - Crackle & Bell - Dr Mabuse

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Marble Overview List

• 3 kind of Fabrique: Prime, Urban and Eerie
• 64 single instruments in multiple round robin and dynamic layering
• Over 800 presets
• CPU friendly (no additional loading), low memory
• Easy and intuitive use
• Flexible Master Section (bar size, tempo, shuffle)
• Freeze Mode - able to freely play along
• Enhanced playability and intuitive programming possibilities
• Extensive sound shaping options (over 25 effects)
• Partially Randomization

Fabrique requires the full version of Kontakt 5.3 or higher.
For more details please read the manual.

Price: €240 / $270

More details: Cinematique Instruments

 

Last edited: Mar 22, 2016

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