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  • Timpani, standard vs. medium mallets

    Hi,

    The VI collection includes both "standard" and "medium" weight timpani mallets. What the difference? Shouldn't "medium" mallets be the standard/generic type, as opposed to the softer and harder types?

    Paolo


  • Hello Paolo!

    For the VI Timpani library we recorded two sets of timpani. Timpani A have only been recorded with one kind of mallet. That's why the mallet is simply called "standard mallet". Timpani B have been recorded with different kinds of mallets.

    Best regards,
    Andi


    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • Andi, thank you very much for this clarification! I now understand that they are not variants of the same instrument.

    Paolo