Vibraphone Presets?

[Itchy]

    Is it erroneous that I don’t see any Presets for my Vibraphone “standard library” in VI Pro? Matrices & Patches are accessible under “Download Instruments; Percussion+Co; 21D Vibraphone” …But in the Presets category, under "Download Instruments", I see “Brass” and “Woodwind” subcategories containing their respective instruments, but no "Percussion+Co" or "Mallets". (I see only my "Celeste" under the "D. Percussion; Mallets" Preset category ...which seems questionably mis-categorized, but that's something else.)

    By doing a search I found a Vibraphone Preset under the “Sibelius” category (I have the most current Sibelius presets installed). 

[Paul]

Hi Itchy, 

Those "smaller" instruments were all added to the "Mallets" Preset. Individual instruments are available in the Matrix Browser. 

Best,
Paul

[Itchy]

Thank You, Paul. If I understand correctly, in VI Pro, I should load the Vibraphone instrument via the Matrix Browser. ...And, if I upgrade to the full Vibraphone instrument, will it’s Preset then be listed under the principal “D. Percussion; Mallets" Preset category? Or will I still load the Vibes via the Matrix browser? [Tags: mallets, matrix browser, presets, vibraphone]

[Paul]

Hi Itchy, 

Yes, load the Matrix if you only need the vibraphone, this will be the same in the Full Library. 

Best,
Paul

[PaoloT]

Paul, have you really called a vibraphone "small"?!? Paolo (I still remember when I had to carry a marimba up to a steep hill...)

[Paul]

@PaoloT: Hehe, I was waiting for that. 

"Small" in terms of articulations, of course. 
And you should only carry these instruments DOWN a hill, if possible 😊

Best,
Paul