The German name Glockenspiel means “bell play” and refers to the sound of small bells. At the end of the 17th century, the small bells were replaced by steel bars with a key range of about three octaves. The sound of the glockenspiel is very high and piercing and can be clearly heard even through a full orchestra playing in “tutti”. The glockenspiel is very popular and frequently used in majestic brass fanfares (e.g., by composer John Williams). The sound can be varied by the use of different mallets. We’ve recorded two different instruments that were played with small and big metal mallets, as well as wood and plastic mallets.
The Standard and Extended Libraries of the Download Instrument offer the complete samples and articulations on par with the ones of the big Vienna Instruments Collection Percussion. Please find a detailed list of included playing techniques under the menu item Sample Content.
If you have already registered a Vienna Special Editions product that contains the Glockenspiel, you can buy the download instrument Glockenspiel at a reduced price.
Your purchase of Glockenspiel entitles you to download the free Vienna Instruments player software that includes the Vienna Ensemble mixing and host software.
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Please note that all discounted user-specific orders must be processed manually by our sales team and therefore may take up to one business day to be completed.
Your purchase of any VSL library entitles you to download the free Vienna Instruments Pro player software that includes the Vienna Ensemble mixing host.
Mac:
- macOS 10.13 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5 (Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2 recommended)
- RAM: min. 8 GB (16GB recommended)
Windows:
- Windows 10/11 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5 / AMD Athlon Pro (Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon recommended)
- RAM: min. 8 GB (16GB recommended)
Free hard drive space according to the library size.
Vienna Symphonic Library products require you to register with the manufacturer at www.vsl.co.at and with www.ilok.com to activate your license.
This product requires an activation!
You can either "soft" activate the software on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.
An internet connection on any computer and a free user-accout at www.ilok.com is required to authorize the product. In order to download and install your software products and sample libraries authorized via iLok, please use the Vienna Assistant.
Please check with the software manufacturer which iLok version is required at least if you want to use a hardware iLok!
