I'm still trying to figure out how to blend the effects in for an "example" recording. The effects that were in the headphones didn't end up on the cd.
I was a guitarist and bassist before I got on this extreme melodic percussion kick. Even if I was a vibraphonist, the technique is completely different. Westerners just don't grow up playing a bar with only one mallet in the right hand and stopping the last one with the left hand.
The audio versions have me playing more than 14 different instruments. Needless to say most people can only master one or two. Exceptional people maybe three. Yeah, you can get by on more but not master.
Although my performances sound like some of the ethnomusicological field recordings I've listened to, that won't cut it in most of the world music market. So, the choice to use midi is a natural.
Melodic percussion does't suffer much at all in a midi performance. Especially the soft mallet metallophones sound great. Anyway, My strength lies in composing, arranging and just generating a ton of ideas.
I'll include an audio example at some point. Just as soon as I figure out how to add reverb.
Gongchime