现代马林巴琴起源于墨西哥，是巴拉风琴的后裔，其特点是木条安装在金属共鸣管上方，可以用音栓调音。Yamaha 6100 是最先进的，具有独特的精确调音、洪都拉斯玫瑰木条和焊接共鸣管，可实现无噪音演奏。Soniccouture Grand Marimba 具有令人难以置信的 70 个力度层，可带来真正连贯的演奏体验。马林巴琴体积巨大，直径近 3 米，这使得录制它成为一项挑战；
不可能太靠近这么大的乐器并保持任何合理的立体声图像。
由于我们的目标是进行私密、非环境的录音，因此我们需要一个非常大但相对干燥的录音室来工作。A descendant of the African balafon, the modern marimba originated in Mexico, and is typified by wooden bars mounted above metal resonator tubes, which can be tuned using stops.The Yamaha 6100 is the state of the art, with exclusive precision tuning, Honduran Rosewood bars and welded resonators for rattle-free playing.Soniccouture Grand Marimba features an incredible 70 velocity layers for a truly connected playing experience.The marimba is massive, almost 3 meters across, which makes recording it a challenge;
it isn’t possible to get too close to an instrument that large and maintain any sort of sensible stereo image.
And since we were aiming for an intimate, non-ambient, recording, we needed a very large but relatively dry studio to work in.