Jeff Lee Signature Mallets from VicFirth

http://www.vicfirth.com/product/leemallets.html

Click the link above to check out the Jeff Lee Signature Keyboard Mallets
from Vic Firth.  The site is loaded with mp3 clips of the Blue Devils
performing with each type of mallet.

Its time to start thinking about your indoor percussion ensemble and these
mallets were designed to provide an fantastic indoor sound in both the
indoor and outdoor environment. Each mallet has its own unique personality
and maintains the intended timbre regardless of volume. It took hours of
grueling rehearsal, performance and testing with the Blue Devils pit, nearly
one year of development and over thirty pairs of prototypes to create what I
believe to be the finest marimba and vibraphone mallets available for any
percussion ensemble -- indoor or out.

What we have striven for are mallets that provide an indoor sound in an
outdoor environment. Beyond that, what I really wanted were mallets that
could capture the sound quality that I've always wanted for the Blue Devils
pit. The truth is that it was eight years of arranging and teaching the Blue
Devils pit before I  found the sound that I truly imagined was possible with
the help of Neil Larrivee from Vic Firth.

So many times you hear people speaking of "quality verses quantity." These
mallets provide both: quality in timbre and quantity of volume, quality in
durability and quantity of selection, quality of players that use these
mallets and quantity of quality players that use these mallets. When I
mention the players, the quality speaks for itself: Blast!, CyberJam, most
of the top DCI ensembles including the Blue Devils, Riverside Community
College, Renaissance Vanguard (four time Japanese National Champions), James
Logan High School (current California State Champions),  the Brigadiers,
etc.

Many students are now dealing with acoustics and digital audio in the form
of Reason, Digital Performer, Cakewalk, etc. There are two big things:
velocity and volume. In dealing with MIDI data, these are two interrelated,
yet distinct concepts and they are what I based the design of these mallets
on. Velocity, in an audio sense, dictates attack quality (timbre), while
volume dictates dynamic presence. What we've done with these mallets is
maintained the timbre independent of the volume created. If the mallet is
medium hard, it will sound medium hard at fortissimo or pianissimo. That is
NOT to say that with changes in pressure and touch a performer cannot affect
the sound, but generally speaking the mallet retains the sound genre it was
created for.

Visit Vic Firth and check it out.

Heffe