Pearl Malletstation EM1: Unboxing, Demo, Review 

You kicked ass on this malletSTATION in the duet video

you convinced me I will buy one of these

Can you play a mallet station with drumsticks so that you could play it on the side of playing the drumset for a drum solo performance?

Thank you for the video

I have it and i love it

How do you like the feel of it? It looks like it’s pretty small and the notes are close together. I think muscle memory is really helpful and I don’t want to practice on something that doesn’t replicate the range of motion like an actual pitched percussive instrument!

I'm in marching band and im playing this in the pit lol

Long term user here ( pre-ordered from Sweetwater) I've been through 4 (FOUR) units. The first one failed within the 1 year manufacturer warranty, two replacements were lemons (one had incredible chassis flex resulting in double triggering, another had dead pads), the 4th passed muster but after two years it now has broken pads and the rubber keys are separating resulting in an awful cellophane type crunch when struck. Pearls malletstation either has really bad quality control, is designed to be swapped out year after year (i.e. drum corps), or is just poorly made in general in a cash grab at the malletKAT dominated market. I'm supremely disappointed with how it holds up to normal use. And yes, I'm sure I am not the root of the issue. I use(d) the malletstation for MT pit work, as a substitute for acoustic percussion on orchestra gigs (where space restricted use or none were available) and for home practice. No harsh conditions, no abusive slamming of mallets, no bad power connections. I take very good care of my instruments and electronics. I plan to reach out to Pearl for a solution but I decided to buy a malletKAT for the time being. If you're considering a midi instrument like this I think malletKAT and Xylosynth are the only viable options.

Underated!

Had to subscribe for the Bach joke

Sorry I'm a little bit later on this video! Obviously it doesn't have graduated bars, but would you reccomend the EM1 as a good apartment practice keyboard, especially for vibraphone? Currently I use a KBP 'roll up mat' style pad which is fine for the muscle memory, but doesn't give any feedback. All the midi bells and whistles would be nice to play around with too, but does this function well as an 'electronic vibraphone', etc.?

I never knew 😲

I have notice that wth hitting my EM1 pads/bars wth no matter how mellow of a mallet, everytime I strike a key it makes such a thumping sound that drives me nuts, and it cannot be my Stand I do not believe as I have the very best poss. If anyone here has the same issue, can you tell me what you use to quiet the racket? If anyone here has a Malletkat, can you tell me if there is any differ?

My band director got one of this MLS you’re going over there and it was pretty nice we even got to hook it up to garage band

do you by any chance know if it would work with linux? i'm thinkin id make a little raspberri pi and not have to bring a whole laptop bust have a little plugin thing

Have you played a Malletkat? If so, can you compare the 2? I know the Kat has internal sounds but what about playability?

Holy shit, unwrap it already

You can do the same thing with a keyboard

Just got one and sent it back. Some of the bars don’t work at all. This is despite firmware updates and using the software. Terrible quality.

Say longboi. Why she gotta be hatin.

Sound quality? Isn't it a trigger? The sounds come from sound sources, not the mallet station. Seems more like an ad than an objective review.

at THIS point youre just an over priced One trick pony controller, that has no other function but to play some crap sounds that one could download onto a REAL controller using Kontakt.

to me it looks cheap and gross.. definitely a 1 out of 10