Since its introduction in 2014, The Malletech OmegaVibe has become the instrument of choice for the world’s top vibraphonists. During those 10 years, we made more than 30 incremental improvements to the bars, tubes and frame. From 2019 until now, we’ve worked intensely with TeamOmega (Stefon Harris, Joe Locke, Tony Miceli, David Friedman, and Mike Mainieri) on the next evolution of the OmegaVibe which offers a new standard of reliability, simplicity, portability and ease of pedaling. The OmegaAir is ready for your stage, studio, or the back seat of your car.
Lighter, smaller – makes gigging a breeze!
The OmegaAir is 5 inches shorter and 15 pounds lighter than its predecessors.
The OmegaAir features our patent-pending, dual-spring, vertical dampening system – the first ever. The vertical motion of the damper bar (instead of pivoting on an arc like all previous vibraphones), contacts the sharps and naturals at the same moment. You can precisely adjust the “pedal up” wetness or dryness to your personal preference through the dual spring towers. Simple, evenly-balanced dampening right out of the box – top to bottom, sharps to naturals.
Our patented damper pedal is fully adjustable for leverage, height, angle and damper bar release speed. Comes with three positioning holes on the crossbar to fit your playing style. Customize the settings for a completely personalized relationship between you and your vibraphone.
Our proprietary “Formula 6” bar geometry and alloy, coupled with Malletech’s exclusive harmonic tuning process, produce the sweetest chords and strongest projection possible. Our new “M-kote” eco-friendly finishing process comes standard on our black or silver bars. Six additional anodized colors are available with the Custom and Custom Pro packages.
Our hovering, elliptically-driven vibrato wings float over the resonators, producing velvety-smooth pulsations. Removing all the hardware from inside the tubes improves the tuning of both the fundamental and overtones of the resonators. When vibrato is not in use, the wings can be completely retracted, leaving the tops of the tubes completely open to capture every decibel and nuance that you produce. Our near-silent, universal voltage motor (with world-wide compatibility) makes this the perfect instrument for recording.
Our frames and resonators are still assembled with stainless steel lock nuts and bolts (no rivets, no fake resonators, no oval or square tubes – ever). Just like our marimbas, the resonators sit on a suspension bridge system, eliminating all contact between the resonators rails and frame. All these features assure a buzz-free / rattle-free lifetime of music making.
Since its introduction in 2014, The Malletech OmegaVibe has become the instrument of choice for the world’s top vibraphonists. During those 10 years, we made more than 30 incremental improvements to the bars, tubes and frame. From 2019 until now, we’ve worked intensely with TeamOmega (Stefon Harris, Joe Locke, Tony Miceli, David Friedman, and Mike Mainieri) on the next evolution of the OmegaVibe which offers a new standard of reliability, simplicity, portability and ease of pedaling. The OmegaVibe is ready for your stage, studio, or the back seat of your car.
The world’s greatest vibraphone is now smaller . . . yet greater.
The 2024 OmegaVibe features our patent-pending, dual-spring, vertical dampening system – the first ever. The vertical motion of the damper bar (instead of pivoting on an arc like all previous vibraphones), contacts the sharps and naturals at the same moment. You can precisely adjust the “pedal up” wetness or dryness to your personal preference through the dual spring towers. Simple, evenly-balanced dampening right out of the box – top to bottom, sharps to naturals.
Our patented damper pedal is fully adjustable for leverage, height, angle and damper bar release speed. Customize the settings for a completely personalized relationship between you and your vibraphone.
Our proprietary “Formula 6” bar geometry and alloy, coupled with Malletech’s exclusive harmonic tuning process, produce the sweetest chords and strongest projection possible. Our new “M-kote” eco-friendly finishing process comes standard on our black or silver bars. Six additional anodized colors are available with the Custom and Custom Pro packages.
Our hovering, elliptically-driven vibrato wings float over the resonators, producing velvety-smooth pulsations. Removing all the hardware from inside the tubes improves the tuning of both the fundamental and overtones of the resonators. When vibrato is not in use, the wings can be completely retracted, leaving the tops of the tubes completely open to capture every decibel and nuance that you produce. Our near-silent, universal voltage motor (with world-wide compatibility) makes this the perfect instrument for recording.
Our frames and resonators are still assembled with stainless steel lock nuts and bolts (no rivets, no fake resonators, no oval or square tubes – ever). Just like our marimbas, the resonators sit on a suspension bridge system, eliminating all contact between the resonators rails and frame. All these features assure a buzz-free / rattle-free lifetime of music making.
Patented, motor-less real-time manual control of vibrato and volume through the pedal
Real-time vibrato control
If you loved the LoveVibe, you’re going to love the LoveVibe2 twice as much. All the musically expressive vibrato, dynamic and dampening features of the LoveVibe, but:
50 lbs. lighter
Now with a real-world price for real-world musicians
Original LoveVibe strings have been eliminated and a single coated steel cable operates the manual vibrato/volume control
100% simpler, more robust mechanism
Based on the patented Omega vibrato wing system
Same gig-friendly, light-weight aluminum frame as the Omega
Height-adjustable folding legs
Open or closed resonators — or anything in between, all in real time, controlled by you through the pedal. Make love to a note or chord. Patented real-time vibrato and volume control, patented pedal and patented progressive dampening system.
All LoveVibe models come with:
Patented real-time, pedal-controlled vibrato
Robust, lightweight frame with folding legs for travel
Check out this video by Ed Smith demonstrating the various expressive effects found only on a LoveVibe:
