A new shade of brass
Played with a mute, brass instruments take on a whole new color. Berlin Muted Brass captures this color in the utmost detail, giving you a complete line-up of horns, trumpets, and trombones played with a variety of mutes in a variety of ways. Designed specifically for layering with Berlin Brass and other brass libraries.
This comprehensive celebration of the muted sound gives you a new level of definition for your brass arrangements.
Highlights
Adaptive Legato for all horns and trumpets
Three different types of mutes for trumpets, trombones, and bass trombones
Horns 1 and 2, plus Horn Ensemble
Trumpets 1 and 2, plus Trumpet Ensemble
Trombones 1 and 2, plus Bass Trombone
Deep-sampled articulations
Tempo-synced 16th and triplet repetitions
Recorded at the Teldex Scoring Stage
Solo instruments and ensembles
With this collection, we aimed to provide enough detail to allow you to create complex arrangements, and add the nuance of the muted sound to the widest possible range of compositions. So you get solo instruments for definition, with a choice of instruments (1 and 2) for convincing voicings. The ensembles are on hand to add character to more ‘wide-screen’ pieces.
About the sound
The sound of muted brass has long been a celebrated staple of classical orchestration, used by composers from Strauss and Stravinsky to John Williams and Bert Kaempfert. Muted brass adds a rich character to any brass ensemble, and while it’s often associated with adding a humorous note, the raspy, edgy sound is capable of so much more.
Try adding a muted trumpet to a piece with two lead trumpets. Or try combining muted brass with woodwinds or percussion—tubular bells with muted marcatos, for example. Be prepared to discover nuances you weren’t expecting!
Multiple mutes
You get three types of mutes to work with: The regular straight mutes, Harmon mutes, and effect mutes. You even get variants for the Harmon mutes, with the stem of the mute either all-in or half-in. The horns were recorded ‘stopped’, with the player holding their fist in the bell of the instrument.
Runs in SINE
Mic merging
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Greater usability
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Berlin Brass
Muted Brass
Berlin Brass
Teldex Scoring Stage, Berlin
SINE version
Works with Orchestral Tools’ SINE Player—NOTE: Latest version required!
Size
85 GB of samples (36 GB SINEarc compressed)
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
SINE system requirements
Mac: macOS 10.13 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple M1 chipset supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
Kontakt version
In order to run this library, you will need the full Kontakt license, version 5.5.1 or higher
Download size: 76 GB of samples (44.7 GB compressed)