Papajohn56 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I'm looking for some suggestions on what brass samples to use, orchestral brass or marching brass either way. The samples thread had latin/bigband style, but I'm not looking for that right now. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Victoria's Secret. High quality fibers. oh BRASS It used to be so incredibly hard to find good brass samples, for some reason, though I think the quality has improved much over the past few years. Now I hear about Sam Horns all the time, and how awesome they are. If you're looking for free, you're outta luck. Maybe you can get Squidfont to sound good? It's happened before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Victoria's Secret. High quality fibers.oh BRASS Heh @ pizza guy I've got a few pretty decent brass soundfonts on my site you may want to check out. There are two french horns, two trumpets, and two trombones as well as a few other instruments. http://www.silverlinestudios.net/documents/freesamples.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Odyssey Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Florestan French Horns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sil Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Sam Horns + Trumpets. Getting Trombones really soon. The quality of brass sampling these days is top-notch. Not perfect, but when compared to the god-awful string section sampling in even the most pro libraries out there, light-years ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I also use SAM Trumpets, and I fill out the rest of the brass with the excellent SAM solo sections, which is a great tool if you can't afford the whole package. In terms of free or cheap stuff, it's a desert though. Sil's right about brass sampling being great, but if you aren't willing to pay money, it's a different story entirely - free brass is way behind the free strings and free woodwinds that are around. Last I checked, Project SAM had a free demo of it's Solo Sections library, which, if you tweak around in Kontakt or Giga Studio, gives some great results. If you ever heard my (pretty awful) Kefka in Brass remix, which as far as I know was the only remix anyone's ever made entirely for marching brass, then you've heard the free Project Sam samples. I didn't know what the hell I was doing at the time, but in terms of pure sample quality, it still beat the snot out of any free soundfonts I heard. That's provided that you have Kontakt or Giga studio - and Kontakt comes with a selection of VSL instruments, which includes a pretty decent brass section. If you don't have either of those.... good luck to ya. You can get away with Florestan French Horns, but it's best to keep your trumpet and trombone writing to the bare minimum. If you are willing to pay, I personally think Kontakt 2 is one of the best audio products you can ever buy, if you're a student. I think the student price is $180? It's one hell of a sampler, and it comes with sounds that are as good as any of the $2000+ keyboard workstations that I've tried. Particularly in the orchestral department (although it won't be as good as a dedicated library). I've also used the EWQLSO Silver brass, which I've found prett decent, and much better than what's in the Garritan demos. But neither come anywhere near SAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Florestan French Horns easily the best the french horn free sf2 i've heard of or come across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 If you want the SAM Brass, you better already have a sampler. No players included. If you want marching sounds, wait. Within a month or so Garritan is coming out with a Marching Band library. I have yet to see another library that works well for that, so it may be worth waiting for. It will include a sample player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papajohn56 Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks for the help guys. Garritan's marching library in theory sounds good, I hope it turns out well. Being a Horn player myself, I really really have a hard time finding samples I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hsia Nu Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 atm, Miroslav Philharmonik VSTi for all orchestra stuff (strings/horns/winds/perc), till i can afford something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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