Westwood Instruments SOLO BRASS UNTAMED KONTAKT

July 11, 2022 0

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Breathing life, emotion and a little bit of chaos into your brass

A brass sample library for Kontakt including Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba and Flugelhorn, which follows in the same successful footsteps as Solo Strings Untamed.

The lungs of the library are the Improvisations. These are performed notes with real human energy and movement. It’s like someone taking your composition and breathing life and emotion into it.

Included with all of the instruments is our unique Storms articulation. Create a crescendo from a calm solo performance through a lively ensemble to a wild outburst of unruly players.

With lots of other interesting long and short articulations to play with. Some more unexpected and unusual than others and all performed with the same human feeling.

Solo Brass Untamed is right at home with alternative scores and is also ideal for layering over bigger symphonic arrangements to add some magic and soul. It’s inspired by eclectic and rule-bending composers like Bernard Hermann, Danny Elfman and Colin Stetson.

What are Improvisations?

The Improvisations aren’t melodic phrases or pre-written music. They are individual notes performed with intention, human energy and natural movement inside them. Never static, always alive.

Every single semitone across the recorded range of the instruments have 3 distinct dynamic layers triggered via keyboard velocity. There’s 4 different variations of each layer too, giving 12 completely unique performances for every note and a total across the 5 instruments of over 1600 improvisations.

CALM

Quiet, soft and gently flowing. Unnerving and fragile at times, but with beautiful and subtle changes in timbre.

LIVELY

Spirited and passionate playing with swells in dynamics and vibrato. A naturally emotive sound that works equally well with both poignant and uplifting music.

WILD

Loud and very energetic. Furious, chaotic and definitely where the name ‘Untamed’ comes from. Use sparingly to add accents to your music, or use liberally for an intense and vigorous sonic experience.

Distinctive sounds

In addition to the Improvisations and Storms, there are dozens of other articulations. Some more unconventional than others.

There are super-soft and breathy notes, drones, bends, random surges, flutter tonguing and a good handful of dynamic shorts.

An inspiring and expressive array of techniques that each on their own sound beautiful, or combined together will provide you with some extraordinary characters and moods.

What’s included?

ARTICULATIONS

TRUMPET

Improvisations A
Improvisations B
Improvisations C
Improvisations D
Storms
Long
Long – Harmon Mute
Alternative Fingering
Soft Air
Soft Air – Harmon Mute
Surges
Surges – Bucket Mute
Unmeasured Tonguing
Unmeasured Tonguing – Harmon Mute
Half Valve
No Tuning Pipe
Short
Short – Harmon Mute
Short – Cup Mute

EUPHONIUM

Improvisations A
Improvisations B
Improvisations C
Improvisations D
Storms
Long
Vibrato – Slow
Vibrato – Fast
Flutter – Mute
Surges – Soft
Surges – Loud
Short
Short – Mute
Smudges
Pops

TROMBONE

Improvisations A
Improvisations B
Improvisations C
Improvisations D
Storms
Long
Long – Bucket Mute
Flutter Tonguing
Soft Air
Soft Air – Bucket Mute
Surges
Surges – Harmon Mute
Unmeasured Tonguing – Mute
Bends
Bends – Cup Mute
Drones
Multiphonics
Long Falls
Short Falls
Short
Short – Straight Mute
Short – Bucket Mute

TUBA

Improvisations A
Improvisations B
Improvisations C
Improvisations D
Storms
Long
Flutter Tonguing
Flutter Tonguing – Mute
Surges – Soft
Surges – Loud
Vibrato – Slow
Vibrato – Fast
Multiphonics
Soft Air
Short
Short – Straight Mute
Pops

FLUGELHORN

Improvisations A
Improvisations B
Improvisations C
Improvisations D
Storms

MICS

SPOT

A mono position that’s super dry, super hyped and super detailed.

CLOSE

This stereo pair is intimate but lively, allowing the sound to breathe just enough.

ROOM

A typical tree-style position, plenty of real room ambience and nicely balanced.

GALLERY

High up and widely spaced to get the full natural reverb tail of the studio.

MULTIS

There are 30 Multis created from multiple instruments loaded into one Kontakt instance. Grouped into 5 categories they’ve been created for immediate gratification and perfect for quickly getting your ideas down. There’ll also show you some combinations and sounds you won’t have thought of and spark off an idea.