REQ: Westwood Instruments Solo Brass Untamed
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.
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.
IMPROVISATIONS
Different versions of the Improvisations and Storms.
CLASSICS
Conventional combinations for a classic sound.
SHORTS
Combinations of short sounds.
TEXTURES
Interesting textures and pads using the softer articulations.
EXPERIMENTAL
Hyped and unreal. We’re not in Kansas anymore.