Publisher : Fracture Sounds
Format : Kontakt (6.7.0+)
Quality : Stereo 48 kHz 24 bit
Description : Lyrical brass legato (soprano cornet, cornet, flugelhorn, tenorhorn and euphonium)
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Brass Band Soloists brings together some of the finest instrumentalists in the North of England with an advanced interface and innovative legato programming for unrivalled realism.
About The Library
The traditional brass band is a cornerstone of the British classical music scene, featuring warm, lyrical instruments rarely found in the brass sections of traditional orchestras. Consequently, they are often underrepresented in sample libraries.
In the North of England, where Fracture Sounds is based, lies the heartland of brass band music, so naturally many of our team members have performed in brass band ensembles. This personal experience and intimacy with the instrument made this library the natural candidate for becoming our first commercial legato library.
Leveraging our network of skilled players, we brought together top talent from the region, including competition winners from renowned bands like the Black Dyke Band and the Grimethorpe Colliery Band (featured in the film Brassed Off).
Each player was recorded individually in the large hall of Nave Studios, but our innovative Instrument Placement options allow for easy spatial adjustments. This feature enables the ensemble to blend seamlessly with other instruments in your existing sample library collection, providing versatility and integration. Covering a wide sonic range, the Soprano Cornet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, Tenor Horn, and Euphonium included in this package offer distinct timbres that are much softer compared to their orchestral counterparts, and paired with our new legato engine, these brass instruments have never sounded more realistic in the digital domain.
Introducing Smart Legato
Say goodbye to the tedious task of dragging MIDI across your timeline to perfectly sync transitions with the tempo of your composition. In Smart Mode, the instrument intelligently analyzes incoming MIDI notes and selects the correct transition length, ensuring flawless playback every time and eliminating the need for further editing, while delivering a truly authentic sound.
The key to this feature’s realism lies in latency – by delaying the audible output, the engine is able to ‘look ahead’, and make adjustments to the performance in anticipation of upcoming notes – just like a real player would. The higher the latency, the more natural the performance. The latency figure shown in the legato settings is completely accurate, so you can easily compensate for this using the negative track delay feature in your DAW. This allows the instrument the time it needs to analyze the incoming MIDI data, while maintaining perfect timing—provided the MIDI is correctly quantified. With this feature, you can now spend more time composing, and less time nursing the instrument.
Legato Options
In addition to Smart Legato, we have included Classic mode, which behaves closer to existing legato libraries on the market, offering a single speed control. For more information about the two legato performance modes and when to use them, please see the user manual.
The legato is divided into two types: Non-Vibrato and Vibrato, which can be switched seamlessly using keyswitches while triggering a note. Keeping these as separate articulations, rather than combining them on a vibrato slider, preserves the soloistic quality of each instrument, as it avoids any doubling effect at the crossover point between samples.
Both legato types also feature slurred and tongued performances, triggered based on the velocity of each note.
Features :
• 4 of the finest British brass band soloists, playing 5 instruments
• Soprano cornet, cornet, flugelhorn, tenorhorn and euphonium
• 3 microphone positions (close, middle, far)
• Improved legato engine
• Flexible instrument placement (In Situ, Custom Position and Stereo Centre)
• Full NKS support: works with Komplete Kontrol hardware
• Works in the free Kontakt Player (version 6.7.0 and above)
