Small Horn Sectionsįor those seeking a tight, focused contemporary pop/soul brass sound, Native Instruments’ Session Horns presents a quartet of solo instruments (two trumpets, trombone and tenor sax) which can be played separately or combined in virtual sections.
In-depth SOS reviews of some of the products can be read online via the links in the ‘SOS Reviews’ box, while for an overview of orchestral brass libraries and instruments, please consult last month’s Orchestral Brass Buyers Guide. Also included are products that feature pop brass along with other instruments, and a selection of solo instrument titles.
Such styles require their own horn-playing techniques and a gutsy, uninhibited attitude not normally represented in conventional orchestral libraries, and the same goes for jazz and big-band horns.īearing in mind the orchestral/pop divide, this product round-up is an overview of brass libraries which are designed to work for the kind of pop and jazz styles listed above. We’re using the word ‘pop’ here in its widest sense, meaning the broad church of Popular Music comprising a large number of genres: contemporary R&B, funk, neo-soul, urban, Latin, rap, hip-hop, ska, reggae, blues, rock, indie, mainstream pop and so on. Introducing the reedy, slightly raspy timbre of the saxophone (technically a woodwind rather than a brass-family instrument) has a marked effect on overall timbre, and the small sections generally used in pop also have a more informal, close-up sound than the massed ranks of orchestral brass, which sometimes number as many as 20 players. The two styles use different instrumentation: classical brass comprises trumpets, trombones, French horns and tubas, while pop sections feature a mix of trumpets, trombones and saxophones, with all instruments referred to, confusingly, as ‘horns’. Much as we all enjoy the heroic, stirring sweep of orchestral brass, its sound doesn’t cut the mustard for pop horn arrangements. Our in-depth buyers guide takes you through the world of brass sample libraries and virtual instruments aimed at pop and rock production.
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