The Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of two new brass libraries, recorded in the controlled environment of the company’s second studio, the Silent Stage.
Studio Brass and Studio Special Brass offer a wide variety of instruments, from the profound depths of the contrabass tuba and contrabass trombone to the radiant brilliance of multiple trumpets and the cinematic grandeur of an 8-horn ensemble.
The new Studio Brass collection features the standard solo instruments and ensembles of the orchestra: trumpet in C, trumpet in Bb, trumpet ensemble, triple horn, Viennese horn, horn ensemble, tenor trombone, trombone ensemble, bass trombone, and bass tuba. The Studio Special Brass collection expands the studio brass offerings significantly with 17 instruments and ensembles, ranging from specialties such as cimbasso, euphonium, and Wagner Tuba to several muted instruments and ensembles, to the large ensembles of Fanfare Trumpets (6 players) and Epic Horns (8 players).
Both collections offer a huge array of articulations, including a variety of short notes, long notes, dynamics (sfz, sffz, fp, pfp), flutter tongue, trills, and repetitions. In addition to Vienna’s legato transitions there are fast intervals in legato and marcato styles, Performance Trills, arpeggios (major, minor, and diminished in legato and staccato), scale runs, mordents, rips & falls, and more. Among the specialties are the trumpet ensemble’s “out of tune” sustains, as they happen now and then in real orchestral situations. The three trumpet players don’t hit the note exactly at the beginning – a beat frequency ensues which is corrected as the tone progresses, eventually resulting in a clean homophony.
Studio Brass is available at an introductory price of $335 USD (regular $419 USD). The instruments and ensembles of Studio Special Brass, currently available at an introductory price of $555 USD (regular $734 USD), are also available as Single Packs, starting at $39 USD. Upgrade paths from the corresponding discontinued VI Series libraries are available, starting at $9 USD.
The virtual instrument libraries are available to purchase at the VSL store and from distributor Best Service.
