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Best Free VSTs: Brass & Horns

Posted November 9, 2021

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Brass band

Ensemble sustains/marcatos/staccatos/scoops/falls/shakes
Orchestral Tools Rotary includes a trumpet, trombone, and baritone sax enemble designed for big band sounds. VST AU AAX (SINEfactory)
Ensemble sustains/staccatos/flutter tongue
Red Room Audio Palette – Primary Colors features these articulations with various dynamics. NKI (Woocommerce + Pulse)
Ensemble sustains
Waverunner Audio ML Brass has a very harsh, in-your-face lower brass sound, maybe good for trap or whatever you kids write these days idk. NKI (Woocommerce)
Ensemble aleatoric
ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra actually has a few patches featuring cinematic and chaotic brass sounds, including “Pandora Bursts,” “Pandora Panic,” and “Tutti Hits.” NICNT (account)

Trumpets

Solo B♭(?) legato/sustains/staccatos/marcatos
Norrland Samples Solo Trumpet NKI
Solo B♭(?) legato/sustains
Alpine Project has two trumpets to choose from. NKI (newsletter)
Solo B♭ sustains
Varisha Lyric Trumpet VST AU
Solo B♭ sustains/flutter tongue
Dannenberg Brass has a decent modeled one. ENS (account)
Solo piccolo sustains/flutter tongue
Dannenberg Brass has a decent modeled one. ENS (account)
Ensemble sustains
Jasper Blunk’s Vibrato Trumpets NKI
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover has a trumpets section. VSTAUAAX (BBCSO + Spitfire)
Ensemble swells
Jasper Blunk’s Fortissimo Trumpet ensemble Matrix Swells patch NKI

Muted trumpet

Solo straight/harmon/cup/plunger/bucket/velvet + legato/sustains/staccatos/marcatos
Norrland Samples Solo Trumpet has more mute options than my $700 brass library…🤔 NKI
Solo harmon + sustains
Mihai Sorohan’s Muted Trumpet SF2 MUX YTIL
Solo harmon(?) + staccato
ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra‘s Tongue in Cheek patch has a cute muted trumpet from G3-G5. From F♯1-F♯3 it’s layered with some other silly instruments. NICNT (account)
Solo harmon + swells
Samples Spotlight The Harmon Swells features Harmon mute wah crescendos of varying lengths. It also inexplicably has Totoro on the interface. Cool! NKI
Ensemble bucket(?) + swells
Spitfire LABS Trumpet Fields has a variety of very fun soft and fluttery trumpet textures. VST AU AAX (Spitfire)

Trombones

Solo alto sustains/flutter tongue
Dannenberg Brass has a decent modeled one. ENS (account)
Solo bass legator/sustains
Alpine Project‘s Bass Trombone patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo bass sustains/flutter tongue
Dannenberg Brass has a decent modeled one. ENS (account)
Solo tenor legato/sustains/staccatos
Ivy Audio Carpenter Trombone NKI (account OR torrent)
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover includes tenor and bass trombone sections. VST AU AAX (BBCSO + Spitfire)
Ensemble marcatos
Jasper Blunk’s Fortissimo Trombone ensemble NKI

Muted trombones

Solo bass straight/harmon + legatos/sustains
Alpine Project‘s muted bass trombone patches NKI (newsletter)
Solo tenor straight/harmon + legator/sustains
Alpine Project‘s muted tenor trombone patches NKI (newsletter)

Tuba

Solo legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s Tuba patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo sustains/staccatos/staccatissimos/noises
Karoryfer’s War Tuba SFZ
Solo trills
Philharmonia‘s brass MP3
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover includes tenor and bass trombone sections. VST AU AAX (BBCSO + Spitfire)

Muted tuba(!)

Solo straight + legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s “Tuba – Straight Mute” patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo straight + sustains
Philharmonia‘s brass set has some, but you’ll have to rig your own sample instrument. MP3

Horns

Including natural horns and trumpets.

Birch trumpet/neverlur
Eamon Coughlan’s Näverlur NKI (account)
Carnyx (Celtic war horn)
Quilcom Sim-Carnyx is a decent modeled version. Win VST
Conch(!)
Tangent Edge Sea Trumpets Free is the free version of a seashell trumpet instrument sampled from the collection of the coolest guy ever. NKI SFZ EXS (newsletter)
Didgeridoo
VCSL‘s Didgeridoo patch (SFZ mapping and samples) SFZ WAV (Github)
Quilcom Sim-Didge is a good modeled version. Win VST
Rast Sound Didgeridoo NKI WAV (email)
Euphonium
Joe Miserendino’s Euphonium has some sustains. SF2
Flugelhorn
Chris Cook’s Dusty Flugelhorn NKIdspreset (Github)
Tenor Horn
Arseniy Kunin’s 1956 Tenor Horn NKIdspreset (account)

French horn

Solo legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s French Horn patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo sustains
VSCO 2 Horn VST AU
Solo trills
Philharmonia‘s brass MP3
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover includes a French horn section. VST AU AAX (BBCSO + Spitfire)
Ensemble marcatos
ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra‘s “Heroic Horns” patch features eight players with marcatos ranging A3-C5. NICNT (account)
Ensemble sforzandos
Jasper Blunk’s Fortissimo Horn Ensemble has a patch with a sforzando, but no crescendo afterwards. NKI

Muted French horns

Solo handstopped + legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s “Horn – Hand Stopped” patch NKI (newsletter)

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