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Best Free VSTs: Brass & Horns

Posted November 9, 2021

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Brass band

Ensemble sustains/staccatos/marcatos/scoops/falls/shakes
Orchestral Tools Rotary includes a trumpet, trombone, and baritone sax ensemble designed for big band sounds. VSTAUAAX (SINEfactory)
Ensemble sustains/staccatos/flutter-tongue
Red Room Audio Palette – Primary Colors features these articulations with various dynamics. NKI (Woocommerce + Pulse)
Ensemble staccatos/marcatos/aleatoric
ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra features brass in several patches. “Bombastic Basses” has low staccato brass layered with piano and timpani. “Pandora Bursts” has two octaves of low marcatos suitable for dramatic scoring or trap music. The “Attitude Mix” knob mixes in a bass drum for more impact.”Ghostly Clusters” and “Pandora Panic” patches feature dissonant crescendos. “Tutti Hits” includes some dramatic rips and hits. NICNT (account)

Orchestral trumpets

Toy trumpet
Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra Toy Trumpet NKI
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/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 (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 SF2MUXYTIL
Solo harmon + staccato
ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra‘s “Tongue in Cheek” patch has a muted trumpet from G3-G5. From F♯1-F♯3 it’s layered with some other silly instruments. NICNT (account)
Michael Picher’s Muted Cartoon “Wahs” has three different lengths of muted “wah” staccatos, including the “‘Wah Quarter'” keyswitch that’s closer to a tenuto. The sounds are mono. SFZ
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. VSTAUAAX (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)
Solo aleatoric
Westwood Solo Brass Untamed – Demo has some trombone improvisations and sustains with random tonguing. NKI (account)
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover includes tenor and bass trombone sections. VSTAUAAX (Spitfire)
Ensemble marcatos
Jasper Blunk’s Fortissimo Trombone ensemble NKI

Muted trombone

Solo bass straight/harmon + legatos/sustains
Alpine Project‘s muted bass trombone patches NKI (newsletter)
Solo tenor straight/harmon + legatos/sustains
Alpine Project‘s muted tenor trombone patches NKI (newsletter)
Solo tenor harmon + staccatos/tenutos
Michael Picher’s Muted Cartoon “Wahs” has three different lengths of muted “wah” staccatos, including the “‘Wah Quarter'” keyswitch that’s closer to a tenuto. The sounds are mono. SFZ

Tubas

Solo legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s Tuba patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo sustains/staccatos/staccatissimos/noises
Karoryfer’s War Tuba SFZ
Solo sustains
Westwood Solo Brass Untamed – Demo has some soft sustains. NKI (account)
Solo trills
Philharmonia‘s brass MP3

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

Orchestral horns

Euphonium
Joe Miserendino’s Euphonium has some sustains. SF2
Westwood Solo Brass Untamed – Demo has soft sustains and strong staccatos. NKI (account)
Flugelhorn
Chris Cook’s Dusty Flugelhorn NKIdspreset (account)
Westwood Solo Brass Untamed – Demo includes some aleatoric flugelhorn improvisations. NKI (account)
Tenor Horn
Arseniy Kunin’s 1956 Tenor Horn NKIdspreset (account)

French horns

Solo legato/sustains
Alpine Project‘s French Horn patch NKI (newsletter)
Solo sustains
VSCO 2 Horn VSTAU
Solo trills
Philharmonia‘s brass MP3
Ensemble sustains/staccatissimos
Spitfire BBCSO Discover includes a French horn section. VSTAUAAX (Spitfire)
Ensemble staccatos/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 horn

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

Natural horns/natural trumpets

Birch trumpet
Boom Library Nordic War Horns includes sounds from a neverlur. WAV (Woocommerce)
Eamon Coughlan’s Näverlur NKI (account)
Bukkehorn (goat/ram horn)
Boom Library Nordic War Horns includes sounds from a bukkehorn. WAV (Woocommerce)
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. NKISFZEXS (newsletter)
Didgeridoo
VCSL‘s Didgeridoo patch (SFZ mapping and samples) SFZWAV (Github)
Quilcom Sim-Didge is a good modeled version. Win VST
Lur
Boom Library Nordic War Horns includes sounds from a bronze lur replica. WAV (Woocommerce)
Shofar (Jewish horn)
Starbirth Kudu Shofar SFZ (Github)
Vuvuzela
Atomhub Gnat Shepherd Free NKI

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