Arturia Brass

Trumpet, Saxophone, and Trombone

Arturia BRASS is a new kind of virtual instrument: a software recreation of the trumpet, saxophone, and trombone. This software allows you to play instruments like a professional performer would do: same control, flexibility, and expressiveness (without the years of training it takes to do so). It gives you instant and constant creation. Arturia Brass is so dynamic and easy-to-use that you will never go back to flat sampled riff libraries ever again.

What can I do in BRASS?

With three instruments at your disposal, you can pick one and start playing. You will instantly feel like you're playing a real instrument, not a set of recorded samples layered and static. BRASS also contains an extensive performance-based riff library which is entirely configurable and expandable. Organized by styles, these riffs are a great way to get started if you are not used to programming a horn. They can even be triggered during live performances.

Choose, create, import and modify riffs to match your needs or play the modeled instruments directly in LIVE mode with a keyboard and other real-time controls; in both cases BRASS will revolutionize the way you create music. Below we have listed just a few of the other features you will find in BRASS.

• Spacialization:
  
  Recording parameters, or let's say the ambiance of the room in which the instruments are played , are certainly an important factor of how a saxophone solo or trumpet section will sound in the end. In BRASS, place the instruments where ever you want in a room for effect. Place them far away and have a sound that echoes in the distance, or set the instruments in the front of the room for an in your face result.
  
  
• Parameters:
  
  The parameters offered in BRASS are a range of attributes that can be adjusted so that you can specify your sound to the smallest detail: Attack, Pressure, Pitch, Timbre, Noise, Vibrato, Vibrato Frequency, Mute.
  
  Whether you want to set a parameter to a particular level without changing it, program automation to a parameter, control it by the velocity of your keyboard, or assign it to a real-time controller, you will find the possibilities offered by this interaction with the instrument extremely easy and impressive. Just like a human performer who has studied horns for years, you will be able to express yourself and add emotion to your music.
  
  
  
• Instrument Configuration:
  
  Fluctuate the playing style of your instrument and really bring the piece to life with Humanization settings ("Beginner", "Human", or "Computer"). Change the material of your instrument if you want to go for a creative type of sound. Play with a variety of different mutes on the trombone and trumpet, or you can even change reeds on you saxophone. In BRASS, you are the creator of your instrument.
  
  
  

How do you play the instruments?

You can use BRASS as a virtual instrument and program your sound track in your favorite sequencer. Since all the main formats are supported, you will not have to worry about compatibility.

You can attach a MIDI keyboard for those who are more at ease playing the music directly. Real time controls such as foot pedals, breath controllers, and other physical interfaces will give your arrangement that extra punch.

BRASS is based on a new kind of physical modeling technology. All of the characteristics of the real instruments have been analyzed and modeled through extensive research at IRCAM, a world-renowned institute based in Paris. Arturia has partnered with IRCAM to bring this groundbreaking technology to your studio; you will never worry about sacrificing sound quality.

Live Mode

As the name indicates, the "LIVE" mode is designed to play in real time on a MIDI keyboard or with the help of a breath controller.

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Play your instrument with maximum expression like a soloist would do! All parameters can be modulated in real time: you can assign any MIDI controller to any parameter, you can switch automation to some parameters, and obtain a lively and realistic sound.

Choose a preset in the library, play through keyboard, and use the controllers to add modulation. You want to go further? Configure your instrument: make a wooden trumpet, add a mute, humanize: physical modelling is flexible. In LIVE mode you have access to a wide range of intuitive qualities to control your instrument.

Riff Mode

RIFF mode offers an alternate solution to samplers or music libraries! In Riff mode, you can choose from over 500 pre-recorded, MODIFIABLE segments of music called "Riffs". Riff mode makes it possible to select, listen, play the keyboard, and edit your riffs. You can import or export riffs as MIDI files. All you need to do is choose from the genre you like and start composing.

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Riffs are a great way to get started in a music style you are not familiar with. They can also be a great source of inspiration for mature musicians who are looking for productivity.

For keyboards playing in bands, launching riffs on the fly can also be a great solution if you don't have real performers with you.


Edit Riffs!

The great point with the Riff section in BRASS is that you can edit any parameter within the riff. Whether you want to change the pitch of the riff, the pitch of one note, program a swell, or a fall on the last note of your riffs, you can do it.

Of course, you can also create your own riffs. Your musical creation can be whatever you want it to be. All the parameters offered in LIVE mode (pitch, vibrato, pressure, etc...) can be modified in RIFF mode just as easily, so you have complete control over EACH riff.

Play with up to 4 instuments at a time and modify each to the specification that you like. For each channel, you can have different instruments, notes and modulation parameters. Simply pick up a tool and draw you modulation or curve according to the note and desired effect.

Features

• Virtual instrument playable through a MIDI keyboard
  
• Three instruments available: Trumpet, Saxophone, Trombone
  
• 8 parameters to control the instruments in real time:
  
  • Attack
  • Pressure
  • Pitch (for legatos, falls or expressivity)
  • Timbre of the instruments
  • Noise amount in the instrument sound
  • Vibrato
  • Position of the instrument toward the microphone
  • Mute (for trumpet and trombone)
    
• Total midi control of each parameter through powerful settings, control sense and hardness
  
• Independent automatization of each parameter via a dedicated control window
  
• Configuration of the instruments: 4 attack and 4 vibrato types, material, humanization
  
• More than 500 riff presets in all music styles
  
• Easy and fast searching of riffs with the preset explorer
  
• Up to 4 simultaneous instruments in a riff
  
• Editable length, tempo and tune of each riff
  
• Riff editing with the zoomable pianoroll and independent parameter editing
  
• Powerful editing options : solo, mute, 8 drawing tools
  
• Import and export riff presets from and to midifiles
  
• Live playing of several riffs with the keyboard
  
• Chorus mode for all instruments, up to 4 instruments unison section
  
• Spatialization of the instruments in a configurable room
  
• BRASS can be used as stand-alone software or as a plug-in within your sequencer program.
  
  
  

System Requirements

Compatibility Matrix

Stand-Alone	ASIO / DirectSound	CoreAudio
	Cubase 3.7 to SX Logic 4.7 or higher	Live, Cubase SX
	Sonar 2.0 or higher	n/a
	Pro Tools 6 & 7	Pro Tools 6 & 7
	n/a	Logic 7, Live, DP 4

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