Vienna Instruments Brass II

Digital orchestrators rejoice: the Vienna Symphonic Library has a major set of upgrades on its hands! The Vienna Instruments series expands on the previous libraries and offers embedded intelligent Performance Algorithms in an easy-to-use VST/AU plug-in to orchestrate an inconceivably vast array of samples. For the first time, hundreds of articulations can be combined in one Preset and on a single MIDI track. Vienna's proprietary Performance Detection analyzes intervals, repeated notes, patterns, and even speed in real time and automatically summons the appropriate articulation or nuance. Over the next few months, company will release ten Vienna Instruments that contain a combined total of over 550GB or more than 800,000 stereo samples in 44.1kHz/24 bit quality.

The Vienna Instruments Brass II Collection contains the instruments for large-scale orchestral arrangements, i.e., the "Wagner orchestral brass." Oriented toward Wagner's "Ring", there are the bass trumpet, the contrabass trombone, Wagner tuba and contrabass tuba, all with the standard single note and Performance articulations like Interval Performances, Repetitions, Performance Trills, etc. As an alternative to the Viennese horn, Brass II also contains a new solo horn, the triple horn, Yamaha's master instrument in F/Bb/high F, recorded down to the lowest register (A1). Further, there are the piccolo trumpet, the Pro Edition's cimbasso, and of course the famous "Epic Horns" from the Horizon Series, an impressive sounding body of eight double horns that not only fulfills the sonic ideal of the theatrical late Romantic orchestra but also meets the challenge of "larger than life" scores for modern cinema.

Vienna Instruments Brass II Instruments:

• Piccolo trumpet
  
• Bass trumpet
  
• Triple horn
  
• Horn ensemble (8 players) / Epic Horns
  
• Bass trombone
  
• Contrabass trombone
  
• Contrabass tuba
  
• Wagner tuba
  
• Cimbasso

Vienna Instruments Brass II Performances:

• Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast
  
• Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo
  
• Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast
  
• Performance Trills
  
• Solo instruments - Grace Note Performances: minor and minor 2nd, up and down

Vienna Instruments Brass II Single Notes:

• Short notes: staccato and portato with various attacks and note lengths
  
• Long notes: sustains with various attacks and vibratos
  
• Horn ensemble: blared sustains
  
• Dynamics: crescendo & diminuendo in various note lengths, various vibratos; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
  
• Solo instruments - trills: half tone, whole tone; crescendo & diminuendo
  
• Flutter tongues: normal and crescendo variations