A Brass Library with Character and Real Grit
Squawks, honks, and warbles aren’t typically par for the course with virtual instruments, but that’s exactly what Big Fish Audio set out to capture with Vintage Horns 3. This virtual instrument collection wasn’t created to be an immaculate horn library, but rather to capture the spirit, character, and emotion of popular horn styles from the 1930s to the 1970s — honks included! For the third iteration of Vintage Horns, Big Fish Audio packed in 17 multi-sampled brass and woodwind instruments. Whether you’re a fan of jazz fusion soprano sax like Wayne Shorter, plunger vibrato trumpet in the style of Bubber Miley, or New Orleans clarinet like Sidney Bechet, Vintage Horns 3 re-creates the tonal attributes of myriad retro horn styles. Moreover, the interface comes with control over more than just the voicing, though. Adjust reverb, tape saturation, bass EQ, and treble EQ to set the tone of the voicing to match your needs or dial in further with attack, delay, sustain, and release options for shaping the instrument’s envelope. Pick up Vintage Horns 3 and add some authentic brassy grit to your tracks.
Note: This product requires Kontakt Full or Kontakt Player to operate. Please contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have questions.
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All about the character
Both music producers and composers here at Sweetwater are impressed with the authenticity Vintage Horns 3 brings to their projects and how it can expand the potential of a brass virtual instrument. Use the Vintage C Melody Tenor Sax to give a 1930s big band feel, or take that same C Melody sax and pass it through a sci-fi effects chain to bring those same jazz vibes to a galaxy far, far away. Take advantage of the key switches available for some of the voicings that let you change the standard articulation to a preset bank of options like sustain, staccato, stab, falloffs, and doits. Each horn option comes with all the characteristics of older model horns and classic artists, too. Big Fish Audio has embraced the quirks that came with vintage horn manufacturing and the way legends like Charlie Parker and Nat Adderley wove those imperfections into their sound. With Vintage Horns 3, you can tap into that same expressive character: a sax teetering between altissimo and squawk, a trumpet with a warbling edge, and trombone lines rich with soulful slurs.
Big Fish Audio Vintage Horns 3 Features:
- 17 multi-sampled vintage brass and woodwind instruments tailored to capture specific tonalities and qualities of specific eras
- Styled after performances by Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Motown, Tower of Power, and more
- Control options for reverb, tape saturation, bass and treble EQ, attack, sustain, decay, and release to tailor the instrument voicing to your mix
- Utilize Kontakt’s key switches to choose different articulation styles for some voicings, such as sustain, staccato, stab, falloffs, and doits
- Embody the character of vintage horns with all the passionate quirks that make those instruments and styles unique
