Your creativity, your control
Spitfire Studio Brass is the second release in our vital all-new Spitfire Studio Orchestra range. Two years in the making, our ambition was to create an incredibly versatile pro-end dry stage sample library. By choosing the crisp and vibrant setting of AIR Studio One — a smaller, more controllable space than the opulent Lyndhurst Hall — we offer our fellow composers a brass library with depth, detail, and awesome punch.
Epic power is on tap, with the widest emotional range of performance, but it comes with the grace and pinpoint detail of the dry stage, expertly recorded by Grammy award-winning engineer Simon Rhodes. Choose solo, duet, or section performances, and realise the detail of your music with swells, flutter tongues, and staccatissimo stabs, as well as traditional articulations.
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- Compatible with NKS
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The next chapter
Studio Brass is the second section of our new Studio orchestral libraries. It has all the treasured Spitfire hallmarks: A-list London session players, the best instruments, and an unparalleled signal path recorded to tape by Grammy award-winning engineer Simon Rhodes – in a room perfectly suited to capturing the punchy dynamic range of brass. As with our existing symphonic and chamber libraries, we have applied a “no stone unturned” approach: an encyclopaedia of articulations, dynamic layers and round-robins for seamless, nuanced realism.
Studio Brass is available in two versions: Spitfire Studio Brass and the more extensive Spitfire Studio Brass Professional.
Spitfire Studio Brass
Spitfire Studio Brass takes you straight to the engine room, and offers immediate gratification: 8 instruments, including 4 soloists, plus two player sections – all recorded through a Schoeps Decca Tree. The articulations include a range of extended techniques and mutes, and three variants of shorts: staccatissimo, tenuto and marcato. Instantly usable, immediately musical.
Spitfire users now have a comprehensive range of orchestral manoeuvres. We believe Studio Brass suits users of our existing Lyndhurst Hall ranges as an essential sonic alternative. It is also perfect for those looking to buy a brass library that will give them the most bang for their buck – being usable in the widest range of musical settings, ready for your own favourite reverbs and FX. With the versatility we have engineered into this library, we have no doubt that Spitfire Studio Brass will be a cherished part of your music-making over the next decade.
Recorded by Simon Rhodes
Simon Rhodes was an obvious choice for our entirely new Studio Orchestra range — a microphone magician with multiple Grammy awards to his name, and a senior engineer at Abbey Road Studios. Simon has worked at the highest level in film score recording, having been James Horner’s go-to engineer for 18 years and having worked with legendary composers such as John Williams and Thomas Newman. Blockbuster movies such as Avatar, Skyfall and Spectre have all had the Rhodes treatment.
“For the Spitfire Studio Brass sessions, the general approach was similar to the Studio Strings — using one of my tried and tested approaches to smaller rooms, with Schoeps room mics — so there’s consistency between the libraries."
The overview panel
This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.
The Ostinatum
In this view you can add notes to a pattern sequencer, select which key it triggers on and then play for instant ostinato creation. It’s like an arpeggiator on a synthesiser.
General controls panel
This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.
What's Included
Instruments
- Horn solo 1
- Horns a4
- Tenor Trombones a2
- Bass Trombones a2
- Trumpet Solo
- Trumpets a2
- Tuba
- Cimbasso
Extended techniques
- Horn Solo 1 - Core techniques
- Horn Solo 1 - Decorative techniques
- Horns a4 - Core techniques
- Horns a4 - Decorative techniques
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Core techniques
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Decorative techniques
- Bass Trombones a2 - Core techniques
- Bass Trombones a2 - Decorative techniques
- Trumpet Solo - Core techniques
- Trumpet Solo - Decorative techniques
- Trumpets a2 - Core techniques
- Trumpets a2 - Decorative techniques
- Tuba - Core techniques
- Tuba - Decorative techniques
- Cimbasso - Core techniques
- Cimbasso - Decorative techniques
Individual articulations
Horn solo 1
- Horn Solo 1 - Bells up Long
- Horn Solo 1 - Bells up Staccatissimo
- Horn Solo 1 - Fall Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Fall
- Horn Solo 1 - FX Swell Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - FX Swell
- Horn Solo 1 - Long Flutter Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Long Flutter
- Horn Solo 1 - Long Sfz Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Long Sfz
- Horn Solo 1 - Long Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Long
- Horn Solo 1 - Multitongue
- Horn Solo 1 - Rip Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Rip
- Horn Solo 1 - Short Marcato Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Short Marcato
- Horn Solo 1 - Short Staccatissimo Stopped
- Horn Solo 1 - Short Staccatissimo
- Horn Solo 1 - Short Tenuto
Horns a4
- Horns a4 - Bells up Long
- Horns a4 - Bells up Staccatissimo
- Horns a4 - Fall Stopped
- Horns a4 - Fall
- Horns a4 - FX Swell Stopped
- Horns a4 - FX Swell
- Horns a4 - Long Cuivre
- Horns a4 - Long Flutter Stopped
- Horns a4 - Long Flutter
- Horns a4 - Long Sfz Stopped
- Horns a4 - Long Sfz
- Horns a4 - Long Stopped
- Horns a4 - Long
- Horns a4 - Multitongue
- Horns a4 - Rip Stopped
- Horns a4 - Rip
- Horns a4 - Short Marcato Stopped
- Horns a4 - Short Marcato
- Horns a4 - Short Staccatissimo Stopped
- Horns a4 - Short Staccatissimo
- Horns a4 - Short Tenuto
- Horns a4 - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Horns a4 - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Tenor trombones a2
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Fall Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Fall
- Tenor Trombones a2 - FX Swell Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - FX Swell
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Cuivre
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Flutter Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Flutter
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Sfz Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Sfz
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Multitongue
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Rip Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Rip
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Marcato
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Sfz
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Staccatissimo Muted
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Staccatissimo
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Tenuto
Bass trombones a2
- Bass Trombones a2 - Fall Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Fall
- Bass Trombones a2 - FX Swell Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - FX Swell
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long Cuivre
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long Flutter Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long Flutter
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long
- Bass Trombones a2 - Multitongue
- Bass Trombones a2 - Rip Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Rip
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Marcato
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Sfz Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Sfz
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Staccatissimo Muted
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Staccatissimo
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Tenuto
Trumpet solo
- Trumpet Solo - Fall Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Fall
- Trumpet Solo - FX Swell Muted
- Trumpet Solo - FX Swell
- Trumpet Solo - Long Flutter Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Long Flutter
- Trumpet Solo - Long Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Long Sfz Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Long Sfz
- Trumpet Solo - Long
- Trumpet Solo - Multitongue
- Trumpet Solo - Rip Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Rip
- Trumpet Solo - Short Marcato
- Trumpet Solo - Short Staccatissimo Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Short Staccatissimo
- Trumpet Solo - Short Tenuto
- Trumpet Solo - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Trumpet Solo - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Trumpets a2
- Trumpets a2 - Fall Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Fall
- Trumpets a2 - FX Swell Muted
- Trumpets a2 - FX Swell
- Trumpets a2 - Long Extended Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Long Flutter Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Long Flutter
- Trumpets a2 - Long Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Long Sfz Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Long Sfz
- Trumpets a2 - Long
- Trumpets a2 - Multitongue
- Trumpets a2 - Rip Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Rip
- Trumpets a2 - Short Marcato
- Trumpets a2 - Short Staccatissimo Extended Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Short Staccatissimo Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Short Staccatissimo
- Trumpets a2 - Short Tenuto
- Trumpets a2 - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Trumpets a2 - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Tuba
- Tuba - Fall
- Tuba - FX Swell Muted
- Tuba - FX Swell
- Tuba - Long Muted
- Tuba - Long Sfz Muted
- Tuba - Long Sfz
- Tuba - Long
- Tuba - Rip
- Tuba - Short Marcato
- Tuba - Short Staccatissimo Muted
- Tuba - Short Staccatissimo
- Tuba - Short Tenuto
Cimbasso
- Cimbasso - Fall
- Cimbasso - FX Swell
- Cimbasso - Long Cuivre
- Cimbasso - Long
- Cimbasso - Rip
- Cimbasso - Short Marcato
- Cimbasso - Short Sfz
- Cimbasso - Short Staccatissimo
- Cimbasso - Short Tenuto
Legato techniques
- Horn Solo 1 - Legato
- Horns a4 - Legato
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Legato
- Bass Trombones a2 - Legato
- Trumpet Solo - Legato
- Trumpets a2 - Legato
- Tuba - Legato
Other patches
- Horn Solo 1 - Economic Longs
- Horn Solo 1 - Economic Shorts
- Horn Solo 1 - Light resources
- Horn Solo 1 - Time Machine
- Horns a4 - Economic Longs
- Horns a4 - Economic Shorts
- Horns a4 - Light resources
- Horns a4 - Time Machine
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Economic Longs
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Economic Shorts
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Light resources
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Time Machine
- Bass Trombones a2 - Economic Longs
- Bass Trombones a2 - Economic Shorts
- Bass Trombones a2 - Light resources
- Bass Trombones a2 - Time Machine
- Trumpet Solo - Economic Longs
- Trumpet Solo - Economic Shorts
- Trumpet Solo - Light resources
- Trumpet Solo - Time Machine
- Trumpets a2 - Economic Longs
- Trumpets a2 - Economic Shorts
- Trumpets a2 - Light resources
- Trumpets a2 - Time Machine
- Tuba - Economic Longs
- Tuba - Economic Shorts
- Tuba - Light resources
- Tuba - Time Machine
- Cimbasso - Economic Longs
- Cimbasso - Economic Shorts
- Cimbasso - Light resources
- Cimbasso - Time Machine
Mics & mixes
Mics
- Tree
Videos
Overview — Spitfire Studio Orchestra
FAQs
What is the difference between Spitfire Studio Brass and Spitfire Studio Brass Professional?
Spitfire Studio Brass features 8 essential instrument patches with 130 articulations to choose from, all available with the default Decca Tree microphone position. With Professional, you have access to 9 more instruments, 260 articulations, as well as seven extra unique microphone positions and two stereo mixes:
Spitfire Studio Brass
- 8 instruments
- 4 solo instruments
- Tree 1
- Up to 4 round robins
Spitfire Studio Brass Professional — all of the above, plus:
- 17 instruments
- 13 solo instruments
- Close 1, Close 2, Tree 1, Tree 2, Ambients, Outriggers, Mix 1 and 2
Is there a crossgrade path to Spitfire Studio Brass Professional?
Yes, the upgrade price is simply the price difference between the two products at the point of purchase. Add Spitfire Studio Brass Professional to your cart, and it will intelligently calculate your crossgrade price. Make sure you’re logged in first!
How is this different from Spitfire Symphonic Brass?
Recorded in Studio One at Air instead of Lyndhurst Hall, where we recorded our Symphony Orchestra, this library offers a more controlled sound - instantly more focused and detailed - compared to the legendary lush and vibrant reverb of ‘the hall’. This can’t be achieved in Symphonic Brass, without having a lot more players.
Unlike Spitfire Symphonic Brass, Spitfire Studio Brass Professional also has two more instruments — the Piccolo Trumpet, and the Euphonium — and two individual french horn and trumpet soloists, rather than one.