Spitfire Symphonic Brass Professional
Definitive Orchestral Brass
$999
Lyndhurst Hall at AIR Studios, London. In the origin story of Spitfire Audio, this is where it all began. We return to complete what is the beating heart of our symphonic range—Spitfire Symphonic Brass Professional. Performed by London’s first-call brass players, captured in a room unlike any other, the sound is equally majestic and inspiring, warmly embracing the instruments in The Hall’s lush reverberation.
The Professional edition brings a new level of customisation with a total of 10 signals, featuring 7 mic positions and 3 expertly engineered mixes by Jake Jackson (WandaVision, Emma, David Copperfield, It: Chapter 2). Recorded to tape using AIR’s unparalleled signal path and microphone selection, this library is bursting with an encyclopedic offering of techniques—the most of any Spitfire Audio library. Used by top names in film and TV music, this is an absolute workhorse that offers the ultimate level of choice and control.
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Kraken - Andy Blaney (0:00 / 3:13)
The Other Side - Homay Schmitz (0:00 / 1:33)
Product Info
- ~320953 Samples
- 240.5 GB download size Too large to download?
- 481.00 GB disk space required during install
- Mac system requirements Mac OS X 10.10 to OS X 10.15 Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM. Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM. Apple Silicon/ARM not yet supported but available via Rosetta 2. Machine must be connected to the internet during install.
- PC system requirements Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 64-bit) Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5. Recommended: Intel 2.8 GHz i7 (six-core) or AMD R7 2700. Machine must be connected to the internet during install.
- Free Kontakt Player Included
- User manual
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"Spitfire Audio’s beautiful-sounding orchestral palette will lead you to new worlds of colour and texture."
– John Powell (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne quadrilogy)
A MOST POWERFUL PUNCH
Spitfire Symphonic Brass Professional has been created with the world's finest brass players and is presented with essential and versatile microphone positions. In addition to each individual section, Spitfire Audio also offers a comprehensive selection of articulations and techniques presented in the specially curated Ensemble tool, for instant playability and quick writing. This definitive compendium features a broad selection of different section sizes, from solo to large groups of trumpets, horns, and trombones, to featured instruments including classic bass trombones and tubas, to lesser-heard cimbassi, contrabass trombones and contrabass tuba.
From heart rending choral works to blistering lip-bleed material, whether you are looking to channel John Williams or a zealous Hans Zimmer fan, their favourite players will find favour with you.
"AIR Studios is one of the most unique and inspiring acoustic environments in the world."
– Trevor Morris (Vikings, The Tutors, Immortals)
OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME
The Crown, Wonder Woman 1984, The Trial of The Chicago 7, James Bond, Interstellar, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Gladiator—all were recorded in Lyndhurst Hall at London’s AIR Studios, Spitfire Audio’s spiritual home and a room where blockbuster scores are born. Architecturally unique, the acoustic properties of the interior of Lyndhurst Hall are renowned globally, loved by composers and musicians alike. There is a gentle reverberation in the room that adds beauty to anything played there. The sound produced by a soloist, chamber ensemble or indeed a full symphonic orchestra expands and blooms inside the space, a truly versatile palette giving access to a range of textures from delicate and intimate to thunderous and epic.
"Their libraries are beautifully recorded at AIR and full of character."
– Simon Rhodes (1917, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Skyfall)
CONTROL WITH PURPOSE
Building on the core Spitfire Symphonic Brass, this new Professional library is packed with 175GB of extra content and features three curated mixes–Fine, Medium, and Broad— by the award-winning engineer, Jake Jackson, offering you an immediate and recognisable blockbuster sound. These mix perspectives, crafted using single voices per note for low CPU/RAM usage, prove to be indispensable for creating ready-made mixes that work across the entire orchestra.
Need more control to bring your score to life? Look no further than the 10 signals featuring 7 classic microphone positions to create your own custom mixes, giving you a diverse range of palettes from a single room. Included are 3 alternative (ALT) microphones: warm Close Ribbon (Cr), close Stereo Pair (St) and spacious Gallery (G) signals, as well as the addition of Outrigger signals to the common Close Tree Ambient (known as CTA), creating CTAO for the classic Spitfire Audio setup.
"I haven't heard anything to compare with their realism.”
– Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter, Land of the Tiger and Andes to Amazon)
FEATURES
Spitfire Symphonic Brass Professional offers you every articulation for every section, plus ensembles in a single, encyclopedic compendium:
— The world's finest brass players, handpicked by Spitfire Audio
— A broad ensemble covering solo, chamber, symphonic and cinematic instrument groups
— 10 professional signals, featuring 7 mic positions and 3 expertly engineered mixes by Jake Jackson
— Mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient), O(utriggers), Cr(Close Ribbon), St(ereo Pair), G(allery)
— Recorded in situ using priceless valve and ribbon mics
— Neve Montserrat Pre-amps into a Neve 88R desk
— Recorded digitally at 96k via 2" Studer tape
— Multiple dynamic layers and round robins
— Diverse and detailed with essential, additional and some totally unique articulations
— Individual sections and ensembles
— Kontakt Player included
— NKS-ready
— New intuitive GUI with inline help system
— As used by A-list composers and producers around the globe
Product Reviews
What's included
Horn Solo:
- Horn Solo - Fall
- Horn Solo - Long Flutter
- Horn Solo - Long
- Horn Solo - Rip
- Horn Solo - Short Marcato
- Horn Solo - Short Staccatissimo
- Horn Solo - Short Staccato
- Horn Solo - Short Tenuto
- Horn Solo - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Horn Solo - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Horns a2:
- Horns a2 - Bells up Crotchet
- Horns a2 - Bells up Long
- Horns a2 - Bells up Quaver
- Horns a2 - Bells up Staccatissimo
- Horns a2 - Bells up Staccato
- Horns a2 - Fall
- Horns a2 - Long Cuivre
- Horns a2 - Long Flutter
- Horns a2 - Long Stopped
- Horns a2 - Long
- Horns a2 - Multitongue
- Horns a2 - Rip
- Horns a2 - Short Marcato
- Horns a2 - Short Staccatissimo
- Horns a2 - Short Staccato
- Horns a2 - Short Tenuto
- Horns a2 - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Horns a2 - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Horns a6:
- Horns a6 - Fall
- Horns a6 - Fanfare
- Horns a6 - Long Cuivre
- Horns a6 - Long
- Horns a6 - Multitongue
- Horns a6 - Rip
- Horns a6 - Short Marcato
- Horns a6 - Short Staccato
- Horns a6 - Short Tenuto
Tenor Trombone Solo:
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Falls
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Long Cuivre
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Long Flutter Muted
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Long Flutter
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Long Muted
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Long
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Multitongue
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Rips
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Marcato Muted
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Marcato
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Staccato Muted
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Staccato
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Tenuto Muted
- Tenor Trombone Solo - Short Tenuto
Tenor Trombones a2:
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Falls
- Tenor Trombones a2 - FX Gliss
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long Cuivre
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Long
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Multitongue
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Rips
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Marcato
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Staccato
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Short Tenuto
Bass Trombone Solo:
- Bass Trombone Solo - Falls
- Bass Trombone Solo - Long Cuivre
- Bass Trombone Solo - Long Flutter
- Bass Trombone Solo - Long
- Bass Trombone Solo - Multitongue
- Bass Trombone Solo - Rips
- Bass Trombone Solo - Short Marcato
- Bass Trombone Solo - Short Staccato
- Bass Trombone Solo - Short Tenuto
Bass Trombones a2:
- Bass Trombones a2 - Falls
- Bass Trombones a2 - FX Gliss
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long Cuivre
- Bass Trombones a2 - Long
- Bass Trombones a2 - Multitongue
- Bass Trombones a2 - Rips
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Marcato
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Staccato
- Bass Trombones a2 - Short Tenuto
Contrabass Trombone Solo:
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Falls
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Long Cuivre
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Long Stopped
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Long
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Rips
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Short CS
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Short Marcato
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Short Staccato
- Contrabass Trombone Solo - Short Tenuto
Trombones a6:
- Trombones a6 - Falls
- Trombones a6 - Fanfare
- Trombones a6 - Long Cuivre
- Trombones a6 - Long
- Trombones a6 - Multitongue
- Trombones a6 - Rips
- Trombones a6 - Short Marcato
- Trombones a6 - Short Staccato
- Trombones a6 - Short Tenuto
Trumpet Solo:
- Trumpet Solo - FX Gliss
- Trumpet Solo - Long Flutter
- Trumpet Solo - Long Mariachi
- Trumpet Solo - Long Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Long
- Trumpet Solo - Multitongue
- Trumpet Solo - Short Marcato Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Short Marcato
- Trumpet Solo - Short Staccato Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Short Staccato
- Trumpet Solo - Short Tenuto Muted
- Trumpet Solo - Short Tenuto
- Trumpet Solo - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Trumpet Solo - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Trumpets a2:
- Trumpets a2 - Falls
- Trumpets a2 - Long Mariachi
- Trumpets a2 - Long Muted
- Trumpets a2 - Long
- Trumpets a2 - Multitongue
- Trumpets a2 - Rips
- Trumpets a2 - Short Marcato
- Trumpets a2 - Short Staccato
- Trumpets a2 - Short Tenuto
- Trumpets a2 - Trill (Major 2nd)
- Trumpets a2 - Trill (Minor 2nd)
Trumpets a6:
- Trumpets a6 - Fall
- Trumpets a6 - Fanfare
- Trumpets a6 - Long Cuivre
- Trumpets a6 - Long
- Trumpets a6 - Multitongue
- Trumpets a6 - Rip
- Trumpets a6 - Short Marcato
- Trumpets a6 - Short Staccato
- Trumpets a6 - Short Tenuto
Tuba Solo:
- Tuba Solo - Falls
- Tuba Solo - Long Stopped
- Tuba Solo - Long
- Tuba Solo - Rips
- Tuba Solo - Short Marcato
- Tuba Solo - Short Staccato
- Tuba Solo - Short Stopped
- Tuba Solo - Short Tenuto
Contrabass Tuba Solo:
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Falls
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Long
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Rips
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Short Marcato
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Short Staccato
- Contrabass Tuba Solo - Short Tenuto
Cimbasso Solo:
- Cimbasso Solo - Falls
- Cimbasso Solo - Long Cuivre
- Cimbasso Solo - Long
- Cimbasso Solo - Rips
- Cimbasso Solo - Short Marcato
- Cimbasso Solo - Short Staccato
- Cimbasso Solo - Short Tenuto
Cimbassi a2:
- Cimbassi a2 - Falls
- Cimbassi a2 - Long Alt
- Cimbassi a2 - Long Cuivre
- Cimbassi a2 - Long
- Cimbassi a2 - Rips
- Cimbassi a2 - Short Marcato
- Cimbassi a2 - Short Staccato
- Cimbassi a2 - Short Tenuto
Legato techniques:
- Horn Solo - Legato
- Horns a2 - Legato
- Horns a6 - Performance Legato
- Tenor Trombones a2 - Legato
- Bass Trombones a2 - Legato
- Trombones a6 - Performance Legato
- Trumpet Solo - Legato
- Trumpets a2 - Legato
- Trumpets a6 - Performance Legato
- Tuba Solo - Legato
Mics
- C - Close
- T - Tree
- A - Ambient
- O - Outriggers
- Cr - Close Ribbon
- St - Stereo Pair
- G - Gallery
Stereo Mixes
- F - Fine
- M - Medium
- B - Broad
