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Spitfire Symphonic Brass

Spitfire Symphonic Brass is our definitive collection of orchestral brass, the beating heart of our entire symphonic range of libraries.

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  • Definitive orchestral brass

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    Half a decade in the making, this encyclopaedic compendium is our definitive collection of orchestral brass. The UK's finest brass players have been expertly recorded at the world-famous Lyndhurst Hall at AIR Studios, London — the same inimitable acoustic as Spitfire Symphonic Strings and Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds, for that highly sought-after blockbuster sound.

    Spitfire Symphonic Brass offers you Close, Tree, and Ambient microphone positions and 169 articulations, adding power and punch to your orchestral scores.

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    Includes Kontakt Player (free download)

    Symphonic brass

    169 articulations

    CTA

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    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.

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    The overview panel

    Overview panel GUI
    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.

    General controls panel

    General controls GUI
    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.

    The Ostinatum

    Ostinatum GUI
    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.

    What's included

    Instruments

    A - 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)

    B - 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)

    C - 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

    D - 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

    E - 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

    F - 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

    G - 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

    H - 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

    I - 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

    J - 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)

    K - 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)

    L - 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

    M - 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

    N - 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

    O - 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

    P - 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

    • a - Horn Solo - Legato
    • b - Horns a2 - Legato
    • c - Horns a6 - Performance Legato
    • d - Tenor Trombones a2 - Legato
    • e - Bass Trombones a2 - Legato
    • f - Trombones a6 - Performance Legato
    • g - Trumpet Solo - Legato
    • h - Trumpets a2 - Legato
    • i - Trumpets a6 - Performance Legato
    • j - Tuba Solo - Legato


    Mics & mixes

    Mics

    • C - Close
    • T - Tree
    • A - Ambient

    FAQs

    What’s in Spitfire Symphonic Brass?

    This library combines all of our existing “British Modular Library” range brass libraries: BML Horns, BML Trumpet Corps, BML Bones and BML Low Brass plus the epic BML Trumpet Phalanx, BML Bones Phalanx and BML Horns Phalanx.


    What’s in Spitfire Symphonic Brass Professional?

    Symphonic Brass Professional adds to the core version of SSB, adding alternative (ALT) selections of Close Ribbon (Cr), Stereo Pair (St) and Gallery (G) signals, as well as the inclusion of Outrigger signals to the common CTA, creating CTAO for the ‘classic’ Spitfire setup. On top of this we offer the Fine (F), Medium (M) and Broad (B) stereo mixes, mixed by Jake Jackson, for instant great sounding mixes, with low CPU/RAM usage. This expansion contains over 173GB of additional content to help you make the most of Spitfire Symphonic Brass.

    Further detail on the extended array of signals is provided here.

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    Tech specs

    Mac system requirements

    Mac OS 11, 12 or 13 

    Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported

    Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM

    Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    PC system requirements

    Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

    Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    File size

    ~85479 samples

    66.7 GB download size

    133.40 GB disk space required during install

    Too large to download? Choose hard drive delivery at checkout


    Kontakt player

    Kontakt Full or Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher

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