Combines the basic brass instruments as solo instruments and the corresponding ensembles.

The Vienna Symphonic Library Brass 1 collection is made up of trumpet, Viennese horn, trombone, tuba, trumpet ensemble (3 players), horn ensemble (4 players), and trombone ensemble (3 players). The 4 soloists are masters of their trade: trumpet player Freddy Staudigl, hornist Marcus Schmidinger, and trombone player Johann Schodl all are foundation members of the renowned ensemble Brassissimo and are not only active with their quintet but also as soloists and orchestral musicians on an international level. The tubist Christoph Kiene is also internationally known as a lecturer.

In addition to the existing articulations of the Pro Edition, Brass 1 virtual instruments provide fast Interval Performances in legato and marcato, Performance Trills, arpeggios (major, minor, and diminished in legato and staccato), and mordents. Trumpet and trombone now offer the complete playing techniques, muted not only as solo instruments, but also in the ensembles. Among the specialties are the trumpet ensemble's "out of tune" sustains, as they happen now and then in real orchestral situations. The 3 trumpet players don't hit the note exactly at the beginning — a beat frequency ensues which is corrected as the tone progresses, eventually resulting in a clean homophony. Furthermore, the trumpets feature "rips & falls." And the trombone ensembles offer clusters of 3 notes with half tone intervals, available in staccato (2 variations), sustained, crescendo und diminuendo (in 2 tone lengths), sforzato, and even as Repetition Performances.

Vienna Instruments Brass 1 Features:

Articulations
Performances:
Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast
Horns, tenor trombone: Interval Performance Glissandos
Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo
Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast
Performance Trills
Solo instruments — Grace Note Performances: minor and major 2nd, up and down
Trumpets: runs
Trumpets, horns, trombones — arpeggios: major, minor, diminished triads; staccato, medium & fast
Solo trumpet — mordents: legato, 12 variations
Trumpets, horns, trombones — muted/stopped:
Interval Performances
Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato
Fast Repetitions
Upbeats
Single notes:
Short notes: staccato and portato with various attacks and note lengths
Long notes: sustains with various attacks and vibratos
Horns: 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
Trumpets, horns, trombones — muted/stopped:
Short notes: staccato, short portato, medium portato
Sustains and dynamics in various note lengths
Flutter tongues
Trumpet ensemble: out-of-tune-sustains, rips & falls
Trombone ensemble: clusters

Vienna Instruments Brass 1 Specifications:

Apple: G4 800 MHz (G5 recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. AU host program
PC: Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP. VST host program