Arturia Brass 2 Virtual Instrument

BRASS is a new kind of virtual instrument based on a physical modeling technology. It emulates a Trumpet, a Trombone and a Saxophone. All the characteristics of the real instruments have been analyzed and modeled through extensive research at world-renowned IRCAM institute. Arturia has partnered with this highly skilled team of researchers to bring this groundbreaking technology to the musician, in the form of a software instrument. BRASS is an extremely expressive, flexible and controllable instrument, and thus a fantastic alternative to loops or music libraries.

The Live Mode

The Live Mode allows incredible realism and expressivity thanks to a fully controllable 8 parameters panel especially developed for real time playing. A complete assignation page allows assigning MIDI information like Velocity, Aftertouch, Modulation… to numerous parameters like Attack, Pressure, Vibrato…

Choose a preset in the library, play via a midi keyboard, and use the controllers to add modulation. You want to go further? Configure your instrument: make a wooden trumpet, add a mute, humanize: physical modeling is flexible. In LIVE mode you have access to a wide range of intuitive qualities to control your instrument.

The Riff Mode

The Riff Mode offers an alternate solution to samplers or music libraries! In Riff mode, you can choose from over 500 pre-recorded, MODIFIABLE segments of music called "Riffs". Riff mode makes it possible to select, listen, play the keyboard, and edit your riffs. You can import or export riffs as MIDI files. All you need to do is choose from the genre you like and start composing.THE RIFF MODE

The Riff Mode offers an alternate solution to samplers or music libraries! In Riff mode, you can choose from over 500 pre-recorded, MODIFIABLE segments of music called "Riffs". Riff mode makes it possible to select, listen, play the keyboard, and edit your riffs. You can import or export riffs as MIDI files. All you need to do is choose from the genre you like and start composing.

Main Features:

• Virtual instrument playable through a MIDI keyboard

• Three physically modeled Brass instruments: Trumpet, Trombone and Saxophone

• LIVE Mode with total control over expressiveness through extensive MIDI control of key parameters

• RIFF Mode with more than 500 modifiable pre-recorded MIDI phrases in many different styles (Jazz, Funk, Latino, Fanfare, Reggae, Pop, Classic, Military…)

• Configuration of the instruments : 4 attack and 4 vibrato types, material, humanization

• Import and export riff presets from and to MIDI files

• 8 parameters to control the instruments in real time :
  
  
  • Attack
  
  
  • Pressure
  
  
  • Pitch (for legatos, falls or expressivity)
  
  
  • Timbre of the instruments
  
  
  • Noise amount in the instrument sound
  
  
  • Vibrato
  
  
  • Position of the instrument toward the microphone
  
  
  • Mute (for trumpet and trombone)

• Independent automatization of each parameter via a dedicated control window

• Easy and fast searching of riffs with the preset explorer

• Up to 4 simultaneous instruments in a riff

• Editable length, tempo and tune of each riff

• Riff editing with the zoomable pianoroll and independent parameter editing

• Powerful editing options : solo, mute, 8 drawing tools

• Live playing of several riffs with the keyboard

• Chorus mode for all instruments, up to 4 instruments unison section

• Spatialization of the instruments in a configurable room