
Dimension Brass I - Fantastic Four Brass Ensembles
Vienna Dimension Brass gives an entirely new meaning to the term multi-samples! These instruments have been recorded in a very unique way at Vienna’s famed Silent Stage. While every note was played by a well-rehearsed ensemble of four brass players, each instrument was recorded separately, which allows you to access each voice individually. Still, they sound like an ensemble and not like four soloists, whether playing in unison, divisi, or even in four-part harmonies.
Dimension Brass - Instruments: Trumpet Ensemble (4 Trumpets in Bb), Horn Ensemble (4 French Horns)
Trombone Ensemble (4 Trombones) & Low Brass Ensemble (1 Tuba, 1 Bass Trombone, 2 Trombones)
Extended Articulations
While the Standard Library includes all basic articulations, the Full Library now offers an additional set of all-new articulations, providing even more variations, nuances and possibilities of expression. The new performance glissandos were recorded up to a tritone for the trombones and even up to an octave for the trumpets and French horns. They can be seamlessly combined with the legato performances. The new medium sustained notes are available in six dynamic layers and are not looped, providing the instruments’ all-natural decay. You may crossfade between different dynamic layers by using a continuous controller in order to get natural and seamless transitions – from a mellow tone color to an assertive, stinging brass sound and back. What’s more, the Vienna team added recorded crescendos and diminuendos of one, two, and three seconds length that are absolutely crucial when it comes to ultra-realistic brass performances. Last but not least, the new long portatos of approximately half a second in length fill the gap between the existing short and long sustained notes.
Standard Articulations:
- Single notes: Staccato, portato, sustains, blared sustains, crescendo/diminuendo in various lengths (1.5 - 4 sec), fortepiano, sforzato, sforzatissimo
- Fast repetitions from 140 - 200 bpm
- Flutter tongue
- Repetition Performances: Legato, portato, staccato
- Legato Performances
- Trill Performances
- 4 velocity layers for almost all articulations (including Legato and Trill Performances)
Extended Articulations:
- Portato long
- Medium sustains pp – mp
- Medium sustains mf – ff
- Glissando Performances
- Crescendo Light 1 sec.
- Crescendo Light 2 sec.
- Crescendo Light 3 sec.
- Diminuendo Light 1 sec.
- Diminuendo Light 2 sec.
- Diminuendo Light 3 sec.
Review in Computer Music Studio (Italy)
Published on July/August issue of Italian magazine Computer Music Studio
CONCLUSIONI
C’era bisogna di Dimension Brass? La risposta è assolutamente sì! La ragione è semplice: Dimension Brass non è una libreria comune. Se viene accoppiata al player nella versione Pro, essa diviene uno strumento raffinatissimo per la creazioni di parti di ottoni credibili. La qualità intrinseca dei campioni, come da tradizione VSL, è di primo ordine e l’integrazione con il player è perfettamente riuscita. Dimension Brass è uno strumento riuscito che però richiede applicazione e dedizione per dare buoni frutti.
Amazona.de 5.4.2011
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Fazit
Für mich ist diese Brass-Library mit Abstand das Beste, was es aktuell auf diesem Gebiet gibt. Vielleicht sind ein zwei andere Hersteller nicht weit weg in Bezug auf Qualität und Preis. Aber mir scheint, dass die Jungs von Vienna sehr viel Herz, Können und Wissen in diese Library gesteckt haben. Vor allem im Detail der Samples und der Editiermöglichkeit wird das hörbar. Man weiß, was ein Komponist/Arrangeur wirklich benötigt zum arbeiten. Von Musikern für Musiker, so mein Eindruck. Und wenn "Blech" auch noch wirklich nach authentischem Blech klingt, so wie es hier der Fall ist, ist es kein Wunder, dass VSL zur Elite gehört auf dem Sektor Orchester-Library. Meine eindeutige Empfehlung für Filmmusiker und alle anderen anspruchsvollen Musiker: kaufen!
Plus
•absolut amtliche Qualität in Sachen Aufnahme, Klangbild und Konzept
•fast alle möglichen menschlichen Artikulationen, sehr realistische Performance möglich
•gute ausgereifte Engine-Architektur, die wirklich funktioniert und überzeugt
•sehr gut für den Liveeinsatz
•mitgelieferte hilfreiche Video-Tutorials - das nervige Manual blättern entfällt
•läuft stabil und ressourcenschonend auf älteren DAW-Systemen
•klasse Support, online wie auch telefonisch direkt in Wien, wenn es mal sehr schnell gehen muss
•schnelle Hilfe und geduldiger Support ebenso vom Vertrieb Best Service in München
Apfelwahn Music 050.2.2011
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Das gefällt mir
Vienna Dimension Brass bietet vier Blechbläser-Ensembles (Trompete, Horn, Posaune und Low-Brass) mit jeweils vier Spielern, wie man sie in dieser Klarheit und Ausdruckskraft in klassischen Sample-Libraries bisher vergeblich gesucht hat. Die vier Instrumentalisten eines jeden Ensembles wurden getrennt mikrofoniert aufgenommen, was in Kombination mit dem neuen Vienna Instruments Pro-Player eine nie dagewesene Feinabstimmung jedes einzelnen Instruments ermöglicht.
Die bis ins Letzte ausgetüftelten Humanizing-Funktionen, das Steuern von Attack und Zeitverzögerung für einzelne Samples und das Auto-Divisi, welches die Noten bei Intervallen und Akkorden auf die einzelnen Spieler verteilt, sorgen für ein in der virtuellen Welt der Musikproduktion bislang unerreicht echtes und realitätsnahes Klangerlebnis. Hinzu kommen Polyphones Legato, Time-Stretching und Controller- oder Keyswitch-gesteuertes zweidimensionales Matrix-Crossfading zwischen verschiedenen Spielweisen oder Humanizing-Varianten einer Spielweise.
Der Vienna Instruments Pro-Player ist die mit Abstand fortschrittlichste Engine, die im Bereich klassischer Instrumente derzeit erhältlich ist – der Sound und die Audioqualität von Dimension Brass liegt auf Referenzklasseniveau.
Holger Obst
recording.de 14.3.2011
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VSL verspricht nicht zu viel. Das Konzept bzw. dessen Umsetzung ist einmalig. (..........) Klang und Bedienung überzeugen bei Dimension Brass auf voller Linie.
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