RELEASED: Straight Ahead Jazz Horns, new for 2017 - now with Smart Voicing technology! Demos inside!

[zircon]

Straight Ahead Jazz Horns - Available Now!



Impact Soundworks is proud to announce Straight Ahead Jazz Horns, created in collaboration with Straight Ahead Samples! This revamped library features over 75,000 samples of 13 solo brass and sax instruments perfect for jazz, funk, pop, R&B and more. Each instrument is deeply sampled with a variety of crucial techniques and ornaments, all totally customizable with our TACT system of articulation control and mapping.

We're also introducing Smart Voicing technology, the easiest and most fluid way to create fully-voiced ensemble parts to harmonize your melodies. Available in our Multi Ensembles, all you have to do is play a chord in your left hand and play a melody in your right to get authentic, hand-written harmonies voiced for your ensemble - while keeping all articulation mapping, legato, and other settings.

Smart Voicing is not only deeply customizable with different voicing and chord options, but can even be used with Kontakt's "Send MIDI to Outside World" feature, allowing you to send generated harmony MIDI data to any other plugin!



Full Instrument List:

• Lead Trumpet
• Trumpet 2
• Trumpet 3
• Trumpet 4
• Lead Trombone
• Trombone 2
• Trombone 3
• Bass Trombone
• Lead Alto Sax
• Alto Sax 2
• Lead Tenor Sax
• Tenor Sax 2
• Baritone Sax

Multi Ensembles:

• 4 Trumpets
• 4 Trombones
• 5 Saxes
• All Brass
• Full Ensemble
• Pop Horns

Key Library Features

• Over 75,000 samples, available as 16 and 24-bit
• Two distinct mic positions
• True legato and glissando for all instruments
• Up to 4x dynamic levels / 5x RR per note
• Total Articulation Control Technology (TACT)
• Extensive options and tweak settings for all instruments, ranging from legato/gliss timing to three (!!) separate dynamic x-fade types
• Ready-to-go FX rack (analog EQ, compressor, delay and convolution reverb)
• Smart Voicing multi ensembles

Articulations (varies by instrument)

• Sustain, staccato, quarters, staccatissimo, fortepiano
• Falls, long falls, doits, scoops, flops
• Bends, shakes, turns, legato, gliss

Availability

The library is available now for Kontakt Player at MSRP $249 with a deep discount ($199 off!) for owners of the original Jazz Horns library by Straight Ahead Samples.

Click here to read more and purchase!

AUDIO DEMOS

https://soundcloud.com/isworks/sets/str ... orns-demos

LIBRARY WALKTHROUGH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPLJUW1t92s
SMART VOICING TEASER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeUmKPa7eeI

[DSmolken]

Nice! Jazz horns are not nearly as well sampled as classical brass, and I'd been wondering if Straight Ahead Samples had gone quiet or given up entirely, since they haven't done anything new in a while.

[zircon]

Straight Ahead Jazz Horns is now available! Check out full info in the original post!

[Fleer]

Wonderful release

[Saukar30]

This looks fantastic. Question... since there are both 16 bit & 24bit libraries would you have to install them both or could you just install the 16 bit library? Are there any compromises to not having both installed?

[zircon]

The download has both 16 and 24-bit versions but you can simply delete the 16bit patches and samples with no repercussions. (The 16 and 24-bit samples are stored in separate folders).

[bigcat1969]

Yum Saxy! I'm broke from a string sale, but come a few paychecks and a good sale, this looks like a winner. It's good value for money as is, I'm just that poor. I hope you sell a lot to the less broke folks first.