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Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:28 pm

This is actually old news so maybe it's been posted here before but I was just reminded of this library when I re-visited an old thread on the NorthernSounds forum. A poster there, Thomas_J, has been working on his own trumpet library for a while and has posted some very impressive mp3 examples. Here's one:

http://finjaco.home.online.no/jazztrumpet-verb.mp3

This was played live from a keyboard (I believe the breath and valve noises were added later). It may not fool a trumpet player but it would probably have fooled me if I hadn't known about it. Here's another one:

http://finjaco.home.online.no/wyntontrumpet.mp3

And a Mariachi-style example:

http://finjaco.home.online.no/mariachi.mp3

It's been a bit quiet from Thomas_J about this library lately, but he's posted that it will be distributed through www.postpiano.com when it's finished.

/Yoss

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:37 pm

I pm'ed Thomas J about 2 weeks ago and got this reply

Thomas J wrote: Thanks for your interest in my samples. I'm working on them now, but can't say for sure when they'll be done. Hopefully before the end of the year.

The instruments will be sold seperately, cheap

He's not just doing trumpet but also duduk, a shakuhachi and a few other instruments.

It does indeed sound rather good

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:41 pm

Armadillo wrote:I pm'ed Thomas J about 2 weeks ago and got this reply
Thomas J wrote: Thanks for your interest in my samples. I'm working on them now, but can't say for sure when they'll be done. Hopefully before the end of the year.

The instruments will be sold seperately, cheap

That's good news, I'm really looking forward to these libraries.

/Yoss

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:43 pm

Here's an example of the Shakuhachi http://finjaco.home.online.no/tj-shakuhachi.mp3

and the Duduk http://home.online.no/~finjaco/dudukdemo2.mp3

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:48 pm

Armadillo wrote:Here's an example of the Shakuhachi http://finjaco.home.online.no/tj-shakuhachi.mp3

and the Duduk http://home.online.no/~finjaco/dudukdemo2.mp3

Sweet...

/Yoss

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:44 pm

Speaking of trumpet libraries, there's a new one from WarpIV:

www.warpiv.com/1050394.html

Listening to the demos I get the same impression I got from the Chris Hein brass lib: an impressive number of articulations but when you string them together they sound like, well, disparate samples played in succession - not a unified performance. It's also $299.

Thomas J's trumpets sound more real to me and will most likely be a lot less expensive.

/Yoss

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:24 am

They (TJs) trumpets do sound pretty awesome...

I PM'ed him just a few days ago and he said that he was swamped with other projects at the moment and that the release of these libs would be delayed.

I dunno about the WarpIV lib though. $299 seems a bit steep for one trumpet. Especially when you get say 50 instruments in Garritan's JABB for the
same(ish) price.

Or even the KAB or Chris Hein libraries will let you do a four part section. (Trumpet, Trombone and 2 saxes)

Ben H

Interesting new trumpet sample lib in development