Muse Brass Reviews
as a concert band composer, I'd say that this is decent. However, some issues I have: the higher dynamics are very "blasty" (ESPECIALLY with the trombones, they sound like they're blasting their lungs out) and can cause trouble with balancing, especially if they have their own passage with other instruments. (i.e. low brass + low reeds) It goes the same with the lower dynamics, where the brass instruments are very quiet. It feels like there's a very big leap; too large of a leap between mezzo-forte and forte. Overall, it's good for what is. The trumpets and horns don't suffer too much from the dynamic problems (unless they're below mp). It would be great if you could redo some of these instruments at more realistic tempos.
As a whole the sound of this library is very good. However, as the title implies, accents are played very incorrectly in the score. Instead of giving proper accentuation to a note, short notes in particular, the accent articulation makes them staccatto! Please fix this… I otherwise love to use Berlin Brass in my DAW, but here it is rough in places like these.
In general, MuseSounds suffers from a dynamic balancing issue where 'forte' is too loud and 'piano' is too soft. It is at its worst with the brass. Solo trombone with a 'piano' marking will sometimes make no sound at all (the mixer literally shows no gain), and the same passage with a 'forte' marking is almost unbearable. Tuba is mixed for orchestra and therefore drowns out other brass soloists at most dynamic points. Horn seems to be the least affected, which is ironic since the MS Basic horns are noticeably quieter than its counterparts.
the trumpets are way too quiet, and the trombones are a little too rough at forte. Also no euphonium sound.