Muse Brass Reviews
make it possible for every musesounds library to backup and download older versions of it, because every time update comes up. the sound of the instruments changes drastically—and often for the worse. your so-called "enhancements" complicate everything, and what was created on older versions becomes useless on the new ones and also 1.0.5. review - when bass trombone play staccato sound starts lagging terribly for the whole score. french horns sound very unnatural when playing fast notes without any slurs or articulation marks, while accented notes produce an unrealistic and pointless reverb. the accented or staccato eighth notes on the trumpet lose their reverb entirely and sound as if they were recorded in an extremely dead studio.
The last update disbalanced some instruments and swapped some articulation but thanks to a quick-moving team, the last update has been rolled back. Now that these sounds are fixed, they are a great start for beginning composers who can't afford professional sounds. There are a few issues, but nearly all can be fixed in the mixer. Thanks for fixing the update! :)
While the last update had Major Problems it did fix the klicking noise as well as dynamic Problems of the Tuba! It would be too bad to miss out on the work done on the Tuba, because the other Instruments suffered last update
1.0.5 Update: Horns can't seem to play faster rhythms properly, this was not an issue before. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but seems as though everything sounds completely dry now at certain points (all instruments, not just brass), like the reverb is there sometimes, and then other times, it disappears completely. I think at this point we should be given the option to revert to an update if we choose, because it seems every time there is an update, there is an issue that negatively affects playback (often majorly).
It's great and it's free. =) Only real problem is a loud clicks at the ends of tuba samples. Not a big problem, because it cuts easily in isotope RX, but anyway
This isn't the best package you have. But it's okay. Just a little advice, please let us choose between the different mutes for Trumpets and Trombones (harmon, cup, plunger)
Honestly, this is a pretty good set of sounds from Muse, and it is FREE! Doesn't really need any changes (maybe I am just scared they'll ruin it again though). But yeah, if you haven't downloaded this and you write for any brass instruments in MuseScore, just get it, it sounds pretty good.
I honestly don't know why i felt the need to be so angry with the quality mistake of the last update. The musescore team has always taken their time to resolve any issues and offer an amazing sound library for being free. Thank you.
By the way, I just noticed that there is a nice harmon mute trumpet patch in the MuseSounds Brass collection. Has it been there for long? Nice! I'm still not able to activate a trombone slide/portamento sound if one exists. As a customer who uses the free patches in MuseScore, I feel it would be bad form for me to make any demands, but I did, in case it makes a difference, want to register my interest and inquire whether an update to the trombone patch which would include this quintessentially trombone-y effect is planned for the near future. Thanks!!
Even if isn't perfect, it's sounds well.
woodwinds sound awfull please make something
Developer Response: Thanks for the feedback, and we're sorry to hear you're unhappy with the sounds! Just to clarify, Muse Brass includes brass instruments; woodwinds would be a separate library. You can find those here: https://www.musehub.com/muse-sounds/muse-woodwinds
Although it's not all that fair to compare this directly to muse-woodwinds, the variety here is not nearly as diverse. The most glaring flaw is the lack of a euphonium, and a cornet/flugelhorn wouldn't hurt. Also, the trombone is inaudible in a large ensemble setting when below mezzo forte; shocking for the instrument, and forte jumps up way too high. The lack of glissandos is also disappointing, as it is usually the instrument's highlight. Finally, the tuba has a very annoying feedback "click" sound on certain notes that was clearly a flaw in recording. It is painfully obvious, loud or soft.
especially for trombones, mezzoforte or softer is basically inaudible and forte is blasting loud. it'd be an extremely nice free brass sample library with this fixed but as-is it's basically unusable.
These are amazing for being free, but I would love two have some Trombone glissandos and Horn rips.
-Trombone and Trumpet Dynamics (Mezzo forte and under) -Trombone Gliss -Adding Euphonium
Of course my main gripe is with the Trombone’s dynamics, Mezzo Forte and below are literally unhearable, this is a major problem especially for Big Band since there Mezzo Forte is more like what forte is in this Musesound, the other thing is that since I write for Big Bands, I would also like fugelhorn, harmon mute trumpet, cup mute trumpet, plunger mute trumpet, piccolo trumpet, plunger mute trombone, as well as a higher range for trumpet (I don’t expect you to increase the range much but if you add a note or two to the trumpet’s higher end every few updates that would be nice)
A huge (free) step up in my playback, but the trombone is nearly inaudible in mezzo forte and below, whereas forte is blaringly loud. I imagine it’s a simple fix and it’d make the pack a lot more usable.
Musesounds is honestly amazing, considering that it's free, but my main issue with this soundfont lies with the dynamics. I'm mainly talking about trombone. On softer dynamics, you could barely hear the trombone when playing with other instruments on the same dynamic. Sometimes, you can't even hear them at all! On the louder end, the trombone easily overpowers the rest of the instruments. I'm always having to add a hidden dynamic on the trombone part just to balance the sound out.
the sounds are very realistic and much better every other soundfont, but the dynamics are very bad. most of the time they're way too quiet (even the ensemble versions) or way too loud (or the timbre changes too much, especially noticeable on trombone)
why is the tuba loud at soft volumes but normal at high? very annoying for me who uses tuba a lot, I don't want to have to make different balanced tuba parts for every other dynamic level Also, on an eighth note at at least 80 bpm, C5 doesn't sound at all? every other note length is fine but not eighth notes?
I really love this soundfont, but it lacks euphonium and baritone, and i could really use a soundfont with a euphonium and/or baritone.
1. Glissando on trombone does not sound properly 2. Trombone tuning goes sharp at a louder dynamic 3. Add Euphonium!!! 4. Tuba causes some pops at the end of a note 5. The audio quality of the current "Euphonium" peaks and has a static sound on certain notes ex. A3, Bb3, C4 etc. 6. Minor dynamic issues with decrescendos and crescendos I hear all of these issues in my arrangement of "Rains of Castamere" if you want an example of each of these problems!
Sustained notes on tuba end with a loud, unpleasant pop/click. I suspect there is probably a round robin in place, and only SOME samples are broken, because that does not happen all the time. But please check all tuba samples again. It is such a pity for an otherwise very high-quality brass library.
-Should add a euphonium -Trumpets a6 articulation for staccato is not giving short vibes -Loud Trombones are a bit out of tone (maybe) -Horns can be a bit waggy but ova it's okay ^^