Muse Brass Reviews
-No euphonium -dynamics for trombones are inconsistent and cannot be heard if playing quieter than forte. -trumpets sound horrible, i can’t imagine a situation such an atrocious sound would be okay, it sounds elementary level -Says theres cimbasso, there is not -says theres is both solo and groups of each instrument, there is not
Great orchestral instrumentation sounds but needs Euphonium and other brass variations.
The Trumpets almost seem to quiet to be Trumpets. Where is the Euphonium part? Tuba Higher octave works as a good Euph replacement but there needs to be a Euph part
Love these free sounds, but desperately in need of a dynamics fix considering every dynamic needs a manual tweak to bring up to a workable level.
Very good sounds, nice timbres and range across the instruments. Don't like the dynamics so much, either too loud in the trombones and horns, or too quiet in the trumpets. Also the lack of Euphonium and Baritone Horn, after all there is Cimbasso. Would like marching var. you could call it "Muse Corp" that would be nice.
Thank you for this free plugin which increase rendering quality of sheets. Human expressions in playing are impressive ! Just too bad, trumpets and trombones are too quiet under forte nuance...
Thank you for muted brass!!!
It's free, and sounds pretty good for and compared to the MS basic sounds it sounds like a real symphony, but I still have my complaints. Trombones are WAY too quiet below mf, and the dynamic jump from mp to mf is really extreme. Also there's little to no diversity in instruments if you're writing for anything beyond a basic orchestra, (euphonium, cornet, mellophone, etc), and some techniques are missing/janky (certain scoops/falls don't work, no growls, no audible gliss) Overall it's functional but it could use some work.
EUPHONIUM, PLEASE I’M BEGGING. No good soundfonts for euph exsist anywheres, it’s harsh that even cimbasso recieved an offical soundfont before euphonium did
This totally rocks, I think the Trumpets A4, Trombones A3, & Horns A6 could use another update to share the same ranges as their solo counterparts (Trumpet, Trombone, & Horn in F respectively) for more flexibility along w/ a Tuba section sound (same range as the solo tuba sound). Also the Falls, Doits, Plops, & Scoops should work on all notes of every length even if it's a single note (as well as on the final note of every tied note).
I really love the soundfonts you guys used. Especially with the dynamics! Some things that could be improved are the style of articulations, inconsistent balancing among the brass, the range of the instruments, and the lack of a few important instruments. 1. Articulations for brass seem to be muddled and inconsistent, especially when I'm writing double tonging passages. It just seems like a mess of notes 2. The trumpet section is overall just too quiet. Even with the a4 soundfonts, i'm having to raise them up quite a bit, which overall ruins the ensemble sound that I personally look for 3. The instrument's range in the solo sound font is great, it captures the near full rane of the instrument. I suggest that you allow for an even broader sense of range, its lacking pedal tones, which ARE important aspects of the instruments range. The main problem is the section sound. The section sound (especially trupets) cannot go as high as I want and as low as I want (trombones). I think that expanding their range would allow for more expressive writing 4. The most important thing I wish to address is the lack of instruments in this sound font. The lack of baritone and euphonium sound is concerning when I think of orchestral brass. And on another tangent, the lack of marching brass (mellophone, marching baritone/euphonium) also concerns me because I compose with the perspective of a drum corps. Trombones do the job, but they are just too loud and the tone doesn't match what I look for when I want a baritone or euphonium. Overall I love this sound found, but there is still some work that needs to be done for it to be perfect. Thank you for making this sound font, and I hope my suggestions will make it to your team!
I enjoy thew muse brass but some things are left out. There should be a3 players for tuba and cimbasso a big band needs a big sound for tubas it needs more players. There is a few instruments that are left like a fluegelhorn baritone and a bass trumpet. But overall, these sounds are fantastic
In general all the brass is unbalanced in terms of dynamics, but the trumpets sound is so bad. Is not realistic and it dosn’t sound like a trumept. Please fix that.
The trumpets, French horns, and trombones are so quiet when in the low register, and it does not sound that brassy in the low register. You start to hear it when its played in the high register. I don't know if its a bug, a glitch, or that's how real brass instruments sound though.
Non-exhaustive list: Misbalanced across all/most dynamics; often blasty The tuba low range sounds like the stereotype of Bass Tuba; bright, blasty, & unstable. Already disappointing, & even more when I writing for Contrabass Tuba. The longtime & ongoing lack of auxiliary brass brass is disappointing. Originally there was only Cimbasso, & now a Euph that DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE IT WAS RECORDED ON A REAL INSTRUMENT & ONLY PLAYS STACCATO OR BELL TONES. The lack of other fairly common aux brass; Flügelhorn, Eb & Bb Cornet, Piccolo Trpt, Wagner Tuba, Baritone & Alto/Tenor Hns, Alto Tbn, etc. The a3, a4, & a6 sound are bloat, & practically useless. They seem to exist only to avoid the cost of actually adding aux brass. I hate you MuseGroup </3
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.