Muse Woodwinds Reviews

The fact that is is free still blows my mind. This can only become better with time... add a 2nd clarinet, oboe and so on when you can!

I just wanted to make sure the only good woodwind instrument sounded good.

It's definitely good, however oboe and bassoon volume are extremely different. I need to use the mixer constantly.

I really like Muse Woodwinds! The sound quality and range of instruments are impressive. However, when it comes to writing for concert band, jazz band, or contemporary music, this pack feels a bit limited. I would love to see orchestral saxophones added, along with both jazz and orchestral bass saxophones. Additionally, including jazz clarinet and flute would enhance the pack significantly. For concert band, instruments like Eb alto clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and the previously mentioned classical saxophones would be great additions, as well as the euphonium for Muse Brass. Another suggestion is to add the recorder; I believe Sarah Jefferey from TeamRecorder could assist with that. In conclusion, while this product is overall great, these additions could make it even better!

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Somehow even with all the paid MuseSounds, this still has the widest instrument selection. It's the only MuseSounds library with saxophones, for example. This is a seriously impressive library, especially given the fact that it's free. I don't think there's a better library anywhere near this price.

Let's add more instruments like Bass Oboe, Contrabass Clarinet, and Section woodwinds for each instrument because for Concert band work we need the section sounds

The instruments sound excellent but I'd like basset horn and heckelphone

i'll want to you add more realistic recorder flutes in muse sounds and saxophone growl in staff text

For a free product, its very solid. Sound quality is decent, even though the bassoon needs some work. It performs its duties as a woodwinds library.

Since 2 years, i've been using muse sound, and i can say this is the best soundfont of all i've ever heard on musescore ! The instruments are all well balanced, have all an incredible sound ! + All the update they get kept getting them better. 11/10

I Feel like there should be more bass instruments like Bass Sax and Contrabass Clarinet. but other than That this is pretty good

I love this sound pack for the most part. The one little quibble I have with it is that staccato for the flutes is nearly inaudible at quiet dynamics. I would expect the staccato to be quiet, but not almost inaudibly quiet.

This sound pack is great, but i don't understand the sense in having a contrabass flute and alto flute, which are hardly ever used, then not having a more commonly used instrument like the bass saxophone. I use the bass sax in many of my compositions and would love to see it as a sound

While an overall good set, I find the flutes particularly breathy with almost inaudible staccati below mf, and the English horns a little off.

Its very good! The only problem is the timing, and every time I do grace note, eight note then trill, sound doesn't work, but its still great!!!!

I feel like we need a contrabass clarinet and contra-alto clarinet, that would make this perfect for clarinets!

This is really good! It takes up a lot of gigabytes, but is definetly worth it!

It rocks but it's over due for updates, it needs section sounds, as well as lower pitched clarinets (the Alto Sound, Contra-Alto Sound, Contrabass sound, etc.) more lower pitched flutes like Contra-alto, etc. Bass Oboe, etc. for the oboes, will allow for more flexibility.

This is beautiful. My favorite part of it is the clicks/flap that have been included. The oboe/clarinette/english horns should have had a richer tone/less nasal to be realistic, but I’m confident that’ll be sorted out eventually… The saxophone sounds are incredible too, though it might be a bit much for some. Personally, I’m a fan.

Beautiful sounds within all sections. Good with runs and melodies. Could have better balancing (especially the altos) and with the saxes the staccatos are too short (like slap tonguing), how about a sound options that allows short and slap tonguing articulations. Would like Contra Clarinet and Bass Oboe. Overall great for symphonies and concert band.

Muse Woodwinds really has some beautiful sound to it. I love that they use natural vibrato, just as a reed player would normally. Clarinets sound hyper realistic. The only sounds I have any issue with, and only on the level of personal opinion, would be Flute 1 and Flute 2. Personally, they sound to airy to me. Like the player's air stream over the mouthpiece is somehow louder than the flute itself, and the Flute 2 sound, is nearly a non-vib sound, and sounds like a weaker player, compared to flute 1. But other than that, I have no problems using these sounds, and they sound very nice!

I second what last reviewer said. Luckily I've been using these woodwind sounds since they entered the MS4 Development branch so this small bug of the library being unable to work as of November 17th 2024 is easy to let slide. I've seen this library evolve rapidly since it's been available. Absolutely great soundfont if you want that classical music recording sound. Considering the MuseSounds team has kept everything completly free is very cool. Even though they're is plenty of work to do in terms of compatibility for users. I still think this library is beyond awesome for being free.

I like it! Although sometimes there can be problems with oboes playing out of tune higher notes and clarinets coming in early.