Muse Brass Reviews
*This is supposed to be a dislike, but when I dislike you can’t see the review, very cheeky Muse* When ever I have the Bass Trombrone playing above Mezzo Forte (when would they ever do that?) All of my audio cuts out. I’ve narrowed the problem down to the Bass Trombone. my score works otherwise with all instruments.
All instruments (especially a4 soundfonts) shows no proper articulation even on triplet notes and running passages.
After updating MuseBrass to the latest version, many of my preexisting projects have been completely skewed over because of the latest changes made to playback. I wish it was easier to provide a sample to the developers to highlight this major issue and I desperately hope it gets reverted soon because I cannot write any new material or open the old projects without these unwanted changes. At the very least, I would love to have a version selector in the Musehub App so that way I could load that older version myself and not worry too much about new releases. As of right now, I'm extremely devastated.
Developer Response: Thank you for the feedback. Muse Brass 1.0.5 fixed staccato playback, but that fix changes how some existing projects sound, and it's a trade-off we can't avoid. Your request for an older-version option has been passed to the MuseSounds team.
Hello! With the new MuseSounds version I've got a problem ALL Brass silent now and unusable. SFZ used to be loud, bright, and actually sounded like sfz. Now it's just... something unclear, like a ''mp''or ''mf'' staccato and sounds very quiet. Also, before, if you picked e.g. 'ffff' for dynamics, it was really loud (The sound was making the headphones go crazy :D). Now it's almost at the 'f' level. Maybe just a little louder than that. What happened, and how do I get it all back?
Developer Response: Thanks for the detailed feedback. Muse Brass 1.0.5 fixed staccato playback, but that fix changes how some existing scores sound. It's a trade-off we can't avoid, and your feedback has been passed to the MuseSounds team.
When Muse Sounds first came out, I was gobsmacked by how human and alive it sounded. However, since the latest update of one of its libraries (might've been Brass), when I try to play larger than typical scores, my PC's rendering during playback comes back choppy and without the default reverb. Can this be fixed?
"complete" and there's no sound for euphoniums or baritones. The trombone sound is either blaring in your ears or entirely inaudible. Doesn't sound anything like what actual performers would.
Developer Response: Thanks for the feedback. We've passed the trombone volume issue to the MuseSounds team.
Trumpet legato and long notes sounds louder specially after a compas,
Developer Response: Thank you for the feedback. We've passed the trumpet volume issue to the MuseSounds team.
My scores don't sound right any more, and the new dynamics and articulation to me sounds glitchy. My scores sound different and it changes how they sound entirely.
Developer Response: Thanks for letting us know. Muse Brass 1.0.5 fixed staccato playback, but that fix changes how some existing scores sound. It’s a trade-off we can’t avoid, and your feedback has been passed to the MuseSounds team.
This is a good pack, but at different intervals, it assumes different dynamics, and I'm forced to tweak it. I want there to be voicing options with mutes--such as going "wah" on a trumpet.
Trumpets now do not have staccatissimo, horns now don't automatically do staccato in extremely fast passages. Horns have strange volume ranges for one dynamic. Could 2 different types of style settings be implemented in terms of articulation and tonguing when it's turned on and off, the notes have harder/softer attacks, so it isn't just accents and marcatos where the timbre and full note volume changes. Could there be 2 different modes where the solo trumpet either slides or doesn't slides between notes
Gotta fix the horn and bass trombone soundfonts a bit, they make this glitch noise whenever I use horn staccatissimo or bassbone staccato. And don’t forget—I repeat—do NOT forget that the cimbasso and the ensembles need more extended ranges. Take all the time you need, don’t rush. ~Marq V.
They fixed the trumpets!!!!! I like the soundfont. For being free it's pretty nice, except for the fact that the trumpets break every other update. I'm not an expert so I cannot give a good review but hey I still like it.
I found that muted brass's volume are too low DESPITE fortissississississimo(ffffff). This issue greatly broke the balance of instruments. Hope it can be resolved in an upcoming update.
Please add common brass instruments such as the cornet, alto horn, euphonium and tenor horn.
It is necessary an immediate update cause when using staccatissimo on solo horn it crashes the sound very bad and solo and a3 trombone doesn’t play staccatissimo with sordina. Plus reverb doesn’t affect the sound at all, leaving every instrument dry even when putting it at max volume.
Developer Response: Thank you for the report. Playback issues in MuseScore Studio are handled by the MuseScore team, so please post in the MuseScore Support forum (https://musescore.org/en/forum) or report the bug on GitHub (https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues). Bug reporting guidance: https://musescore.org/en/node/309537
putting staccatissimo on horns make everything else bug out and go quiet for a moment
Muse Brass is a useful and well-balanced brass library, especially for sketching, studying, and composing in MuseScore. The sound is clear and pleasant, but there are still some limitations in the articulations, repeated notes, and especially the naturalness of the dynamics. For those working with Classical-period music, the French horns could be improved. The sound is somewhat modern and homogeneous, whereas an optional set of natural horns from the 18th century would be extremely valuable, with different open/stopped tones, more varied attacks, and a more authentic response. Overall, Muse Brass is a good and practical library, but greater articulation variety, more organic dynamics, and historically informed.
As someone else has pointed out, after the most recent update brass instrument can play staccato. Trumpet staccato was already too long before this update, but now neither horns nor trumpets can play staccato unless notated with a staccatissimo mark (and even then, horns are not really playing staccatissimo). Accents even seem to work better to shorten the notes than staccato markings.
Developer Response: See Muse Brass 1.0.4 pattern note
thank you for fixing dynamic issues in 1.0.3! 1.0.4 however added back issues with staccatos, especially with high brass sustaining past their cutoffs even with staccato markings. also, short notes being louder than longer notes still has not been addressed.
PLEASE make glissandos work with musesound trombones… it only works with MS basic :((
Some instruments still work okay, others (such as horns, trumpet, trombone) are back to blaring through staccato passages and even rests.
The staccatissimo sound on the bass trombone and French horn causes an audio glitch. The staccatos are very good in this new update, though the trombone is still a bit shrill; it could be made to sound closer to the bass trombone.
1.05 has fixed the solo sampling issues seen in 1.02 & 1.04. However, "staccatissimo" on the solo horn is now causing notable stuttering in playback. "Staccato" on bass trombone suffers from similar stuttering, albeit less intense.
Overall, as a free pack, it's great. Definitely way better than the Muse Basic Sounds. However, as other people have expressed, trumpets, as well as horns, do not play staccato markings as indicated. I've tried this with and without the "Natural Dynamics" sound flag, to no avail. Additionally, I quite liked the change to the trombone volumes, especially at mezzo-forte, from v1.0.2, and I was disappointed that the update as a whole was reversed when it was really trumpets that were the main problem. Overall, as a free pack; it's certainly competes well with the other paid VSTs on here, and I appreciate all the hard work you do to make a quality product.