tdehan Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I'm looking for a good Horns stab VST pluggin for a project I am working on. Any good recommendations? Free would be great but not a requirement. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 a fairly nice low cost one i got recently is the Session Horns from NI, but for free the Bolland Brass Section soundfonts in Sforzando work nicely. https://www.musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2&tags=bolland https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2&tags=brass+section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdehan Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 2 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said: a fairly nice low cost one i got recently is the Session Horns from NI, but for free the Bolland Brass Section soundfonts in Sforzando work nicely. https://www.musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2&tags=bolland https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2&tags=brass+section Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 My go to horn section I created using xPand 2 by Air. It is always on sale for like $10. If it not on sale I think it’s still a great synth sort of like DimPro but it has 4 separate players you can assign different channels or layer up parts like I did to make the horn section. Gives you total control of panning and 2 different effects sends. I noticed it was also included with the free version of Pro Tools. But I have no way to verify if it installed the VST version as Pro Tools uses AAX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Yeah, Xpand has lots of great stuff besides the horn sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim grivas Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 East West Hollywood POP Brass. Not Free but is Pro stuff. I love this. they use round robin. Real recordings. https://www.soundsonline.com/brass-and-woodwinds/hollywood-pop-brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/15/2024 at 4:05 PM, John Vere said: My go to horn section I created using xPand 2 by Air. Care to share the preset? I'm an XPand!2 fan. Shoot, multiple AIR synths are excellent deals. Hybrid 3, Vacuum Pro, Boom, Drumsynth 500.... I have powerhouses like MASSIVE, Chromaphone, and VA-3, and Hybrid 3 still gets more action than any other in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 This is what I use on my backing tracks for live music. I have also used it on one recording. Air is the biggest PITA to install I think it took 3 days to sort it out last time I re built. Then they don't have very good support. They haven't updated much either. I only use This and the DB33. I also have Velvet installed. I have the complete collection I think I got it for under $100. I just haven't bothered to instal most of it yet. Great stuff and I have never found anything that replaces the DB33. Xpand is just so handy with the 4 channels/ patches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 9 minutes ago, John Vere said: Air is the biggest PITA to install I think it took 3 days to sort it out last time I re built. I've heard this from others, but it has always gone smoothly for me. I've installed them on at least 4 different newly built/acquired systems and nary a glitch. They released versions with new installers a couple of years ago, so be sure to snag those. 12 minutes ago, John Vere said: Then they don't have very good support. Yeah, their website form was useless last time I needed support (lost machine authorization for iLok so I needed to reset all of those licenses). However, one of their support people posted their email address in the KVR AIR support forum and that worked. Yeah, I think that most of the rest of the collection isn't the thing for your kind of music. But for me, though, doing ITB electronica, the ones I mentioned are the bee's knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted Friday at 04:11 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:11 PM On 4/17/2024 at 1:48 PM, tim grivas said: East West Hollywood POP Brass. Not Free but is Pro stuff. I love this. they use round robin. Real recordings. https://www.soundsonline.com/brass-and-woodwinds/hollywood-pop-brass Always wait for this to go on sale when it's like $119 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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