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  4. Dimension Brass II is out!!!

  • Dimension Brass II is out!!!

    LAJL
    LAJL
    This morning at about 7.00 AM German time I found the Information at ILIO that Dimension Brass II comes this month. Where is it here?
  • LAJL
    LAJL
    Wanna have it. Wanne play the new tubas!!!
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    @LAJ said:

    Wanna have it. Wanne play the new tubas!!!

    There's no real Tuba in the Dimension Brass II, it's Wagner Tubas wich is closer to a french horn than a Tuba. 

    But the muted Brass and wagner tubas are great additions anyway.

    Can't wait to hear some demos.
  • LAJL
    LAJL
    Yeeesss, Fred I know. Ok, then again: Please give me the sound of Mr. Wagner's-Tubas. It took VSL a lot of time to finish the product. So it will be something BIG! Here is some sound (no VSL demo) and Information on YT https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wvA54D2Gz3E
  • J.HallJ
    J.HallJ
    Waiting eagerly for some muted trumpet demos!
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    Interesting....
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    Guy Bacos' demos are once again impressive. A very good first impression of the library.

    I find the selection/assortment of instruments peculiar, though. Having the mutes in there as the second installment of the library is consistent with the rest of the catalogue. However, I'm not aware of any other library that offers a4 Wagner Tubas and I can imagine that as a separate library, they would interest users who don't necessarily need standard muted brass to go with it.
  • muziksculpM
    muziksculpM

    Some demos of the muted brass would be helpful to evaluate Dim-Brass II. 

    Thanks,

    Muziksculp 
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    VSL

    Will the french horn samples also have stopped samples?

    Regards

    Mirabile
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    @mirabile said:

    VSL Will the french horn samples also have stopped samples? Regards Mirabile
    Good question +1
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    I am hoping for Dim Brass I extended......
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    @icecubeman said:

    I am hoping for Dim Brass I extended......

     

    +1  

    Yes, surely Dim-Brass I(  (Extended) is something we have been waiting for for a very long time.

     

    I wonder when that's going to be released ?  
  • muziksculpM
    muziksculpM

    Still no audio demos of the muted brass instruments in Dim-Brass II  ?  

     

    What's happening ?  Where are the demos ?   
  • LAJL
    LAJL
    Not right ... The Trombones are muted (3rd Demo)
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    @LAJ said:

    Not right ... The Trombones are muted (3rd Demo)

     

    Would you buy it based on just hearing some muted Trombones ?  What about the rest of the muted instruments ? 

    Surely, there needs to be more demos to better evaluate Dim-Brass II .

    So..  Hopefully some more demos are in the making that showcase the muted brass instruments in Dim-Brass II.

    Thanks,

    Muziksculp 
  • J.HallJ
    J.HallJ
    I'm sure someone is working on a demo for the trumpets. I actually hoped for an extension for the older brass libraries with a variety of mutes (specifically bucket mute). It would of course be crazy to do it for a dimension but I will keep hoping! I rarely use straight mute but often the bucket mute.
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    Yes, was in the works. ;) 

    You could check out "Turns" for muted trumpets.

    https://vsl.co.at/en/Brass_Bundle/Vienna_Dimension_Brass_2
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    @Guy Bacos said:

    Yes, was in the works. 😉 

    You could check out "Turns" for muted trumpets.

    https://vsl.co.at/en/Brass_Bundle/Vienna_Dimension_Brass_2

    Phantastic demos, Guy. What did you use for spatial positioning (any VSL software in there)?
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    Thanks Goran ;) 

     

    I don't have the project opened in front of me, but I used the Grosser Sall Stage, (Conductor), Dry/wet offset at -30%, MIRacle3.6s Gr. Saal set at 20dB wet. For this piece, in MIR, I preferred to have the strings more in arc shape of 2 rows and not too close from the coductor, each string section overlap a bit with each other, the muted trumpets are in the center closer to the back, the rest is scattered in the rest of the spots. I used the VSL compressor for each instrument, but for the strings I'd use the dimension strings compressing for the general section: One for violins, one for violas etc  A bit of exciter here and there, at the output a general VSL compressor "Modern clear Master" in this case, although it tends to be a bit too much sometimes so I brought down the volume before that a bit. A bit of VSL Master Equalizer and I think that's about it. I told you what I did, but honestly I don't think it's an area I'm good at, I just can't find the time to work at this more, but I can get by at least. 
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    Thanks for the detailed information, Guy. To my ears, these sound excellent not just in terms of performance shaping but spatial positioning and (for the very most part) overall mix as well, so I do think you are being far too modest ;-)

    Apart from the brass, I also very much like the way the strings sound (especially in Turns, which turned out to be not just a phenomenal DB II demo piece, but one of the best sounding DS demo pieces as well imo) 

    Your mention of the use of compressor on all instruments caught my attention: was the purpose of this having a tighter overall dynamic range for each instrument or something else?