User Manual

ARTURIA – BRASS 2 – USER’S MANUAL
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For the trumpet and the trombone, it makes it possible to choose among several types
of mutes:
Dry mutes Choked and clear sound, used in classical or jazz playing.
Bowl mutes Sound more open, adapted to jazzy New Orleans playing.
Harmon Also called the “Miles mute”, because frequently used by Miles Davis.
This mute rules for jazz, acid jazz, etc.
Plunger Removable mute, which is held by the
instrumentalist and completely covers the bell or
can be released to have no effect on the sound.
Wahwah Fixed mute, on which the removable section can
be more or less filled up by the instrumentalist’s
hand when he plays
These two mutes can
be modulated in real
time with the
parameter “Mute” of
the Live interface,
when one of them is
selected.
For the saxophone, you will be able to choose among these two types of mouthpieces:
Classic Gives a clearer sonority, rather neutral
Jazz Gives a more jazzy, noisy sound.
For the saxophone model in version 2, there are some special parameters that can be
set. These parameters are found in the zone that opens by clicking on the Expert button
at the bottom right of the configuration page, when a saxophone instrument is selected.
The special parameters available are:
Release Changes the saxophone release time within natural limits.
Low/High
Expressivity
These two parameters change the saxophone behavior at low or high
velocity notes. The more one of these parameters is increased, the
more range will be available either for low velocity notes (the smooth
register) or for high velocity notes (the loud and noisy register).
Pitch Bend Toggles between a natural modeled pitch bend (using the instrument’s
reed) which sounds realistic but is not very precise, and an artificial
pitch bend (attained by “moving” the current playing hole on the sax)
which is precise but sounds more synthetic than the natural one.
Squeals This switch allows for squeals (wrong notes) to be generated at very
high velocity values in order to imitate a real saxophone behavior when
blown into too strongly.
5.1.3.3 Spatialization
The spatialization allows placing the different instrument instances in a virtual room.
Move the instrument in the room by clicking on its representative icon.