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Electronic Musician – Sound Advice
By Marty Cutler
Electronic Musician, Nov 1, 2001
Every instrument included in Dan Dean Solo Brass ($649) is sampled chromatically. The ten-CD collection for GigaStudio offers as many as eight layers, recorded from ppp to fff for each note of every instrument. Dean recorded the samples in 24-bit, 44 kHz stereo and used Apogee's UV-22 bit-depth reduction system to convert sounds to 16-bit resolution.
Instruments included in the collection are bass trombone, cimbasso, euphonium, French horn, tuba, trumpet, and piccolo trumpet. Each instrument was recorded with and without vibrato. Ensemble presets take advantage of slight pitch and timbre variations between multiple samples to provide natural ensemble effects. Patches use Control Change messages to create realistic performances. For example, Modulation Wheel messages let you switch between staccato, portato, muted, and other sampled articulations. You also get presets that can switch articulations with MIDI Velocity.
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