Muse Brass Reviews

The trumpets, French horns, and trombones are so quiet when in the low register, and it does not sound that brassy in the low register. You start to hear it when its played in the high register. I don't know if its a bug, a glitch, or that's how real brass instruments sound though.

My main problems are with the tuba support as I use that most. The first problem is the lack of Euphonium support this forces me to use the provided tuba range, which cuts off the high range a little shorter than I'd like for a Euphonium. My second issue is the low range of the tuba, I feel it should reach to third F below bass clef just to get all the pedals. I'd also like to see more instruments in general. Maybe some Flügelhorn, cornet, Tenor horn, and Euphonium, as mentioned previously.

as a concert band composer, I'd say that this is decent. However, some issues I have: the higher dynamics are very "blasty" (ESPECIALLY with the trombones, they sound like they're blasting their lungs out) and can cause trouble with balancing, especially if they have their own passage with other instruments. (i.e. low brass + low reeds) It goes the same with the lower dynamics, where the brass instruments are very quiet. It feels like there's a very big leap; too large of a leap between mezzo-forte and forte. Overall, it's good for what is. The trumpets and horns don't suffer too much from the dynamic problems (unless they're below mp). It would be great if you could redo some of these instruments at more realistic tempos.

As a whole the sound of this library is very good. However, as the title implies, accents are played very incorrectly in the score. Instead of giving proper accentuation to a note, short notes in particular, the accent articulation makes them staccatto! Please fix this… I otherwise love to use Berlin Brass in my DAW, but here it is rough in places like these.

In general, MuseSounds suffers from a dynamic balancing issue where 'forte' is too loud and 'piano' is too soft. It is at its worst with the brass. Solo trombone with a 'piano' marking will sometimes make no sound at all (the mixer literally shows no gain), and the same passage with a 'forte' marking is almost unbearable. Tuba is mixed for orchestra and therefore drowns out other brass soloists at most dynamic points. Horn seems to be the least affected, which is ironic since the MS Basic horns are noticeably quieter than its counterparts.

the trumpets are way too quiet, and the trombones are a little too rough at forte. Also no euphonium sound.

this sound Library is great, especially the french horns, however, the trumpets are poorly mixed, which makes them very discret, and the mute trumpets are even worse, you can't even hear them without the mastering plugin, but the rest of the brasses are really well made.