Glory Days Horns by Orchestral Tools

Four trumpets, three trombones, a bass trombone, two alto sax, two tenor sax and one baritone sax.

Add instant big band brass flair to your scores with the Glory Days Horns sound set for Sibelius. Our integration gives you intuitive control over the full articulation set - shakes, scoops, falls, mutes, and more.

Craft expressive vintage horn parts with a choice of mutes, runs, legato, and effects. The iconic brass sound of big band jazz is now just a few notes away.

Total vintage brass articulation coverage

• Solo trumpet, sax, trombone, and 4-part sections
• Falls, scoops, shakes, wah-wah, bucket mutes, and more
• Intuitive access right from the Sibelius score
• Check the manual and videos below for the complete articulation set

Iconic big band brass at your fingertips

• Craft authentic solos, riffs, and section parts
• Stack vintage brass layers into any composition
• Add richness, tone, and vintage vibe in minutes

Effortless setup

• Automated install, no configuration needed once you've told it where the library is!
• Optimized RAM usage, even for big arrangements
• Works great with NotePerformer and Sibelius sounds

Sax articulation demo:

Brass articulation demo

Specs

Hardware: Minimum RAM to use library properly (all patches, all articulations at once): 32Gb. You might get away with 16Gb if you've got nothing else open and are only using a few things. But generally, if you're using any sophisticated sample libraries you should have 32Gb or more in your machine. You should also be running these libraries from SSD. Any modern CPUs are quite capable of running this, and if NotePerformer can run on your machine, the chances are your audio hardware is OK.

Software: This requires full retail Kontakt (5.8.1 or more). It will work with Sibelius 7.5+ (the full version of Sibelius, not the cut-down versions).

Package: 

Installer: does all the hard work for you. It takes longer to install the library!

XML Sound Set 

209 hand-configured custom Close Mic 1 patches that are autoloaded when you press play, so you don't need to configure a thing.  (and 209 replacement patches that combine Close Mic 1 and Tree Mic, if you would like a bit more space by default).

Numerous playback configurations, standalone and ones which allow use with NotePerformer and Sibelius 7 Sounds. 

Playback Configuration Merge Tool, so you add this library painlessly to any existing playback configurations you have, and even add effects! (in fact, this tool is independent of the sound set - anything can be merged).

Plugins for correcting "legato lag" (that's where a sample library's legato algorithm delays playback of all the notes after the first) and importing house styles based on playback configurations.

Comprehensive templates so you can see all patches and articulations in use, rather than just reading about it!

Friendly house style, and minimally invasive playback dictionary improvements to support the library operation. Now even Sibelius will know what a Solotone mute is!

Friendly manual, because sometimes you do want to read all about it!