Best Service releases Chris Hein Horns Vol. 3 Muted

Best Service has announced the release of Chris Hein Horns Vol. 3 Muted, the latest addition to Chris Hein's series of comprehensive modular brass libraries.

Chris Hein Horns Vol. 3 Muted is a virtual sampled brass instrument library powered by Native Instruments' new Kontakt Player 3.5.

Chris Hein Horns Vol. 3 Muted offers 8 Solo-Trumpets, 8 Solo-Trombones, 7 Trumpet-Sections and 5 Trombone-Sections. It has 72 control-features in 11 different edit pages that let you customize any aspect of sound shaping and playability. Up to 8 dynamics have been sampled for each playing technique. This enables complete control over the dynamics and provides a greater amount of variation per note. To avoid the machine-gun-effect in repetitions simply adjust the velocity in your sequencers editor or use the programmed hot-keys.

Features / specifications:

• 14 GB content (~20,000 samples / ~2,000 samples per instrument).
• 18 different playing techniques.
• All playing techniques in one program.
• Up to 8 velocities per note.
• 72 control features in 11 edit-pages.
• 6 DSP EFX and 21 high class convolution reverbs included.
• New control features: Key-Switch Presets, Hot-Keys, Key-Vibrato and Real-Vibrato, Legato- and Glide-Mode, Growl-Control, Air-Control, Keys-Control, Spit-Control, Dirty-Notes, Breath Release-Trigger, and more.

Solo-Instruments:

• Trumpet A Mt Harmon
• Trumpet B Mt Harmon
• Trumpet C Mt Harmon
• Trumpet D Mt Harmon
• Trumpet E Mt Straight
• Trumpet F Mt Straight
• Trumpet G Mt CUP
• Trumpet H Mt CUP
• Trombone-Tenor A Mt Cup
• Trombone-Tenor B Mt Cup
• Trombone-Tenor C Mt Straight
• Trombone-Tenor D Mt Bucket
• Trombone-Bass A Mt Cup
• Trombone-Bass B Mt Cup
• Trombone-Bass C Mt Straight
• Trombone-Bass D Mt Bucket

Sections:

• Trumpet Section - 4 Open 4 Harmon 2 Cup 2Straight
• Trumpet Section - 2 Open 2 Straight 2 Cup
• Trumpet Section - 1 Open 1 Harmon 1 Cup 1 Straight
• Trumpet Section - 2 Harmon 2 Cup
• Trumpet Section - 4 Harmon (A/B/C/D)
• Trumpet Section - 2 Harmon (A/B)
• Trumpet Section - 2 Harmon (C/D)
• Trombone Section - 6 Open 4 Cup 2 Straight 2 Bucket
• Trombone Section - 4 Cup 2 Straight 2 Bucket
• Trombone Section - 4 Cup
• Trombone Section - 2 Cup 2 Straight 2 Bucket Bass-Trombone
• Trombone Section - 2 Cup 2 Straight 2 Bucket Tenor-Trombone

Pricing & Availability

Chris Hein Horns Vol. 3 has an MSRP of €399. Cross-grades from Volumes 1 and 2 are available for €249. As it is powered by Kontakt Player 3.5, it is available for Windows and Mac OS X in stand-alone and VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats. You can also use and edit the instruments in the full version of Kontakt 3.