Download Manual: UPGRADE TO PRO Upgrade to SESSION HORNS PRO for a very special price. SESSION HORNS PRO is a major upgrade from SESSION HORNS. 10 perfectly sampled horns and customizable sections of up to six instruments. More articulations. More round robins. More velocity layers.
ULTRA-PLAYABLE QUARTET
- Outstanding sample quality and realism
- Voice Split creates authentic arrangements automatically
- Play free or jam with over 170 flexible phrases
BLOWN AWAY
The sound of a tight, 4-piece brass section sampled in pristine quality, and perfect for funk, pop, reggae, indie and neo-soul.
HOT HORNS
SESSION HORNS is the versatile and playable horn section that will instantly perk up your productions. The trombone, tenor sax and two trumpets have been sampled to perfection and deliver a rich, authentic sound, playable by anyone.
Produced in collaboration with e-instruments, this KONTAKT Instrument features the unique Smart Voice Split function for creating authentic horn arrangements with your keyboard on the fly, no experience needed. Or get inspired with the Animator – a harmonically flexible riff generator. Inject any production with a dynamite sound that will blow you away.
Produced in collaboration with e-instruments, this KONTAKT Instrument features the unique Smart Voice Split function for creating authentic horn arrangements with your keyboard on the fly, no experience needed. Or get inspired with the Animator – a harmonically flexible riff generator. Inject any production with a dynamite sound that will blow you away.
SWEET SOUNDS
The sound of a tight, modern horn section, SESSION HORNS is aimed at a variety of contemporary genres. Made up of a trombone, a tenor sax and two trumpets, the ensemble was multi-sampled in the highest possible quality using renowned session musicians.
Play the whole four-piece section or divide into classic subsections, playing only two trumpets, or just sax and trombone, for example.
As well as sampling a wide range of articulations,
e-instruments sampled all possible note transitions from all four instruments. These come to play in Legato mode – play melodies and SESSION HORNS automatically handles the note transitions, smoothing the melodies you play and adding a new depth of expression and authenticity.
Play the whole four-piece section or divide into classic subsections, playing only two trumpets, or just sax and trombone, for example.
As well as sampling a wide range of articulations,
e-instruments sampled all possible note transitions from all four instruments. These come to play in Legato mode – play melodies and SESSION HORNS automatically handles the note transitions, smoothing the melodies you play and adding a new depth of expression and authenticity.
EASY DOES IT
SESSION HORNS is the express route to authentic horns for producers of any ability. The unique Smart Voice Split automatically allocates each note of a chord to the corresponding brass instrument, just as an arranger would.
Press two keys, and the instruments split into lower and higher ranges – trumpets at the top and sax and trombone at the bottom. Play three keys, and the trombone is automatically mapped to the lowest note. Add a fourth note below, and the trombone takes up the new bass note, while the higher pitches are allocated to the rest of the ensemble.
Press two keys, and the instruments split into lower and higher ranges – trumpets at the top and sax and trombone at the bottom. Play three keys, and the trombone is automatically mapped to the lowest note. Add a fourth note below, and the trombone takes up the new bass note, while the higher pitches are allocated to the rest of the ensemble.
GET ANIMATED
The inventive Animator function provides an intuitive and inspiring way to jam authentic brass phrases while maintaining real-time control.
The detailed sample base was used to construct over 170 ultra-flexible, playable phrases – licks, stabs and progressions inspired by contemporary productions, covering a wide spectrum of genres and moods. Play a chord with one hand and select phrases with the other to create instant horn accompaniments from funk and pop to reggae, neo-soul, and indie – all phrases are easy to adapt to the track you’re working on, always in sync, and in perfect harmony.
The Animator is an endless source of inspiration, and an ideal starting point for your productions.
The detailed sample base was used to construct over 170 ultra-flexible, playable phrases – licks, stabs and progressions inspired by contemporary productions, covering a wide spectrum of genres and moods. Play a chord with one hand and select phrases with the other to create instant horn accompaniments from funk and pop to reggae, neo-soul, and indie – all phrases are easy to adapt to the track you’re working on, always in sync, and in perfect harmony.
The Animator is an endless source of inspiration, and an ideal starting point for your productions.
ABOUT E-INSTRUMENTS
Based in Hamburg, Germany, e-instruments specialize in intensely detailed sampled instruments. Thomas Koritke and his team have succeeded in capturing the clarity, sparkle, and liveliness of these horns, using the very best equipment for outstanding sound quality. Every note is expertly played by top horn players, leaving you nothing left to think about except choosing the perfect phrase to fit your production.
Read more about e-instruments.
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AT A GLANCE
Product type | Pristinely-sampled horn quartet incl. flexible phrase generator |
For use with: | Free KONTAKT PLAYER version 5 and higher, or KONTAKT version 5 and higher. |
Number of instruments | 2 NKIs (Performance, Single Articulation), 174 total phrases (29 Animator Songs, 6 Phrases each) |
Sound category | Small modern horn section |
Size (Mac / PC) | 4.88 GB / 3.77 GB (lossless sample compression). 24 bit , 44.1 kHz. |
System requirements: | Free KONTAKT PLAYER version 5 and higher, or KONTAKT version 5 and higher. Please also see the KONTAKT PLAYER system requirements and the KONTAKT PLAYER FAQ. |
User Manual | Download Manual |
UPGRADE TO PRO
Upgrade to SESSION HORNS PRO for a very special price. SESSION HORNS PRO is a major upgrade from SESSION HORNS. 10 perfectly sampled horns and customizable sections of up to six instruments. More articulations. More round robins. More velocity layers. And the ultimate in smart playability.
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Recording a brass section is one of the most complex tasks a producer has to face. Getting the right arrangement, the right blend of instruments and the right players tends to mean the process can be long, and expensive.
Sampled sections make sense, especially if you are inexperienced in writing and directing for horns, but you need great samples and plenty of articulations to get it right. Native Instruments have gone all out to make Session Horns Pro as broad and playable as possible.
Play time
On launch you can choose sections or solo instruments. Launching a section gives you four slots into which are placed a selection of instruments or combinations of instruments.
If you launch a keyswitch version, then articulations are swapped using the C-1 octave. The Voicing Assistant feature lets you choose between various playing modes. Polyphonic will play as many notes as you hold down, whereas Smart Voice Split assigns voices according to what you play.
Hold down a single note and, if it's in the range of all the instruments, you get all four in unison; adding more notes up to four splits out the voices in an intelligent way keeping section size accurate each time.
In addition you get Legato mode which always works in unison and Chord and Legato does exactly what you would expect.
Smart stuff
For those who want some help in getting an arrangement together there are two paths. The first is Animator. This is a series of phrases, which can be changed using the keyswitch octave. You just hold chords or notes and Animator does the rest.
There is a genre specific style pull-down menu and in the utility page you also have the option to set your own keyswitch set by dragging and dropping phrases from any genre.
Alternatively you can use Smart Chord which works together with Smart Voice Split. Here you set the key and then play monophonically and Smart Chord fills in the chords for you with intelligent and realistic sounding voicings. White keys play the notes and the black keys give style variations. Both of these methods work well and are a great way of getting started.
There is also a built-in mixer where you can adjust pan and balance for each slot and some excellent processing tools. Individual slots have compression and EQ and there are global settings for compression, EQ, Tape, Twang! and a low-pass filter.
Native Instruments have put a lot of thought into developing Session Horns Pro. Whether you use it as a solo instrument or a section, with auto arranging features or build parts from the ground up, the breadth of articulations and dynamics, quality of samples and the MIDI control let you find exactly what you are looking for. Excellent stuff!