The brass section like you’ve never heard it
Augmented BRASS morphs beautifully-recorded samples and powerful synth engines into captivating and refreshing sounds for your composition, production, and sound exploration.
Comprehensive brass palette
Unlock the next-level brass sounds you’ve been looking for, from glossy ‘80s Blade Runner pads to earth-shattering orchestral tones.
Instantly inspiring sounds
Quickly browse over 300 production-ready presets, effortlessly delivering everything from expressive chamber swells to bold, processed textures.
Expressive morphing control
Effortlessly transform and animate brass layers from authentic realism to abstract sonic realms using intuitive Morph and macro controls for dynamic performance.
Brass
articulations
From expressive orchestral majesty to bold experimental timbres
Explore an expansive brass palette with dozens of articulations, spanning chamber intimacy, powerful orchestral tones, and creative experimental textures, recorded in exceptional detail.
Chamber Brass
Detailed recordings of trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas, perfect for intimate and expressive composition.
Orchestral Brass
Rich, dynamic brass ensembles ideal for powerful cinematic scoring, capturing broad emotional and sonic ranges.
Experimental & Processed
Innovative brass timbres processed through vintage gear, distortion, tape effects, and synthesis, offering bold creative possibilities.
Main features
Augmented BRASS blends meticulous sampling with innovative multilayered synthesis for a sound that transcends traditional musical boundaries.
Morph between acoustic & synthetic sounds: Effortlessly blend real instrumental recordings with futuristic synth layers for evolving hybrid sounds.
Hybrid engine combining sampling & synthesis: Enjoy detailed acoustic samples alongside Virtual Analog, Granular, Wavetable, and Harmonic engines.
Intuitive modulation & macro controls: Shape any sound in seconds with assignable macros, drag-and-drop modulation, and a clear, streamlined interface.
MPE support for enhanced expression: Unlock nuanced polyphonic control for more dynamic, lifelike performances and tactile sound design.
Quality, cinematic-ready presets: Instantly access an inspiring library of mix-ready sounds, from classic tones to experimental textures.
Built-in arpeggiator & sequencer: Add rhythmic movement and depth with a versatile arpeggiator and chance-based sequencing.
Capturing
magic
To capture authentic and evocative brass timbres, we meticulously recorded expressive ensembles, chamber and solo instruments at a specialized European studio, renowned for outstanding acoustic quality.
Employing a range of premium microphones and preamps, the sessions covered brass instruments including trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, cimbasso, and tuba, capturing articulations from subtle sustains to experimental fluttertongues, ensuring realism, depth, and detail.
Brass presets
that deliver
Instantly access production-ready brass sounds tailored to your needs
Augmented BRASS includes hundreds of expertly-crafted presets ranging from authentic orchestral ensembles and expressive chamber sounds to innovative processed and synthesized textures.
CLASSIC
Arouser
Classic sustained ensemble brass with vibrato on the aftertouch.
Logos Cluster
A clustered chord adding a sixth on top of a fifth chord. Play individual notes or fifth chords.
HYBRID
Church of Robots
This minor chord cluster layers real brass with additional samples and synth engines.
Certain Doom
Huge brassy cinematic impact sound effect.
SYNTHS
Sharp Calm
Felt transients with dark, brassy granulations morph into a dirty, airy formant ambience.
Across the Vista
Dreamy '90s video game-inspired brass.
Hear it
in action
Malleable Horizons
A powerful, epic neoclassical track showcasing the splendor of the Augmented BRASS multisamples.
Watch Me
Matt Paul
Augmented BRASS trumpets and ensembles shape the main riffs of this mischevious classic pop powerhouse.
Surge
Richard Veenstra
A cinematic piece culminating in tension, showcasing Augmented BRASS' real samples.
Brass Euphoria
Rob Martland
Elevating modern electronic track with several instances of hybrid brass patches.
Augmented Brass
Raven Bush
A poignant classic demo showcasing the power of the real samples in Augmented BRASS.
Brassy Rain
mininova
This lo-fi jazzy track uses a versatile selection of Augmented BRASS sounds, from dry muted trumpets to electronic pads and plucks.
Artist
Corner
De Grandi
Producer
"Augmented Brass is surprisingly versatile. The advanced panel, the modulations and the effects allows you to truly explore its whole potential. And if you don’t want to tweak too many parameters you can still browse the presets and use the macros and the Morph knob to get really interesting results very quickly."
Sacha Chaban
Composer
"As a film composer, I'm always looking to push the boundaries of sound, and compose music with personnality and character. Arturia's Augmented Brass is versatile enough to allow me to manipulate and customize the instrument to the point of it becoming a truly original sound. The possibilies are endless, from creating a standalone sound, to using it as a layer with a live brass section, adding texture, amplitude, edginess, and/or beauty."
Eric Neveux
Composer
"Already a huge fan of Arturia's synths, I just discovered the Augmented series, awesome for a film composer like me, coming originally from the electronic music scene and obsessed with the hybrid approach. Augmented BRASS is a blast! I am already using it in the new score I'm on."
Olivier Arson
Composer / Music scores
"The Augmented series is a superb tool for creating instant hybrid experimentation between acoustic sources and electronic timbres. The interface feels familiar right away, following the same logic as Pigments and for this Brass instalment, the samples feel really dynamic, never sound harsh and blend extremely well together."
Paul Haslinger
Composer
"Augmented Brass continues a great, production-oriented series by Arturia. The ability to control the original instruments and their effects-treatments in realtime and in one control-surface, makes all the difference when you're on a tight deadline. Thank you - keep it coming!"
Press
Clippings
Create Digital Music
On Augmented BRASS
"It’s the perfect synth-acoustic hybrid, and so much a pleasure to use that even more traditional synthesists won’t want to overlook it."
Gearspace
On Augmented BRASS
"I just loved the deep tubas tweaked into heavy drones, the small flutes turned into big pads, and all kinds of different sonic manipulations one can think of."
Included in
V Collection 11 Pro
This instrument is part of V Collection Pro - a premium suite of software instruments designed for unparalleled sonic exploration.
From authentically modeled keyboards to hybrid synth engines and beautifully captured acoustic sounds, every instrument is enhanced for today’s production workflow - V Collection delivers the greatest keys of all time.
The features
you need
In-App Tutorials
Integrated in-app tutorials guide you through every aspect of the instrument, from individual parameters to tips from our sound designers, so you can focus on the creative stuff. It shouldn't be this easy, but it is!
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Main Features
Virtual Instruments playable in a DAW (Live, FL Studio, Logic,...) or standalone with a MIDI keyboard.
Dynamic hybrid brass instrument
2 Layers within each preset; each layer contains 2 customizable sound sources
Detailed string sample library
Chamber recordings
Orchestral recordings
Processed recordings (tape, outboard, distortion, and more)
Additional brass-style samples (synths, drones, textures, and more)
Flexible synth engines
Virtual analog with our award winning TAE® technology
Granular engine producing Warp, glitch and stretch sounds
Harmonic engine based on additive synthesis
Wavetable engine with look up table for more abrasive digital sounds
Simpler (impacts, noise, and more)
Morph control blends between Layers A and B, with endless modulation possibilities
7 macros: Time, Color, Motion, FX A, FX B, Reverb, Delay
2 LFOs, 2 Function Generators, 2 Random sources, 4 Keyboard mod sources, plus vibrato and tremolo with synced tempo
Intuitive modulation system with drag-and-drop assignment, and unified multi-tab UI
2 FX slots per layer with 16 FX including ParamEQ, Bitcrusher, BL-20 Flanger, and more
Built-in 16-step arpeggiator with Chance lane and Auto Regen for evolving patterns
MPE compatibility
MTS-ESP ODDSOUND microtuning compatibility
Over 300 factory presets included
Platform Specifications
Windows
Win 10+ (64bit)
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
6 GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
ARM processors not supported on Windows
Required configuration
Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).
Apple
Mac OS 11+
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU
6 GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
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