Cinesamples CineBrass Descant Horn [KONTAKT]

• Writer: Cinesamples
• Product: CineBrass Descant Horn
• Model: 1.1.0.3
• Necessities: Kontakt v5.8.1 and newer

Expanded vary for the Horn
An ideal associate to CineBrass Core and Professional, CineBrass Descant Horn expands the vary of the Horn part. Professional horn gamers usually pull out this instrument for delicate larger passages and it’s nice for hovering solos. Like CineBrass Core and Professional, CineBrass Descant Horn was recorded on the legendary MGM Scoring Scoring Stage at Sony Footage Studios in Los Angeles.

What’s the Descant Horn?
The Descant Horn and French Horn have the same construction. The Descant Horn doesn’t have the low F aspect of a daily horn, nevertheless it does have the excessive F aspect. Particularly, the tubes are solely 6 toes lengthy reasonably than 12 toes lengthy as on an ordinary French horn. So, the harmonic sequence is offset by an octave above the conventional F2 on an ordinary horn.

What’s the vary distinction between the Descant Horn and French Horn?
The ranges of the horns are principally the identical, though you’ll be able to lengthen the Descant Horn to an A or Ab reasonably than stopping at an F on a daily horn. So, though the Descant Horn doesn’t essentially go larger, the timbre of the upper register is offset by an octave permitting extra agility within the higher register.

What is exclusive about this Descant Horn?
The horn we sampled is a dual-bore Bb/Excessive F. Due to this fact, transferring between the bore for the Bb aspect to the excessive F is sonically seamless. The distinction in dimension between the Descant Horn we sampled and different single bore Descant Horns is substantial, accounting for the double bore. It additionally permits the performer elevated agility whereas switching between the edges.

For that reason, a single-bore Descant Horn doesn’t sound nearly as good as a double-bore from about center C down. Even center C to a excessive C above center C would sound extra shallow and it wouldn’t have the wealthy royal sound of the dual-bore Descant Horn.

How does the Descant Horn sound in comparison with a French Horn?
The higher register is extra strident on a daily horn, whereas the higher register sounds simpler and lighter on the Descant Horn. An analogy can be the comparability between a daily trumpet vs. a piccolo trumpet. Because the two devices have principally the identical vary, the most important distinction is within the higher register. The piccolo trumpet has a much less strident sound than a conventional trumpet.

Additionally, the Descant Horn just isn’t going to be fairly as deep – it’s slightly extra shallow and delicate in comparison with the Low F of a French horn. However ideally, you wouldn’t use a Descant Horn for its decrease register since that’s not its candy spot.

What’s the benefit of the Descant Horn for the participant?
When a passage is simply too excessive and required to be smooth and delicate, the participant can change to the Descant Horn with a purpose to attain these pitches extra simply with out having to pound so onerous. From a participant’s perspective, it makes higher register passages a lot simpler to play and far more correct.

What’s the benefit of the Descant Horn for the composer?
Composers can obtain a larger quantity of delicacy and accuracy within the higher register of the Descant Horn. In fact, if a composer is in search of an excellent highly effective excessive register sound, that will be higher suited to a daily French horn. However for delicate solos, particularly over strings and woodwinds, utilizing the descant horn could be very helpful.