8Dio Century Ensemble Brass - Technical Walkthrough

8Dio Century Orchestral Ensemble Brass is a state-of-the-art collection of ultra-realistic instruments. Our most significant leap forward in orchestral deep-sampling. Infused with emotion in every sample.
Effortless and playable beyond words. 8Dio Century Orchestral Series is produced by long-time Academy Award, Emmy Nominated, T.E.C and G.A.N.G Award winning producers, Colin O'Malley and Troels Folmann
This luxury collection of Ensemble Brass contains six, unique instruments. 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, 4 Trumpets, 6 Horns and 12 Horns.
All elegant creations in each their way. From the soaring bite of an incredibly well-played 2-Piece Trumpet Ensemble to the defined and fluent sound of 2 Horns. From the powerful, fluent notes of 3 Trombones to the noble sound of a 4-Trumpet Ensemble. The 6 horns don't need further introduction - other than they are the best we've ever played with. The 12 Horns augment the experience with a large, lyrical ensemble of 12 French Horns.
The shell of Century Ensemble Brass is our custom-designed user-interface. Virtually offering every option to express yourself. All simple. One page.
Inside the shell you find the secret to Century Ensemble Brass. A collection of virtual instruments - specifically designed for true, emotional realism. The Century Brass Sessions took place over 2 years, selectively hand-picked players from across Europe. 350 hours of session time. Only lord knows how many sessions - and retake of sessions.
Century Orchestral Brass was derived from several new recording and sampling techniques. All the legatos are not only layered in dynamics, but we created new programs that offers you a completely bump-free ride. So when you need to take your Ensemble Horn from Piano to Fortissimo - just do it - and it works. We recorded a wealth of different short notes. There is so much more than staccatos and marcatos. We recorded both unique fanfare oriented short notes - with more bite and tension. We recorded traditional articulations - at multiple lengths. More arcs then you could dream of. But all arcs are now dynamically layered and recorded at multiple lengths. So, in essence, you have control over legato dynamics (CC1), expression (CC11) and legato speed (CC16)
Century Orchestral Brass is not a sample library to us. It is a truly emotional and realistic collection of incredibly deep-sampled brass instruments. It can be anything you want it. The softest skin you ever touched. The thunderous end of a world. It can be subtle. Forte. But always a lyrical forte.
Century Orchestral Ensemble Brass contains 4 microphone arrays: "Mixed, Close, Decca and Wide". Ensemble Brass contains over 46GB of new-generation Brass Ensemble samples.
More information at www.8dio.com

[@RedAvery1]

You guys are highly talented and underrated

[@cvader7]

Incredible as always. You guys set the bar of sonic excellence where sampling is concerned really high!

[@cvader7]

Luv, u guys too!

[@jhummelgaard9310]

This is amazing! First brass library I've heard that I like 100%

[@ABE2000]

D a t B r a s s, is really ultra-realistic, and cinematic as I'm on the cinema, i hope i can have this instrument, even with Century Ensemble Brass Lite.

[@jonathanparham]

enjoying the demos. What does ARC stand for?

[@8dioproductions]

Great question! Arc is a concept that goes back to our earlier orchestral libraries. The issues with most string libraries is that you have to use crossfaded sustains to create swells and movement. Crossfades don't sound that well and limits your ability to make hyper realistic pieces. So we did both. We offer both normal crossfade (aka xfade), but we also have a WEALTH of arcs - offering you the ability to get strings with natural swells. The arcs are both velocity and speed based, so a single patch holds several sample banks. If you play harder on the keys you get more dramatic arcs - if you move the speed knob - you can control the speed of the arc. Check out this video - all the strings in the beginning are played with arcs. There is no way that can be done with normal crossfades - they dont hold the same emotional quality. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCaq3ysa8iWeckm22s

[@Michael_H_Nielsen]

I can barely hear you. the sound level between voice and instruments are completely off

[@desolozantasgaming6897]

Marcatos could use some work