Chris Hein
ORCHESTRAL BRASS -Compact-
Contents
3 Introduction 6 Note-Head Designer
3 System specs 6 Vibrato
4 Show / Hide Values 7 Articulations
4 General controls 7 Legato / Polyphon
4 Saving Changes 7 Ensemble
7 Transient Designer
5 Dynamic 7 Body & Room
5 Volume control / Dynamic Modes
5 Keyboard 8 CH-Brass Complete / Compact
5 X-Fade comparison chart
5 Key & X-Fade
5 Auto X-Fade
Credits:
Recording, Editing, Programming,
Chris Hein
Interface-Design:
Scott Kane Chris Hein
Additional Editing:
Ricarda Hein (Mrs. Melodyne)
Script-Programming :
Günter Hirscher
Produced For BestService, Munich
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Thank you for buying Chris Hein - Orchestral Brass Compact
CH-Orchstral Brass Compact is the light version of CH-Orchestral Brass complete.
It uses the same samples with the same amunt of dynamic layers, the same Phase Alignment and
Transition, but has reduced content in articuolations and functions.
You can always upgrade to CH-Brass complete to benefit from the full version of the instruments.
Se the comparison chart at the end of this manual.
With a vast amount of samples, many articulations and up to eight dynamic layers, the instruments
in CH-Brass are sampled with extraordinary detail and programmed with great care.
The user-interface holds tons of features on a single page to shape the sound and to adjust the
playability to the way you want it.
One of the greates and unique features of CH-Brass are the Phase-Aligned samples.
After 6 months of research, we found a solution to phase-synchronize the samples.
This enables an absolutely perfect blending between 6 dynamic layers.
During the developement, very much attention was spent on how to work with dynamics to provide
a perfectly realistic and expressive instrument.
During the Phase-Align process, we had to separate the noise part from each sample, to
synchronize the phase of the pure tone. As a result we got four audio files for each sample:
- The original recorded sample used in the velocity sensitive dynamic mode „Keyboard“
- The processed phase aligned sample used for the „X-Fade“, „Key & X-Fade“, „Auto X-Fade“
- A pure tone sample
- A pure noise sample
I hope you like Chris Hein - Brass Compact. Have fun! Chris Hein
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recommended).
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commended).
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Do not distribute, resell or torrent.
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Interface
General Controls
Show/Hide Values
You can show or hide the values of the functions
with the button on the top rightof each page.
However, as soon as you touch a function, the value
is displayed even if „hide values“ is selected
General Controls
1 Solo/Mute 2 Tune - (CC09)
3 Panorama - (CC10) 4 Volume - (CC07)
5 Level indicator
Saving Changes
CH-Brass has many features to customize
the instrument to fit you demands.
To save the settings you have made,
use the Files menu from the Kontakt top-menu.
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Dynamic
Volume Control / Dynamic Modes
Dynamic: Usually the dynamic of an instrument is just controlled only by the velocity of your midi
keyboard. CH-Brass offers different options to control the [Link] details on the next page
may sound a bit technical, but don’t hesitate to just experiment with the settings.
The buttons at the left side let you switch between the four different dynamic-modes.
Keyboard - The articulations in CH-Brass have 3-8 dynamic layers. When set to „Keyboard“ these
layers are available through the velocity of your midi keyboard. The actual played dynamic layer
and the midi velocity are displayed as numbers from 1-8.
X-Fade - When this is selected, the velocity is controlled via midi Control Change (CC11, Expres-
sion, by default). You can also use any other controller by changing the X-Fade CC.
Setting the controller to zero plays the lowest velocity layer, moving the controller up fades between
the velocity layers, while increasing the value crossfades between the velocity layers until the high-
est value of 127 is reached.
Key & X-Fade - This is a combination of Keyboard dynamic and X-Fade. Velocity is controlled
via keyboard velocity, but you can also use Expression (CC11) to crossfade between the velocity
layers. Key & XFade works in an intelligent way. Let’s say you play a note at velocity 100, then you
increase Expression (CC11), starting from zero. No change is audible until the controller reaches
value 100. From here, Expression takes control of the velocity and lets you change the dynamic
even after the note is pressed. Key & XFade is perfect for playing realistic crescendos and decre-
scendos.
Auto X-Fade - This performs an automatic volume curve relative to the played velocity.
When Auto X-Fade is selected,
the automatic volume curve starts
at the velocity played on the midi-
keyboard, performing a volume
change depending on the settings
in the table.
You can draw your own volume
curve in the table. To edit the curve
in more detail, click the „Edit“
button to enter a fairly big table.
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The length of the Auto X-Fade
curve can be adjusted with the
„Lengths“ fader
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Note-Head Designer
Note Head Designer:
This is a unique function which you probably haven‘t seen in any other virtual instrument before.
“Note Head“ lets you vary the attack and release shape of the sound in a fantastic new and fle-
xibel way. Activate the Note-Head Designer with the switch on the left side. Use a Midi-Controller
(CC2 by default) to control the Note-Heads, or use the fader in the interface. Setting the controller
to zero playes the original articulation, as display on top of the interface. Moving the controller up
lets you switch through 6 different variations of the note-head. These variations are short notes,
recorded in six different length, each with 8 dynamic layers. S1 has a length of more than a second,
as you move up, the Note-Heads get shorter, until S6, which is an ectremly short staccatissimo.
When playing lines like „Baa dap“, a sequence of short and long notes, you would usually use the
sustained articulation and just stop the note. However, it makes a huge difference if the ending of
a short note is a real recording ending, or just a stopped sustained note.
“Stack“ offers a second function of the Note-Head [Link] this is checked, the short notes are
layered wth the original articulation. Thanks to the phase-aligned samples, the blending is very
smooth. Click the edit page to edit the fade times in detail.
Vibrato:
Two types of Vibrato are available in CH-Brass compact.
Choose between manual LFO-Vibrato, and Auto-Vibrato.
Vibrato:
These are the controls for the intelligent LFO-based Vibrato available through CC01 (Modwheel).
You can Change the CC from 1 to any other CC.
- Amount sets the volume of the Vibrato effect
- Speed sets the speed of the LFO
- EQ sets the amount of frequecy shift during the Vibrato
Auto - Vibrato:
performes an automatic vibrato curve instead of using the Modwheel.
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Articulatons:
5 Articulations are available via Key-Switch
Press the keys ranging from C0 - E0 to access the different articulations.
Legato / Polyphon
Switch between Legato and polyphonic playing with this button.
You can also play chord with legato selected if all notes of a chord are
played withing a time range of 30ms.
Ensemble:
You can setup a group of wind players here.
Voices: Select 1-5 instruments to play.
Spread: Sets the Stereo-Spread of the harmonized Sound
Detune: Detunes the harmonized sounds in cents.
The Transient Designer is a compressor designed to control the attack and
sustain of a sound. Instead of following the amplitude of the sound like a tradi-
tional compressor, it follows the general envelope and is thus not as suscepti-
ble to changes of input gain.
Attack controls the scaling of the attack portion of the input signal’s volume envelope.
Increasing this parameter will add more punch and decreasing it will reduce sharp attacks.
Sustain controls the scaling of the sustain portion of the input signal’s volume envelope. Increasing
this parameter will add more body to the sound and decreasing it will reduce the sound’s tail.
Body and Room
CHW contains 40 fantastic, built-in convolution reverbs,
as well as 23 very short impulse responsed to design the body of the instrument.
The combination of two convolution reverbs lets you design the body and the room individually.
Controls for Body and Room
On/Off - Switches the Convolution Reverb on and off.
Presets - Choose from 40 specially-designed Impulse Responses.
Volume - Adjusts the amount of the Convolution Reverb.
Delay - Sets the pre-delay time before the reverb starts.
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CH-Orchestral Brass Complete / Compact comparison
Function
Complete Compact
Articulations
Sustain + -
Crescendo + +
Dynamic Expression Long + +
Dynamic Expression short + -
Flutter Tounge + -
Short 1 + +
Short 2 + -
Short 3 + +
Short 4 + -
Short 5 + -
Short 6 + +
Scale Run Up + -
Scale Run Down + -
Rip 1 + -
Rip 2 + -
Fall + -
Functions
True Legato Short + +
True Legato Long + -
True Legato Edit + -
Hot-Keys + -
Key-Switch Presets + -
Note Heads 6 3
Note-Head Edits + -
Glide-Mode + -
DSP-Effects + -
Micro-Tuner + -
Adjustable Settings + -
Adjustable Pitchbend + -
Release Samples + +
Adjustable Release + -
ADSR + -
Adjustable Dynamic + -
Touch OSC support + -
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Chris Hein
Recording / Programming
Chris Hein has almost 30 years of experience with sound samples. By 1986 he had already
produced the legendary “Studio-Sample” series for Metra-Sound.
In 1985 he was one of the first computer pioneers, to use the Commodore C-64 for computer
music. His work for Emagic (the C-Lab application) at the Frankfurt Music Exhibition set the
course for his successful work as a sound-arranger. With the SX-64, the world’s first laptop,
he traveled to various music studios in Europe.
From Atari to Mac, he eventually settled down with the foundation of “Hine-Studio” and cre-
ated innumerable sounds for CD-Productions, Film & TV music, industrial shows and musi-
cals. The focus of his work has always concentrated on the reproduction of real orchestras
with virtual instruments. The contract musicals “A World for Deinhard” (1994) and the great
horse-musical productions “The Enchanted Forrest” (1996), “Goa” (2000) and “Sudakan”
(2010) consist exclusively of sample sounds. Today his studio contains an impressive collec-
tion of 22 samplers of various types.
In 1997 Chris Hein established the Film & Media production company:
“Wizard Media GmbH”.
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The Family of
Chris Hein - Horns
CHH Vol.1 - XL-Solo Instruments
4 very deeply sampled Solo-instruments with up to 44 articulations
and up to 20 velocities. Approximately 4,000 samples per instrument
Alto Sax Solo, Tenor Sax Solo, Trumpet Solo,
Trombone Solo, Trumpet Section
CHH Vol.2 - Brass & Woodwind
3 x Alto Sax, 2 x Tenor Sax, 2 x Baritone Sax, 4 x Trumpet,
4 x Trombone, 2 x Bass Trombone, 3 x Sax Section,
3 x Trumpet Section, 3 x Trombone Section
CHH Vol.3 - Muted Brass
8 x Muted Trumpet, 8 x Muted Trombone,
7 x Trumpet Section, 5 x Trombone Section
CHH Vol.4 - More Brass & Woodwinds
Soprano Sax, Bass Sax, Contra Bass Sax, Clarinets,
Bass Clarinet, Fluegelhorn, Euphonium, Tuba
All instruments are available as a complete bundle, single volumes or as individual
downloadable instruments. Check [Link] for details.
As owner of any CHH version, you are eligible to upgrade to CHH-Complete
for a special price. Send an email to hein@[Link] for more info
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The Sounds and Samples of Chris Hein - Brass are licensed,
not sold to you for use in your music & media production only.
All copying, lending, duplicating, reselling or trading of this
product or its content, in any form, is strictly prohibited.
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