Ambient Recording

BBO: Izar

Low Brass Clusters

Big Bang Orchestra: Izar

Overview
Audio
Mixer Presets
Data Size
Manuals

List

€ 85

List

€ 85

Low Brass Clusters

Clusters have become a fixture in modern film scores. Especially low brass instruments are frequently deployed to create this sonic effect, so we decided to dedicate an entire volume of our Big Bang Orchestra series to exploring this technique.

Introduction

Walkthrough

Overview

Synchron Stage Vienna’s famous low brass section

Ensemble of four bass trombones, one bass tuba, one contrabass tuba

Half-tone clusters in a wide variety of articulations

Extra fortississimo layers for an extremely brassy and dramatic sound

Multiple microphone positions, additional close mic positions

From ominous pianissimos to breathtaking fortississimos

BBO: Izar includes all of the articulations of the Low Brass prequel Hercules, sans legatos, played as clusters. You get short notes, marcatos, several dynamic articulations (sfz, sffz, various crescendos and decrescendos), flutter tonguing, trills, glissandos and fast repetitions, all played as half-tone clusters consisting of three adjacent semitones. It’s easy to figure out which notes you hear when you press a key: The played note is at the center of three clustered notes, with one a semitone higher and the third a semitone lower.

Big Bang Orchestra: Izar

4 Tracks

The Labours of Hercules

Porras Alvarado, Jorge Enrique

La Foudre et le Tonnerre

Nicholas Decrescent

Driven Underground - BBO: Izar

Guy Bacos

Boxing

Johannes Vogel

Mixer Presets

The most resource-friendly presets: Based on a room mix we created from all available room microphones, you will get an impressive sound that will help you to manifest your orchestral ideas on every device.

Microphone Setup

Main (Decca tree stereo)
Main (Decca tree center)
Main surround stereo
High stereo
High surround stereo
Mid stereo
Low Brass close

Data Size

Download File Size

1 GB

Installed File Size

4 GB

System Requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i3
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
8 GB RAM
iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)
Free storage space: 4 GB