We saw the Broadway Big Band sample set at Winter NAMM 2007 and were quite impressed. It is pretty tough to make convincing brass sounds with a sampler but from the video we shot it seems like this does a pretty good job. It also includes all the other instruments associated with the genre including woodwinds and special percussion. So, we were exited to hear that this item will finally be available for purchase.

While this product is being released by Sonivox, the company that put the collection together is known as Fable Sounds. Here are some of the features of Fable Sounds impressive brass set:

• 100 Gigabyte multi-sample featuring contemporary brass (trumpets, trombones), woodwinds (alto, tenor, bari, soprano saxes, clarinet), and rhythm section instruments (upright bass, banjo, ukulele, drumkit, xylophone, Latin percussion)
• Huge selection of articulations, velocity layers and multiple takes
• Multiple Microphone Recordings
• Recorded Note Transitions - every note transition up to Major 9th in both directions
• Broadway Performer™ MIDI-Processing Performance Tool - allowing you to quickly play and select articulations
• Musical Performance - instruments and performances with character and versatility
• Broadway Big Band is both Mac and PC compatible and works in any music software that supports VST, DXi2, AU and Rewire protocols