Overview

Status: Available | Released: May 18th, 2014

Creating realistic sounding, virtual brass parts is never easy. All those subtle articulations, expressions and voicings require a lot of knowledge and arranging skills... even if you have a real brass section! NI's new Session Horns Pro by e-instruments makes getting that realism a whole lot easier and in this course by Matt Vanacoro you learn how to get the job done!

Matt first guides you through the process of getting this massive 40GB instrument with its NKI files on to your drives and gets you up and running with a tour of the SHP GUI and all of the cool features that it deploys to create its highly believable brass sounds.

Next you'll earn all about the Session Horns Performance mode and its ability to generate riffs and articulations that will have you convinced that the world's best session players are in the house! From there, with help from our friends at e-instruments, Matt reveals the techniques used in Session Horns Pro's keyswitching toolbox where the magic of MIDI control turns an ordinary riff into a ripping horn solo!

So learn Native Instruments' Session Horns Pro – from Matt Vanacoro – and harness the power and musicality of a perfectly performed virtual brass section in your next production.

Outline

Section 1: Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: Section 2: Common Functions

Section 3: Section 3: Built In Effects

Section 4: Section 4: Session Horns Pro Performance

Section 5: Section 5: Session Horns Pro Keyswitching

Section 6: Section 6: The Solo Instruments

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Reviews

Neil Gilmartin wrote on June 29, 2023

I don’t have the Pro version of this plug-in, but that really doesn’t matter for getting a lot from this course. While a few of the videos are Session Horns Pro specific, if you have the standard plug-in, you will still come away from this course with a deeper understanding of how to navigate it. As ever, an easy-to-follow course and relaxed delivery from Matt.
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Jesse Bloodworth wrote on December 11, 2020

I like the speed at which the teacher speaks, very clear and with the fact of stopping the clip and playing the file back is a God send! Thank you I will be reviewing the course again till I fill I know the concepts!
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Itamar wrote on September 28, 2020

Great tutorial. Very well explained.
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Mr. Greg wrote on December 29, 2019

Goes through it with enough detail and some laughs here and there lol
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Gee Mann wrote on December 4, 2017

Great course. Matt will get you use and using Session Horns quickly and effectively. He also give you tips on how to use the sample in specific styles.
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session horns pro wrote on February 23, 2016

A very good strait forward tutorial. I made me understand the program and showed me some possibilities. Could use a follow up in the form of how to use the program in a production. But a very good tutorial never the less.
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Brock wrote on July 16, 2015

Session Horns Pro has been a great introduction course covering it's implementation in Kontakt 5. The tutorial covers the overall structure of the software. I would like to see some performance videos or more in-depth information on horns in regards to the perspective and knowledge of a bedroom type music producer. Overall, it did what was expected, and could lead into a great next level course!
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RoKS wrote on July 5, 2015

An excellent introduction to Session Horns Pro. Matt's comprehensive overview opened a lot of doors for me in the program. Some things I would have completely missed. Many thanks! And I agree, this is an instrument that requires some dedicated practice to play convincingly. But the results are wonderful.
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vw wrote on June 26, 2015

Nice chops on the board..and really let me know how powerful SHP is before I buy it..
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Ru Binkis wrote on June 20, 2015

This guy is so good at explaining these instruments, i keep walking away from his courses feeling like i know everything.
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