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Cool to have this, and they sound really good, but there's really quite a bit more happening in a brass mute. An EQ can't simulate the distortions, buzzes, rings, etc. that vary in a complex manner with dynamics.
Of course not. But if you don't have brass libraries with recorded mutes, then this is the next best thing.
 
BTW, I've got a secret trick that I'll post shortly, but I need to figure out a way to host the photos...
 
Here's a video tutorial on how to create your own from an EQ setting.


I tried a couple of recordings, but can't get it to work. When I load the IR made from the pulse wav it's all latent and weird and sounds nothing like mute eq setting.

Now I'm out of patience with the whole affair....
 
I tried a couple of recordings, but can't get it to work. When I load the IR made from the pulse wav it's all latent and weird and sounds nothing like mute eq setting.

Now I'm out of patience with the whole affair....
Are you loading into Kontakt?
 
Are you loading into Kontakt?
Kontakt? No. In Reaper, insert media file for the pulse wav, put the Pro-Q on the track. I tried both the Reaper render FX as new take and just recording from another track (sending to it and recording output mono)...

...I get a wav that looks like an IR. It just sounds like shit, and not like a mute when I load CM Trumpet (which is a Kontakt instrument) and ReaVerb with the created IR.
 
Aaron, I'm in the process of making Impulse Responses using your mute settings (which are fantastic, by the way) which can be loaded into Kontakt directly. When I'm done, would you mind if I make the IRs available for anyone who wants them?

No problems with me!

Cool to have this, and they sound really good, but there's really quite a bit more happening in a brass mute. An EQ can't simulate the distortions, buzzes, rings, etc. that vary in a complex manner with dynamics.

Of course this isn't it, but it will fool 99% of your audience.
 
Kontakt? No. In Reaper, insert media file for the pulse wav, put the Pro-Q on the track. I tried both the Reaper render FX as new take and just recording from another track (sending to it and recording output mono)...

...I get a wav that looks like an IR. It just sounds like shit, and not like a mute when I load CM Trumpet (which is a Kontakt instrument) and ReaVerb with the created IR.
Don't render FX as new take. Just do a standard render as a wav file. I have found that you don't need to add any silence at the beginning and then trim. Just use the impulse he provided, load EQ on the track, then render it as a wav file. I rendered stereo.
 
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Cheers :sneaky:

Awesome tips Aron! Thanks a lot! :laugh:
 
I missed the Tuba; for ease I have now included all the Brass Mute Impulse Responses in the zip (above post).

Some of them are quite subtle, however the following are very effective:

Horn Brass Stop
Trumpet Harmon
Trombone Harmon

I tested them in the Kontakt convolution reverb (no dry signal, wet @ -6dB); remembering that in reality mutes can reduce the output volume by as much as -30dB!

Perhaps obvious but also make sure the IR is inserted before any reverb signal; which is not always that simple in locked Kontakt instruments!

Well done @aaronventure for initiating this project
 
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