Weidinger: Blown,
not sampled
Weidinger is Dussek's brass: trumpet, horn, trombones and tuba, the lips and the air simulated as you play, a virtual player shaping each line. A preview, in Dussek's download.
Five brass instruments
A brass band: Harbor Parade, Evening Chorale, Back Alley Strut.
Three pieces written for Weidinger (CC0): two trumpets, horn, trombone, bass trombone and tuba, each part one instrument with its mutes, growl, flutter, vibrato and air, mixed in stereo.
What it plays
Each one the same phrase, plain and then with it; each step plays from its start.
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Mutes
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Dynamics
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Growl and flutter
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Vibrato
The virtual player's own vibrato, coming in on a held note; a set one, wider; and the player off, the air from the keys alone, as a wind controller would give it.
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The slide
The tenor trombone's slurs by the lips, then by the slide: every slur within a tritone glides.
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A section
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Microphones
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Wah-wah-waaah
The plunger by hand (CC 4): three notes falling, the hand opening during each, the last one long with a widening vibrato. The sound of a plan failing.
The
window
Dussek's window, for a bell: the Sound tab's mutes, growl, flutter and vibrato, the Player tab's air and the slide's glide; each bell drawn as it is held, the microphones around it. MIDI learn, presets and the room as in Dussek.
In Dussek's
download
Weidinger comes in the same files as Dussek, version 0.4.0: its own standalone and LV2, CLAP and VST3 plugins, and the five instruments. The Windows installer and the macOS package offer it as a component that can be left out. A preview: its instruments are marked experimental, and its sound and controls may still change. Weidinger's docs.

