Virtual Brass Instrument

Virtual Brass - Brass Instrument Simulator and Synthesizer Play, Practice, and Design Your Brass Sound Anywhere. Virtual Brass is a unique musical instrument app that combines the traditional fingering system of brass instruments with the physical responsiveness of a modern sound engine. By tilting your smartphone to switch registers and using on-screen buttons for piston or rotary valves, you can master a wide 4-octave range anytime and anywhere. Whether you are a brass player looking for a mobile fingering trainer or a music enthusiast wanting to explore organic, physics-inspired synthesizer sounds, Virtual Brass offers a powerful, highly expressive, and ultra-responsive performance experience. Key Features and Capabilities - Flick to Breath Mode (NEW!): Experience true wind-instrument dynamics. Toggle this mode to control your breath intensity in real time based on the speed of your flick gesture, replicating natural attack, airflow pressure, and subtle tonguing nuances. - Realistic Register Physics & Pitch Overbend (NEW!): Tilting your device near register boundaries simulates the physical air pressure inside a brass tube. Feel the pitch naturally scoop, pitch-bend, and open up the high-cut filter right before snapping into the next harmonic slot. - Interactive Filter XY Pad: Seamlessly control Cutoff Frequency and Resonance simultaneously in real-time. Dynamic touch control allows you to craft expressive, evolving filter sweeps and squelchy, organic synth textures while playing. - Next-Gen Audio Engine (Oboe): Powered by the high-performance Oboe C++ library for ultra-low latency and immediate response to your touch, flick, and tilt. - Tactile Vibration Response: Haptic feedback for piston operations lets you feel the physical click of the valves for an intuitive performance experience. - Deep Sound Customization and Synthesis: 1. Waveforms: Select from Sine, Triangle, or Square waves to build your base tone. 2. ADSR Envelope: Fine-tune the Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release for precise sound shaping. 3. Attack Noise: Adjust the frequency and intensity of breath/tonguing noise for personalized articulation. - Expanded Expressiveness: 1. Range Settings: Adjust the global pitch from -2 to +2 to simulate various brass instrument families. 2. On-Board Effects: Add depth and grit with integrated Reverb and Overdrive. 3. Flexible Expression Modes: Play with position-based tap control, or switch to Flick to Breath mode for physical velocity-driven dynamics. Use Cases 1. Mobile Fingering & Register Trainer: Practice your fingerings, lip-slurs, and register transitions during your commute or break without needing a physical instrument. 2. Expressive Live Performance & Sound Design: Use breath dynamics, tilt physics, and the real-time XY pad to play evolving, organic lead sounds on the fly. 3. Educational & Physics Exploration: Understand the relationship between valve combinations, air velocity, and harmonic register shifts in a tactile and visual way. Manual and Detailed Instructions Explore the full potential of the app here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19Hgv9dALoBEDweVWF2SNKppQXG9jwfx_Baq-TmcKKBY/edit?usp=sharing