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