Because of their trombones, I had to pick up my very first Spitfire library which was Bones Volume 1. In both libraries there is also no bass trombone solo, cimbasso solo, or flugelhorn solo. It can not produce the warm tone in the soft registers and does not contain true legato or glissandos in which trombones are known for. So to me, for high brass you need to go with Core, for low brass you need to go with Pro, but where Cinesamples has always suffered is their trombone ensemble. The tuba can be very warm and mixes well with woodwinds and adds a rich layer when combined with monster brass. I like to combine it sometimes with Core's Horn Ensemble 2 for soft passages or even Spitfire's Bones Legato to add a little more punch in the higher dynamics. The trombone solo blends well with other instruments. The trombone and tuba are excellent covering a very wide range. The horn solo 2 is also brighter but perhaps more useful than the horn 1 in Core. The trumpet 2 solo is too bright for my taste in the low register and almost has a jazz-like quality to the timbre. In Pro you have trumpet 2 solo, horn 2 solo, trombone solo, and tuba solo which cover all of the basic Cinesamples' articulations. The monster brass sounds great and can even sound beautiful in low dynamics but does not include true legato and the horn ensemble 12 is perfect for the loud, bright, buzzing tone of the horn but only has short and long articulations. The two epic patches are the monster low brass and horn ensemble 12. Pro has the inclusion of mutes, special effects, chords, solos, and if you are going for the epic whole-notes in the low brass or horns. The trumpet solo sounds "Private Ryan-like" and the horn solo sounds "Princess Leah-like." Both are beautiful but only reach around a mf. The solos in Core are both trumpet and horn and can only be used in soft, melodic passages. The cimbasso is also mixed with the bass trombone and not separate which can be a pro or con depending on who you ask. The pros of Core are the beautiful trumpet samples, horn ensemble 2 which are great for chords, and horn ensemble 6 which can produce "a rich, epic sound." The cons of Core are the low brass including the trombone ensemble which does not have true legato, are great for loud passages, but are useless for low brass soft chords, and the tuba and bass trombone are mixed together so you can not get a rich, full, warm bass sound that a tuba can produce. I have both Core and Pro, and if you are thinking about which one to purchase, I would go with Core first since it covers most of what a composer would need for everyday use.
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