Westwood Instruments has released Tempest Brass, a free Kontakt Player library that turns solo brass samples into expansive, experimental cinematic textures through time-stretching and overdrive processing. It is the fourth entry in the developer’s free ROOTS series and is shaped for modern cinematic scores, trailer cues, and sci-fi sound design rather than traditional orchestral writing.
What is Tempest Brass?
Tempest Brass takes solo brass recordings and reprocesses them with time-stretch and overdrive to produce a sound you would not typically hear from a brass library — sweeping textures, gritty drones, fractured swells, and atmospheric beds. It is built for Kontakt Player, so it works with both the full version of Kontakt and the free Kontakt Player. As the fourth installment in Westwood’s ROOTS giveaway series, it joins their growing catalogue of character-driven free instruments aimed at film, trailer, and electronic producers.
Key Features
- Time-stretched, overdrive-processed solo brass for cinematic textures rather than traditional orchestration
- Kontakt Player compatible — runs in the free Kontakt Player as well as the full Kontakt
- Fourth release in the ROOTS series, joining Westwood’s other free instruments
- Optimized for modern cinematic scores, trailer music, and sci-fi cues
- Free via official cart checkout — no payment required
How to Download Tempest Brass
Add Tempest Brass to your cart on the official Westwood Instruments ROOTS page and complete the free checkout with your name, email, and address. After checkout you will receive a serial code by email or in your account, which you then activate inside Native Instruments’ Native Access app to install the library. If you do not own Kontakt, install the free Kontakt Player from Native Access first.
Final Thoughts
Free brass libraries are rare, and most of the ones that do exist focus on traditional orchestral playing. Tempest Brass takes a completely different angle by leaning into experimental, cinematic processing — it is closer to a sound design tool with brass DNA than a conventional brass section. For producers working on trailers, modern scoring, or atmospheric music, this is a worthwhile free addition that pairs naturally with the rest of Westwood’s ROOTS catalogue.