Free Trumpet Stems for Music Production
Free isolated trumpet stems, AI-separated from real jazz and blues recordings. public-domain, CC0, and CC-BY trumpet solos and horn lines, cleared for beats.
Catalog updated September 2026
- $2,000–$50,000+ — typical cost to clear one commercial sample
- Documented terms — public domain, CC0, or CC-BY per sample
- Two evidence paths — fingerprint screening or source attestation
Featured Trumpet Stems
Where to use trumpet stems
Selekt trumpet stems are isolated from vintage jazz, big-band, and blues recordings using a deeper, multi-stage separation process. Real trumpet captured on a real recording has a brassy bite, breath attack, and natural decay against the room that virtual horn sections cannot match — and that producers seek for hip-hop, soul, jazz-influenced beats, and cinematic productions. Use isolated trumpet samples for hook melodies layered over chopped drums, single-note stabs as rhythmic accents, brass swells under R&B vocals, or full melodic phrases as the lead element of a beat. The catalog spans pre-1926 ragtime and Dixieland jazz recordings (now public domain in the U.S.), 1920s–1940s big-band brass sections, blues horn solos, and modern CC0 contributions. The slight intonation imperfections and natural bell coloration of vintage horns are exactly what producers chase — Selekt captures these because the source is a real performance, not a virtual instrument. Every stem ships with a license certificate showing source and license type, plus the option to run any audio through our free copyright-check tool.
Trumpet Key & BPM Finder
Find trumpet stems that fit a track you are already working on. Drop the track in and this reads its key and tempo in your browser — the audio never leaves your tab — then searches only the trumpet stems on this page for ones in a compatible key and a workable tempo, including half- and double-time. You can also just set the key and tempo yourself. Matching uses the Camelot wheel, so it returns the relative major/minor and the neighbouring keys, not only an exact match.
- Drop in a track, or set a key and tempo by hand.
- The key and tempo are detected locally, in your browser.
- Compatible trumpet stems from this page are listed, with a preview player.
How every sample here is cleared
- Sourced from named, verified sources. Public domain, CC0, and CC-BY — from Freesound, the Library of Congress / Citizen DJ, Internet Archive, and Musopen. Not anonymous “royalty-free” uploads.
- Screened anyway. Samples are fingerprint-screened against an ACRCloud database of 150M+ commercial recordings, and matches are rejected. The exception is recordings from before 1926, which are public domain by age — there the evidence is the documented source and date rather than a fingerprint match.
- Publicly verifiable. Every download ships with a license certificate, and each clearance record is cryptographically signed (Ed25519 + SHA-256 hash chain) — so you, a distributor, or a sync library can verify it in the browser, with no account.
How clearance works · Verify a certificate · See live proof
Screening and certificates are documented evidence, not a legal clearance opinion — confirm rights before commercial release.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are trumpet and saxophone separated from each other?
Currently no — wind and brass instruments are extracted as a group, so a track with both will have them in the same stem. We are tracking improvements in instrument-specific separation models and will update the pipeline as they mature.
What styles of trumpet are available?
Dixieland and Hot Five-era jazz trumpet, big-band brass sections from the swing era, blues horn solos, modern CC0 trumpet contributions, and orchestral-style horn passages from public-domain classical recordings.
How are these different from horn sample packs?
Most horn sample packs are programmed brass libraries or short single-note hits. Selekt provides full isolated performances — entire melodic lines, solos, and section work — that you can chop, loop, or use as melodic seeds in your productions.
Can I sample muted trumpet specifically?
Yes. Use Describe & Find with "muted trumpet" or "Harmon mute" to surface samples featuring those tones — a staple of jazz ballads and hip-hop production.
Why use isolated trumpet stems instead of brass plugins?
Brass plugins sound clean and uniform — too uniform. Isolated trumpet stems carry the imperfect intonation, breath attack, and natural ambience that producers spend years trying to recreate with virtual instruments. Get the real thing for free, ready to chop.
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Selekt's trumpet stems come from documented public-domain, CC0, and CC-BY recordings, with the source and terms carried into each download. Check the sample's exact license before release.
What is Selekt?
Selekt Audio is an easy browser-based audio workspace for finding cleared sounds, understanding recordings, transforming audio, and building new ideas. Its catalog contains public-domain, CC0, and CC-BY material from named sources, with source, license, and screening evidence recorded in a verifiable certificate. The same growing workspace currently connects 28 tools and workflows, including stem separation, restoration, transcription, mastering, creative tools, and copyright screening. Browsing and instant utilities are free to start.
Who Selekt is for
Selekt is for producers, beatmakers, composers, video creators, podcasters, and game developers who want useful results without installing a plugin or learning a complicated studio. It is also for creators who need the character of real recordings and transparent documentation about where catalog material came from.
What you can do with Selekt
- Flip cleared public-domain, CC0, and CC-BY samples into beats you can actually release, with attribution shown when required.
- Search by filters, plain language, spoken meaning, or the sound of an audio reference.
- Isolate stems, restore damaged audio, transcribe performances, and master a finished mix.
- Source royalty-free audio for sync, video, podcasts, games, and client work, with a license certificate for each eligible catalog download.
- Move a useful result into the next connected workflow and revisit completed work in My Library.
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