Free Trumpet Stems for Music Production
Free isolated trumpet stems, AI-separated from real jazz and blues recordings. Public-domain and CC0 trumpet solos and horn lines, cleared for beats.
Catalog updated June 2026
- $2,000–$50,000+ — typical cost to clear one commercial sample
- $0 — clearance cost here (every sample is public domain or CC0)
- 150M+ recordings — screened against at ingest, documented per download
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.
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. Even from trusted sources, samples are fingerprint-screened against an industry database of 150M+ commercial recordings (the same class of recognition behind Shazam and Deezer). Matches are rejected.
- 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.
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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 cleared, public-domain and CC0 recordings — not copyrighted songs — so you can build a release, remix, or sync placement on top of them, each with a license certificate per download.
What is Selekt?
Selekt is a catalog of cleared samples and stems — every file is public domain or CC0, sourced from named archives and fingerprint-screened against commercial recordings before it's listed — paired with browser tools to chop, separate, and recombine them. Every download includes a license certificate naming the exact source and license, so you keep documentation, not just a promise. Free to start, no account needed to browse.
Who Selekt is for
Selekt is for producers, beatmakers, and composers who need source material they can legally release — on streaming, in client work, in sync and video — without chasing clearance or paying per-use royalties. It's for people who want the character of real recordings with the safety of documented provenance.
What you can do with Selekt
- Flip cleared public-domain and CC0 samples into beats you can actually release.
- Isolate stems — vocals, drums, bass, and more — from cleared recordings for remixes and edits.
- Source royalty-free audio for sync, video, podcasts, and client work, each with a license certificate.
- Combine catalog samples with your own uploads into one creation whose certificate covers the whole blend.
