EASTWEST Releases Hollywood Brass
Virtual software instrument specialists EASTWEST, the creators of the Hollywood Strings Virtual Instrument, have announced the release of Hollywood Brass.
Hollywood Brass is a 150GB instrument which has the performance and control of the new PLAY 3 playback engine. The second installment in the Hollywood series, Hollywood Brass was created by Shawn Murphy, Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen. It was recorded at EastWest Studio 1 with 5 user-controllable mic positions, and is designed to work seamlessly with Hollywood Strings, and the upcoming Woodwinds and Percussion, for virtual Hollywood scoring.
Approximately 150 gigabytes, the instrument contatins Solo Trumpet, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trumpets, Solo French Horn, 2 French Horns, 6 French Horns, Solo Trombone, 2 Tenor + 1 Bass Trombone, Solo Tuba, Solo Cimbasso, and a low brass section consisting of 2 Tenor Bones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba and 1 Cimbasso. To make it, a world-class group of brass artists was gathered for a sampling marathon that lasted for 21 straight 11-hour days followed by a year of post-production.
EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Hollywood Brass Diamond Edition will be available on July 10 for $995 MSRP ($795 introductory offer) and Hollywood Brass Gold Edition will be available for $595 MSRP ($495 introductory offer). Demos and ordering info available here.
Articulations and techniques include:
• True legato intervals at 3 dynamics that are smooth and realistic in all situations
• Polyphonic legato
• True connected legato repetitions at 3 dynamics
• Sustained legato samples from pp all the way to fff
• True double tonguing for all instruments and sections
• Expressive sustains
• Mute sustains and staccatos
• 8 way staccato round robin at 4 dynamics
• 4 way round robin marcato short at 3 dynamics
• 4 way round robin marcato long at 3 dynamics
• Multi dynamic playable runs patches
• Trills at 3 dynamics
• Multi speed and multi dynamic repetition performances
• Multi speed time synced crescendos
• Multi dynamic portato
• Flutter tongue
• Sforzando
• Slide trombone legato
• Falls
• Various effects and clusters and more
Hollywood Brass also includes new brass reverb impulses taken from the convolution reverb Quantum Leap SPACES.
Additional features:
• Produced by Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix, and Thomas Bergersen
• Sound engineered by Shawn Murphy – Academy Award, C.A.S. (Cinema Audio Society), BAFTA, and EMMY award-winning sound engineer
• Extensive multiple-dynamic “true legato” solo and ensemble brass, with multiple sized sections and mutes
• 5 user-mixable mic positions and extensive articulations
• Includes new PLAY 3 64-bit/32-bit software on both MAC and PC
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WaltRibeiro
June 13, 2011 at 3:23 pm (13 years ago)This is huge – I’d imagine their working on a winds and percussion library too to work alongside PLAY 3 and the 2 other Hollywood Libraries!