EASTWEST Releases Hollywood Brass, Second installment of flagship Hollywood Series adds Brass to the previously-released Strings -Sonicstate.com

EASTWEST Releases Hollywood Brass

Second installment of flagship Hollywood Series adds Brass to the previously-released Strings 13/06/11

EASTWEST has followed their Hollywood Strings virtual instrument with Hollywood Brass, a massive 150GB instrument that they say features unprecedented sound quality and the brand new PLAY 3 playback engine for the very latest in performance and control. Here's the rest of what they have to say in their press release...

The second installment in the Hollywood series, Hollywood Brass is an epic achievement, once again combining the talents of Shawn Murphy, Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen. Recorded in place at EastWest Studio 1, widely regarded as the "best brass recording room in the entire world" with 5 user-controllable mic positions, Hollywood Brass is designed to work seamlessly with Hollywood Strings (and the upcoming Woodwinds and Percussion) for the ultimate in virtual Hollywood scoring.

"Hollywood Brass is the most powerful, realistic and extensive brass library ever created. There is a focus and ease of use in this Virtual Instrument that is unprecedented," said producers Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen. "Hollywood Brass runs flawlessly in the completely revamped PLAY 3 engine and has 10 times the content and detail than its closest competitor, without any additional complexity or clutter. New revolutionary fanfare patches are light on computer resources, but offer the most playable and instantly gratifying results on just one midi channel. But words are just words. Once you experience Hollywood Brass, you will see that this is EastWest's finest creation to date."

Hollywood Brass is approximately 150 gigabytes of pure Hollywood magic and includes 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. 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.

An exhaustive list of articulations and techniques make Hollywood Brass the most expressive and realistic orchestral brass library on the market:

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 that will inject real life into brass compositions
Trills at 3 dynamics
Multi speed and multi dynamic repetition performances that work flawlessly with PLAY's superior time engine
Multi speed time synced crescendos
Multi dynamic portato that will breath life into softer compositions
Flutter tongue
Sforzando
Slide trombone legato
Falls
Various effects and clusters and more

Hollywood Brass also includes new brass reverb impulses taken from the smash hit convolution reverb Quantum Leap SPACES.

Hollywood Brass key 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, extensive articulations, and no shortcuts!
Includes new PLAY 3 64-bit/32-bit software on both MAC and PC, powerful scripting for ease of use, more user control and detail than any other collection, all recorded in the world famous EASTWEST Studio 1, the home of major Hollywood soundtracks and television themes.

Pricing and Availability:
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).

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