Hollywood Brass Diamond

The second instalment in the Hollywood series, Hollywood Brass is an epic achievement, once again combining the talents of Producers Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen and Sound Engineer Shawn Murphy.

Recorded in EastWest Studio 1, widely regarded as the "best brass recording room in the entire world", with 5 true mic positions in 24-bit, Hollywood Brass is designed to work seamlessly with Hollywood Strings (and the upcoming Woodwinds and Percussion).

The boxed/shipping version will be delivered on an external USB 3.0 hard drive for fast and easy installation!

Running on the next generation and completely revamped engine, PLAY 3, Hollywood Brass will run flawlessly on your system along with Hollywood Strings. This is also exciting news for current Hollywood Strings users, as PLAY 3 and the new Hollywood Strings program update are free to all users.

Hollywood Brass Diamond ships on a hard drive and is approximately 150 gigabytes of pure Hollywood magic in 24-bit. A world class group of brass artists, worthy of a Shawn Murphy recording, was gathered for this brass sampling marathon which lasted for 21 straight 11 hour days followed by a year of post production.

Hollywood Brass gives you complete control over the players 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

But most importantly check out our articulations chart ("more infos") which really shows how far we went to create the ultimate orchestral brass library. No Shortcuts here!

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

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.
• Library size about 150GB in 24-bit

Techniques

• true legato intervals at 3 dynamics that are smooth and realistic in all situations
• true connected legato repetitions at 3 dynamics
• sustained legato samples from pp all the way to fff. And when we say pp and fff, we really mean it!
• 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 your 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, clusters, and more

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. 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.

Verdict

Hollywood Brass Diamond is quite possibly the ultimate professional solo/section brass ROMpler - hear it and weep.

ComputerMusic review HollywoodBrassDiamond

SUMMARY

STRENGTHS: Meticulously-engineered brass samples recorded in a legendary studio. Extensive variety of articulations and ensemble configurations. Excellent companion to Hollywood Strings.

ElectronicMusician review HollywoodBrassDiamond

Review in Music Tech Magazine UK

Auszug:

EastWest hat die perfekte Balance gefunden, wie man komplexe Sounds, hohe Qualitätstandards und einfachste Bedienbarkeit auf einen Nenner bringt. Daher sind sie mit diesem hochwertigen Produkt auch eine der führenden Hersteller auf dem Markt. Stets nah am Hollywood-Sound und Zeitgeist, wobei flüssiger Workflow den Engine und Library bieten nicht zu vergessen sind. In einer professionellen Umgebung, einer kreativen Produktion, bei der man sich auf die Arbeit konzentrieren will und der "Moment" zählt, braucht man genau das: Werkzeug, das intuitiv zu bedienen ist, grandios klingt und einfach rennt.

Amazona Testbericht HollywoodBrassDiamond