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
Techniques
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.
The following reviews have been placed by customers who also bought this product from us. All reviews are provided through eKomi, Europe’s largest independent customer review company.
Very good Horns !!! Love it. Minimal controller data needed to get expressive sounds.I get inconsistent playback with the PLAY engine and sometimes need to bounce the track down...
Super Klang!
Hollywood Brass klingt ohne Einarbeitungszeit schon genial und mit ein wenig Gespür und musikalischem Verständnis kann man noch zusätzlich klanglich viel herausholen
This library includes the latest "PLAY" Sample Player!
Minimum requirements Mac
* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.1GHz or higher
* 4GB RAM
* Mac OS X 10.7
* 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming
Recommended system Mac
* Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz or higher
* 8GB RAM or more
* SSD (Solid State Drive) for sample streaming
Minimum requirements PC
* Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz or higher
* 4GB RAM
* mindestens Windows 7
* Sound card with ASIO drivers
* 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming
Recommended system PC
* Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD Quad-Core 2.66GHz or higher
* 8GB RAM or more
* 64-bit Windows/Host Sequencer
* Sound card with ASIO drivers
* SSD (Solid State Drive) for sample streaming
All systems
* iLok required (not included), internet connection required for one-time product activation (a free soundsonline.com account is required for retrieving and managing iLok licenses)
* Hard disk space for libray content
* DVD Drive
IMPORTANT: Some of the largest patches (in the "Powerful System" folders) can take up to 1GB of RAM to load per mic position, and are intended for systems that meet the recommended specs. "Light" versions of these patches are included for slower systems.
This product requires an activation!
You can either "soft" activate on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.
An internet connection on any computer and a free user-accout at www.ilok.com is required to authorize the product.