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 will be available July 10, but can be ordered now for an introductory price.

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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