
The first thing that attracted my attention, compared to the competition, is the level of playability. I had never before gotten a chance to get my hands on the EastWest Orchestra. After trying various things and comparing, having set the velocity levels to be appropriate for the dynamics of individual libraries, I was finally in a position to reach some conclusions. For starters, I installed some other well-known string/orchestra libraries that I own, those fancy expensive ones that we all know and use, using same articulations and same MIDI clips on all of them, and setting approximately the same level by ear.
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So, the whole package, full orchestra, solo instruments and Orchestrator becomes the Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition.Īfter spending some quality time downloading the content of the Diamond and Gold editions, I finally installed everything and took them for a test drive. Orchestrator is actually implemented inside the new EastWest engine, which acts as a host for all EastWest instruments. This feature is included in both versions (more throughout this review on the differences in versions).


This is a new scoring engine that can help you create orchestration in real-time, making the complex arrangements out of the chords you give it. A software orchestrator has also been included. As a result, we now have orchestra sections with an ample selection of different articulations along with two solo instruments, Violin and Cello. As you may have heard, EastWest recently updated their well-known Hollywood Orchestra, adding numerous new elements.
