EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Diamond expands on the award-winning Hollywood Orchestra virtual instrument by offering new, pristine recordings, reimagined original content, and powerful new features, all housed in the company's innovative OPUS sound-customization engine.
The software also includes Hollywood Orchestrator (with over 500 presets), a must-have scoring engine for composers of every skill level who want to create basic or complex orchestrations with that Hollywood blockbuster sound, right out of the box—perfect for soundtracks, orchestral scores, video-game music, or pop tracks.
The Diamond edition features a collection of 1807 instruments (solo violin and cello, orchestra strings, brass, woodwinds, and harp) with 944GB of 24-bit / 44.1 kHz samples and five microphone positions.
Providing the authentic Hollywood sound with a detailed set of orchestral instruments, the collection was produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, recipients of over 100 international industry awards, and recorded at EastWest Studio One by Academy-Award- and BAFTA-winner Shawn Murphy.
The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. It is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST3, or AAX formats.
- The programming of the original content from Hollywood Orchestra has been updated to take advantage of the features included in the new Opus software engine. The Hollywood Solo Instrument Series have also been included.
- New recordings include an 18-violin string section for Hollywood Strings, new ensembles for Hollywood Brass and Hollywood Orchestral Woodwinds, plus new string, brass, and wind multi ensembles with a unique fat sound that captures the tuning of a large orchestra playing together in a live setting.
- Stage—recorded mic position was added for all of the new instruments and ensembles, perfect for capturing the larger sound of EastWest Studio One.
- Seven libraries: 944GB, 24-bit / 44.1 kHz samples, and five microphone positions.
- Hollywood Harp
- Hollywood Solo Violin
- Hollywood Solo Cello
- Hollywood Orchestra Strings (New: 18 violins and ensemble)
- Hollywood Orchestra Brass (New: 2 trumpets and 2 trombones)
- Hollywood Orchestra Woodwinds (New: 3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons)
- Hollywood Orchestra Percussion
- The Opus engine offers powerful features such as customized key switches, search for audition, and download individual instruments, dozens of new effects for the mixer page, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful new script language, and many more features that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
- Master key switches enables all articulations to be fully customized in the new OPUS articulation palette.
- You can also customize the sound of each instrument using the new MOODS feature. Classic Mood is the original Hollywood Orchestra sound. Soft Mood modifies the sound for slower, more emotional passages. Epic Mood does the opposite, giving you a sound perfectly suited for Action-Adventure scores.
- The Hollywood Orchestrator scoring engine is the perfect tool for both new composers who want to get started quickly and for professional composers who need to produce large amounts of compositions on a deadline, whether producing basic string arrangements or complex orchestrations played by the full orchestra.
- Create full-scale orchestral music with complex arrangements by playing a few simple chords with one hand and shaping expression with the other.
- With over 500 customizable presets, you can instantly create music in the style of Hollywood's greatest composers.
- Select from Ensemble presets to quickly create rich orchestral arrangements. With Ostinato presets, you can build rhythmic tension in different meters or create moving melodic lines by only changing a few notes.
- With Score, classic Hollywood orchestrations become an endless source of inspiration. Create your own User presets by modifying existing presets or by building your own presets from scratch.
- In the Mixer section, refine the final output of each instrument by adjusting the volume, pan, equalization, reverb preset, reverb send amounts, and other reverb controls like predelay, length, and filters.
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Diamond library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.