East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings Virtual String Collection

Hollywood Strings Virtual String Collection description:

The East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings Virtual String Collection has many groundbreaking features. Finger positioning is controlled by you, so you can play as far up the strings as you want, and get a fuller more romantic Hollywood sound. Vibrato intensity and extensive dynamics can also be controlled.

Extensive multi-dynamic true legato has been sampled in East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings, for all sections in three different categories: slurred, portamento, and bow change. This results in unsurpassed legato performance that has never been available in the sample world.

HOLLYWOOD STRINGS has five user-controllable microphone positions including main pickup (Decca tree), mid pickup, close pickup, surround pickup, and an alternate vintage circa 1945 RCA ribbon room pickup. East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings is a must have compositional tool for serious composers.

The East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings Virtual String Collection Main Features Includes:

• Recorded in the famous EASTWEST STUDIOS 1 using Neve 8078 mixing console and Meitner ADC converters
• Multiple finger positions for all sections including open strings
• 3 unique styles of legato interval sampling, including never before sampled bow change legato, slurred legato, and portamento sliding legato, sampled at 3, 3 and 2 dynamics respectively, all with speed control
• 5 dynamics of up- and down-bowed sustains
• Multiple vibrato intensities
• Up- and down-bowed notes
• Extensive runs
• Playable runs
• Powerful scripting
• 16 1st Violins (9/7 divisi mode)
• 14 2nd Violins (8/6 divisi mode)
• 10 Violas (6/4 divisi mode)
• 10 Cellos (6/4 divisi mode)
• 7 Basses (4/3 divisi mode)
• 5 user-mixable microphone positions:
* Main - Decca tree (Neumann M50s) and Brauner VM1 KHE (Klaus Heyne Edition) outriggers
* Mid - Neumann KMi, Neumann KM 254, Sony C37A, Neumann U-47
* Close - AKG C12, Neumann U47, Neumann U67, Nordic Audio Labs NU-47
* Surround - Neumann KM 83
* Alternate Room - Vintage RCA44 Ribbon

• Other articulations:
* Bartók pizzicato
* Col legno
* Detaché
* Flautando
* Harmonics
* Marcato
* Measured tremolo
* On-the-string staccato
* Pizzicato
* Repetitions
* Richochet
* Spiccato
* Staccatissmo
* Staccato
* Sul ponticello tremolo
* Tremolo
* Trills (major and minor)