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Hollywood Brass 1: A Professional Orchestration Review

Hollywood Brass 1: A Professional Orchestration Review

With the new Hollywood Brass, what you write is what you get. And it’s much faster to learn than Hollywood Strings.

The Vienna Suite: Prelude to a Review

The Vienna Suite: Prelude to a Review

VSL’s Vienna Suite is a powerful, 64bit native set of nine effects for both Mac and PC.

Alexander Publishing Study Hall Posts Free Audio Seminar on Divisi Writing

With the release of new orchestral string libraries from Audiobro and EastWest which enable the use of string divisi writing, a free 10-minute audio seminar with matching PDF download has been posted in the Alexander Publishing Study Hall entitled What the Heck Is String Divisi & Is It Contagious? http://alexanderpublishing.com/studyhall.aspx Narrated by Peter Lawrence Alexander, [...]

Hollywood Strings – A First Consideration

Hollywood Strings – A First Consideration

HS’s studio sound provides composers another choice as to which string ensemble recorded in which space do we want for the piece we’re working on.

Notion 3: It’s Time Is Now

Notion 3: It’s Time Is Now

Notion 3 has the potential to be for the PC what GarageBand is for the Mac.

EastWest Quantum Leap Gypsy – Part 1

EastWest Quantum Leap Gypsy – Part 1

EastWest Gypsy: An exciting package offering a plethora of colors and ensembles you might not have thought of before!

The New Music Computer Lab: Spring 2009

With tight budgets what’s the best way to build a computer lab?

QLSO PLAY – First Look

QLSO PLAY – First Look

In early July, Sonic Control’s Peter Alexander was given the opportunity to have a sneak preview of EastWest’s Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum in the new PLAY software instrument. Here are his first impressions.

Voices of Passion – Part 2

Voices of Passion – Part 2

With EastWest’s Voices of Passion Library, you get vocalizations, special effects and phrases from America, Bulgaria, India, Syria, and Wales. Vocal tone is that of alto extended down to E below C and up to E to G above High C. This range, when not working with pre-recorded phrases, enables you to write for two [...]