I curious about RAM usage for EWHO. Anyone been crazy enough to add the whole thing into their template?
I curious about RAM usage for EWHO. Anyone been crazy enough to add the whole thing into their template?
So, I've been window shopping online and realised East West have a Valentine's Day Special on for the Hollywood Orchestra (Diamond - 5 Mic Positions). It's $466. That seems like a very good deal.
I don't own much East West stuff but at this price, I'm thinking it could be a great investment (for different musical choices and I love having the choice of different samples to write music with). Just wondering what people think of Hollywood Orchestra? Does it get updated (any bug fixes)? Do people still use it? Sounds like a weird question as samples are samples but there's so much choice out there now. A few people I work with use HB and HS so I have been meaning to get them for a while.
I'm not interested in Composer Cloud. I've got far too many subscriptions and I just like buying the things I use. Each to their own on that front.
Thanks
Jono
I curious about RAM usage for EWHO. Anyone been crazy enough to add the whole thing into their template?
It really depends of your workflow and how much time you plan to invest to program and to tweak it. Although a bit old now, EastWest Hollywood series are of top quality. No doubt that. It's playable and already good out of box but you need to tweak it a bit to make most of it, as with almost any library. Most people use only %20-30 percent of the instruments and articulations it includes and they are already happy with it. Many new competitors provide a more user friendly Kontakt interface, in particular with all the articulations loaded up with keyswitches. You need to set up several tracks for each EW instrument to control all articulations. Besides, Play now seems to be mature and you can get fantastic results if you work your way through a good template setup and CC programming.
I have been crazy...or stupid enough. You really want that 64 gigs of RAM if you're going to load up almost every patch there is. Otherwise the only thing you'll be running is HWO (Talking about the Gold edition here).
A savvy Cubase user like yourself will realistically get by on less than 32gb.Probably gonna run it initially on a computer with 96gb of RAM and see how that goes.
A savvy Cubase user like yourself will realistically get by on less than 32gb.
I have a pretty full HWO template plus choirs and harp at the moment that is using roughly 24gb.
But that's not with every patch loaded, that's with extras like runs and FX and unused tracks disabled in Cubase.
Is there a general consensus on the percussion (diamond)? Many people talk good things about strings and brass, and badmouth the WW ( :D ) but the percussion is often just shrugged away as "not bad".
I'm currently using Spitfire Percussion, but I feel it's a bit too wet and "symphonic orchestra"- sounding to me in many projects where I could use a bit more clearer and more closer sound which isn't dependant on the huge AIR room in order to sound powerful. I also have Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion for the smaller things, and I feel that the good old EWQLSO (gold) percussion is closest to the sound I personally would like to get. Is the Hollywood percussion sound closer to the EWQLSO sound than Spitfire?
Somehow I never like their legato. Brass is the best of all Hollywood libraries (my own opinion). The horns are nice but I rarely use legato patches though.
I have Rhapsody (currently on sale for an unbelievable price!)
Never knew about it until now. Hmmm. Must be disciplined haha
I've been surprised by how good the Orchestra sounds, given its small RAM footprint, especially the strings on chug-a-chug ostinato figures from the arpeggiator engine, and it does provide individual instrument sections (no soloists though), but I still consider it more a sketching tool (and as such it is phenomenal aside from the fact that there is not an easy way to extract the midi from it in order to replace or layer). But unlike Albion One, I wouldn't use it alone in a finished product.So would it be more appropriate to compare Albion One to The Orchestra? Preference in that case?
Now if there's one library not to be disciplined with...
Is there a general consensus on the percussion (diamond)? Many people talk good things about strings and brass, and badmouth the WW ( :D ) but the percussion is often just shrugged away as "not bad".
I'm currently using Spitfire Percussion, but I feel it's a bit too wet and "symphonic orchestra"- sounding to me in many projects where I could use a bit more clearer and more closer sound which isn't dependant on the huge AIR room in order to sound powerful. I also have Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion for the smaller things, and I feel that the good old EWQLSO (gold) percussion is closest to the sound I personally would like to get. Is the Hollywood percussion sound closer to the EWQLSO sound than Spitfire?
Ok I caved and got it. No more... this week.