East West – Hollywood Strings Diamond v2.0.9 (EAST WEST PLAY)

The Hollywood Strings collection of virtual instruments has been designed to be the most complete, detailed and high quality collection of orchestral string instruments.

• 16 first violins
• 14 second violins
• 10 violas
• 10 cellos
• 7 double basses
• Total: 57 instruments

A more detailed list of instruments and playing techniques is given below, in the “Instrumentation & Articulations Overview” tab

Instrumentation & Articulations Overview

STRING SECTION:

Sixteen first violins, 14 second violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 7 basses. (Total 57 players.)

ARTICULATIONS: LONG NOTES

Sustained vibrato (up & down bows) [5].
Sustained non-vibrato (as above) [5].
Sustained molto vibrato (as above) [3]*.
Flautando. Harmonics.
Detache (up & down bows) [4].
Marcato sustain [3].

ARTICULATIONS: SHORT NOTES

Marcato short (t/l) [3].
Staccato (t/l) [4].
On-the-bow staccato (t/l) [4].
Staccato slur [4] (violins only).
Staccatissimo (t/l) [4].
Spiccato (t/l) [4].
Pizzicato (t/l) [4].
‘Bartok’ pizzicato (t/l).
Ricochet (jete) (t/l) [3].
Col legno (t/l).

EFFECTS & RUNS

Measured tremolo [4].
Tremolo [4].
Sul ponticello tremolo (violas only).
Trill (semitone/tone) [3]. Fast repetitions [3]. Runs (chromatic, major, minor, whole tone).
Spiccato runs (violins only).
Slur runs (violins only).

LEGATO SUSTAINS

Legato slur (normal/slow) [3].
Legato bow change* (normal/slow) [3].
Portamento legato* (normal/fast) [2].
[x] Number of dynamic layers.

• Not basses.
  ** Second violins only.

t/l = tight (trimmed) attack/loose (untrimmed) attack.
Some articulations are not played by all five sections; many of the library’s patches feature combinations of the performance styles listed above.

Hollywood Strings system requirements

work both standalone and as a plug-in on Mac (Intel architecture only, OS 10.5 and above) and PC (Windows XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7). Samples are 24-bit and occupy 312GB of disk space.

Supported Sound Drivers:

Windows:

ASIO
DirectSound
VST

Mac:

Audio Units
Core Audio
VST.

Hardware Requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

4GB RAM, 7200RPM non-energy-saving* hard drive.
Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.1GHz or higher.
PC: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz.

Recommended configuration:

8GB RAM, 7200RPM non-energy-saving* hard drive.
Mac: Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz.
PC: Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD Quad-Core 2.66GHz, 64-bit Windows/host sequencer.

Optimal configuration:

16GB RAM or more, Solid State drive (SSD).
Mac: Mac Pro Eight-Core Intel Xeon 2.26GHz or better.
PC: Intel Core i7 2.66GHz or better, 64-bit Windows/host sequencer.

The R2R PLAY sampler is required for the library to work .

Installing the library in PLAY:

1. Unpack the archive on the HDD to any convenient place.
2. Copy the “Previews”, “ProductChunks”, “products” folders from the Decibel folder to the “%PROGRAMDATA%\East West\” folder.
3. Launch the R2R PLAY sampler, go to the Browser tab.
4. Right-click on an empty space in the left column of the Browser tab and select “Add Another Product Library” from the pop-up window.
5. In the window that appears, specify the location of the folder with the library.