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Hollywood Pop Brass

EastWest

Where to get itAvailable from EastWestsoundsonline.com

Hollywood Pop Brass is a virtual brass ensemble plugin designed to deliver punchy, radio-ready pop brass sounds for pop, rock, funk, soul, and Latin genres. Featuring a 4-piece ensemble of top session musicians (2 trumpets, trombone, and saxophone) recorded in EastWest's Studio One and engineered by Grammy award-winner Moogie Canazio, it combines multi-sampled articulations with pre-recorded phrases and licks for authentic, hard-hitting horn section performances.

Key Features

014-piece brass ensemble: 2 trumpets, trombone, saxophone alternating baritone/tenor/alto
025-piece ensemble for phrases and licks with 2 saxophones
03Sustain articulations: fast, medium, long crescendos with Mod Wheel cross-fade control
04Short articulations: marcato, stabs, staccato with velocity-sensitivity and Expression (CC11) control
05Effects: falls, rips, growls, trills with round robin variations
06True legato with intervals up to octave in either direction
07Phrases recorded with multiple transpositions mapped across keyboard
08Licks with 2 round robin variations at 120 bpm across 6 chord types using Mod Wheel
09Keyswitch articulations for multiple articulations in single instrument
10Individual instrument mic level control with classic microphones (Royer R-121, Neumann U67, AKG C12A)

Things to Try

  • 01Use xfde versions with Mod Wheel (CC1) to cross-fade between dynamic layers for complete control of performance energy
  • 02Use velocity-sensitivity to control dynamics in Short articulations and Expression (CC11) for overall loudness
  • 03Use Mod Wheel to determine which chord plays back in Licks for live-recorded chord authenticity
  • 04Adjust individual instrument mic levels to rearrange ensemble in stereo field or highlight specific instruments
Formats
VSTAUAAXSTANDALONE

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