Orchestrator is a new orchestral arrangement-shaping tool, and is the secret weapon to work up huge sounding scores at a super-fast rate, with real-time melodic line-adjustment presented in a DAW-like view. Though these are the key advancements on paper, the package’s relationship with EastWest’s new ambidextrous Hollywood Orchestrator elevates the whole experience into something far richer. Of particular note is the slick colour switch when adjusting between the new Mood choices per instrument (scalable between the intimate Soft, the mid-range Classic and the full-frontal Epic).
The redesign of the UI has significantly simplified the suite, with a strikingly pretty central visual providing easy-to-understand access to every parameter you need. Of particular note is a robust 18 violin section within Hollywood Strings, which has an '80s childhood fantasy vibe as well as the ability to define key switches to switch between every instrument articulation.
There’s a whole heap of freshly recorded instruments and effects in the mix, too, across the string, brass and woodwind libraries.
