Overall Soaring Strings is a beautifully simple and utterly effective library that deserves a solid place in your string collection because it just sounds so good straight out of the box. The library is also a great portable composing tool to have on a laptop due to its simple structure and relatively small content size. Having this function makes Soaring Strings a unique offering in terms of the kinds of melodies you can play, and it’s a great thing to have. In marked contrast to EWQL Symphonic Orchestra (recorded in a reverberant concert hall), HS has a largeroom studio acoustic which, while by no means dry, lends itself to users adding their own reverb if desired. The real star though is the bow repetition option – when turned on, pressing the same key twice in a short amount of time activates a re-bow sample – which is something hardly any string library offers and is crucial for accented/repeated notes during melodies. Hollywood Strings was recorded in EastWests Studio 1 with 57 of LAs top string players, using fullblown symphony orchestra section sizes (16/14/10/10/7).
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The library was designed to be played quickly, efficiently and smoothly, so the interface provides only what the composer needs to get the job done – a ‘to silence’ button lets the composer fade to silence with the mod wheel all the way down, or just to the softest dynamic if left off. You can hear the library in action in the video below: User interface & Usability
The polyphonic sustains are also focused and are one of the better examples of great sounding, playable pad sustains in a string library, offering a mildly commanding tone and wonderful soft dynamics with a sul tasto sound. This makes the strings sound totally natural and life-like, and there aren’t any bumps between notes.