Does EW Hollywood Strings Bass Notes, Range the C0 Octave?

[kenny saunders]

Cos most of the pieces I know use this range.

[Forgotten]

Double bass can’t produce a note below E1 in standard tuning, so you might be thinking of the wrong octave.

[Googly Smythe]

A picture says a thousand words, or something...

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[kenny saunders]

A picture says a thousand words, or something...

So that looks like a yes, thanks. Do you have an opinion on EW vs Spitfire Albion One, etc? Orch Tools don't use that range. I'm more interested in spicc/stacc articulations.

[Googly Smythe]

A picture says a thousand words, or something...

So that looks like a yes, thanks. Do you have an opinion on EW vs Spitfire Albion One, etc? Orch Tools don't use that range. I'm more interested in spicc/stacc articulations.

Unfortunately, I've only used EW stuff, and then only because of the subscription. These libraries are pricey! (I took out the sub as a kind of extended demo - when the year is up I'll buy whatever I've liked and cancel the sub.)
One tip: whatever you get, make sure the samples are at least 24 bit, the aliasing can be quite bad on 16 bit versions.

[Lucia09]

I think that you could use a effect to make it go lower.
If what you want is a good sample, you should try the ones of areitoproducciones they are great men

[kenny saunders]

A picture says a thousand words, or something...

So that looks like a yes, thanks. Do you have an opinion on EW vs Spitfire Albion One, etc? Orch Tools don't use that range. I'm more interested in spicc/stacc articulations.

Unfortunately, I've only used EW stuff, and then only because of the subscription. These libraries are pricey! (I took out the sub as a kind of extended demo - when the year is up I'll buy whatever I've liked and cancel the sub.)
One tip: whatever you get, make sure the samples are at least 24 bit, the aliasing can be quite bad on 16 bit versions.

Well it turns out that Hollywood stings is only 16bit, it would only be for performance, I wouldn't be using it for productions, its just that its 60% off currently. I don;t know if can be bothered to spend £40 on an ilok though.

Do you need a dongle even if you sign up to the EW cloud?

[Niowiad]

Do you need a dongle even if you sign up to the EW cloud?

no, it also works with soft iLok

[Googly Smythe]

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Well it turns out that Hollywood stings is only 16bit,...

Gold edition = 16 bit;
Diamond edition = 24 bit.

[kenny saunders]

Do you need a dongle even if you sign up to the EW cloud?

no, it also works with soft iLok

ok cool, but can you also use soft ilok for standalone products like HW Strings?

[kenny saunders]

...
Well it turns out that Hollywood stings is only 16bit,...

Gold edition = 16 bit;
Diamond edition = 24 bit.

Ah, its the gold thats on sale. Could I upgrade it to diamond at a later date?

[Niowiad]

ok cool, but can you also use soft ilok for standalone products like HW Strings?

yes, the physical dongle is referred to as "optional" for all the EW products I looked up, according to the website/manuals

Ah, its the gold thats on sale. Could I upgrade it to diamond at a later date?

yes, there are upgrade paths, although I have never paid any attention to how they adjust to product sales (i.e. if the product is 50% off, I have never actually checked if the upgrade path is also 50% off)

[kenny saunders]

ok cool, but can you also use soft ilok for standalone products like HW Strings?

yes, the physical dongle is referred to as "optional" for all the EW products I looked up, according to the website/manuals

Ah, its the gold thats on sale. Could I upgrade it to diamond at a later date?

yes, there are upgrade paths, although I have never paid any attention to how they adjust to product sales (i.e. if the product is 50% off, I have never actually checked if the upgrade path is also 50% off)

thanks for the info.

[Bombadil]

The Diamond series requires the sale of your first-born.