EASTWEST | HOLLYWOOD BACKUP SINGERS
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See Ch. 3: Hollywood Backup Singers Instruments to learn more.
An Overview of the Instruments
Hollywood Backup Singers joins EastWest’s vast virtual instrument collection with 87
new instruments spanning 6 categories, adding approximately 9 gigabytes (GB) of new
content to an ever growing library of sounds. Hollywood Backup Singers joins a collec-
tion that is altogether the winner of over 100 industry
awards, making EastWest the industry leader in highly
detailed sampled instruments that encompass a wide
cross section of musical styles, from ethnic and or-
chestral, to rock and electronic, and beyond.
• Vowels includes regular and expressive vowel in-
struments, and sustain expressive vowel instru-
ments (which is a combination of the two vowel
types). The expressive vowels also have Leslie
(‘LES’) versions, which contain additional sam-
ples of the vocals recorded through a Leslie
speaker cabinet.
• Consonants includes b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, th, v,
w, y, and z consonant instruments, as well as an
unpitched consonants instrument. Each are programmed to cross-fade between mul-
tiple dynamic layers using the Mod Wheel (CC1).
• Combo MOD includes a variety of instruments that use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to
switch between multiple layers of regular and expressive vowel types, or in the
case of the ‘Xfde’ sub-folder, use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to cross-fade between
these layers. The expressive vowels also have ‘LES’ versions, which contain addi-
tional samples of the vocals recorded through a Leslie speaker cabinet.
• Solo Phrases includes instruments that feature solo phrases and sub-phrases
that were recorded over a drone in multiple root note positions for use in a variety
of keys and modes. Leslie (‘LES’) versions that contain additional samples of the
vocals recorded through a Leslie speaker cabinet are available. Each vocalist was
recorded as a soloist, whereas the rest of the library features 3 vocalists recorded
together.
• Keyswitch includes instruments that combine multiple articulations into a single
instrument that uses blue-colored keyswitches to activate a given articulation.
There are keyswitch instruments available for vowels, consonants, and solo phrases,
including Leslie (‘LES’) versions where available.
• WB Multi contains a specially designed multi-instrument that is pre-configured for
use with WordBuilder. Simply load the WB Multi containing all the necessary pho-
netic sounds required to build words, type a phrase in the Text Editor (or choose from
222 phrase presets) and the backup singers will sing the words.