Larry Shelby Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 New Purchase is $795 and Upgrade from Hollywood Orchestra Diamond is $495! (they've lost their minds) http://www.soundsonline.com/hollywood-orchestra-opus-edition WHAT'S INCLUDED? Includes over 130GB of brand new recordings (total size is now 944GB) Includes reimagined original content for all sections and solo instruments Includes all new interfaces that change color depending on the MOOD selected Includes Hollywood Orchestrator ($299 value), a must-have tool for all composers Includes all Hollywood Solo Instruments ($299 value) Includes Innovative new features and effects powered by our new OPUS engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 It's a tad confusing but I think I will get the Gold edition with my Composer Cloud X subscription. The website seems to want to persuade you to upgrade to plus and get platinum which would be overkill for my needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 I have HO Diamond...but I'm not paying $495 to upgrade... even half of that is questionable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Carpenter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 46 minutes ago, Vernon Barnes said: It's a tad confusing but I think I will get the Gold edition with my Composer Cloud X subscription. The website seems to want to persuade you to upgrade to plus and get platinum which would be overkill for my needs. As a Cloud X subscriber too, I was confused also, but it does seem to be included. To be honest though, I didn’t do the upgrade on NI Komplete Collectors this time. I was anticipating the upgrade on East West in May when my sub is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I’ll jump when the upgrade from HO Diamond is $99. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) In case you didn't see it in their description on their site, the Orchestrator was made in collaboration with Sonuscore. Also, if you didn't see this video in the 200+ Page thread in VIC, it is hysterical. Edited April 15, 2021 by Reid Rosefelt 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Fleer said: I’ll jump when the upgrade from HO Diamond is $99. I'll wait for for the Holiday sale at 50% off that $99 price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 5 hours ago, cclarry said: Includes all new interfaces that change color depending on the MOOD selected Like this? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Carpenter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Upgrade if I need it is 100.00 from X To plus, so, I’m fine with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Bapu said: Like this? Bapuji ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Verstraten Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 9:24 already in Europe. When do they normally push new releases to their servers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yan Filiatrault Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Sander Verstraten said: 9:24 already in Europe. When do they normally push new releases to their servers? It’s 6am in California now where they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) Downloading now. Needs an update to EW installation centre before you see it. Edited April 21, 2021 by Vernon Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Verstraten Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 You can also brose all existing libraries in OPUS instead of PLAY. For the Hollywood Orchestra to show up, you will have to download the additional OPUS content for the instrument first, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 After updating the Installation Center, the IC replaces "Play" with Opus...but I don't own Opus... so that's pretty lame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 First impression, I am probably going to have to redo an orchestrated section of a song I thought I had finished mixing. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Verstraten Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 In the hamburger menu, I see the option to reinstall both Play and Opus separately. And Opus seems to open all the 'old' libraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 First time purchases are cheaper at EveryPlugin https://everyplugin.com/hollywood-orchestra-opus-edition.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Interesting opinion by BRVLN over at VIC; ”First impressions: Overall: This really feels like the "Lite" version of what Hollywood Orchestra used to be. With HO I had every patch I needed for any situation. With Opus, they kinda bundled everything together to very few patches. I personally hate the Slur+Port legato combos... I don't understand why they got rid of so many patches in the previous HO library. The "mood" changes nothing except the mics that are loaded and the ratio between them (and consord for strings in the soft passion). I think pro users usually like to dial things themselves. And to me having to turn off the surround mic every time I load a patch is a time waste... Even the preferences are watered down... Can't fine-tune the settings as I could in Play and I'm getting more note cutoffs than I did using Play (I'm using a 28-core Mac Pro with 192GB of RAM running off SSD's for god sake!!). As far as sound: When I A/B HO & Opus and hear no difference whatsoever in terms of sound. (If anything I like how Play reacts to my playing better). Orchestrator: I found one or two patches that I really liked and see myself use in my template (usually legato stuff in octaves). But the playability is flimsy and the engine is having a hard time to figure out the legato stuff inside of chords and this makes for weird artifacts in sound (at best) and occasionally notes being cut off (more than you think). It's a nice novelty. But again, feels targeted way more towards amateur composers or composers in a hurry trying to finish a gig that pays too low for them to orchestrate stuff for them. I will say, it's great for orchestration ideas, or maybe as a learning tool, but I don't see myself use it a lot. I'm giving this a 4/10. Because of price to what you're getting ratio. It's nothing new (most things we had already in HO and more) and I feel it's a downgrade from play. IMHO” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Of course EW got a lot of flack in some channels for the hundreds of patches and some may welcome streamlining. My first impression was the woodwind in particular sounded better to my ears. I think I need time to explore Opus and Orchestrator. I think many of the old type features are in Opus if you don't use Orchestrator but I am not certain yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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