In the case of EastWest, the commitment begins to look like madness, as they have climbed this particular mountain twice: first in 2003 with their EWQL Symphony Orchestra, then again in recent years with the critically-acclaimed 'Hollywood' series, which so far has yielded Hollywood Strings and Hollywood Brass. Amongst the brave souls who completed this arduous enterprise are Miroslav Vitous (who released the first full orchestra library back in 1992), Peter Siedlaczek, small-is-beautiful pioneer Gary Garritan, the mighty Vienna Symphonic Library and US sample veterans EastWest/Quantum Leap. It takes a special kind of commitment to individually sample every instrument and ensemble of the symphony orchestra. The third instalment of EastWest's grand orchestral master plan sees the project nearing the finishing line. Mapped keys are marked in white, with keyswitches shown in blue. It features a four-channel mixer for the different mic positions, with channel four switchable between ambient 'surround' and 'vintage' mics, the latter sounding somewhat thinner and brighter than the surround option. HOW's Play interface is identical to that of Hollywood Strings and Hollywood Brass.

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