Description
Product Overview
Overview
The Hollywood Strings 2 Crossgrade from Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition allows existing owners of the Opus Edition to expand their orchestral palette with the next generation of string sampling. Recognized as a 2025 TEC Awards Finalist, Hollywood Strings 2 provides an elite level of realism and expressive control, designed to integrate seamlessly into professional scoring workflows.
Note: This is a crossgrade product. You must have a registered license for Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition to activate Hollywood Strings 2.
What Stands Out
Key Details
- Elite Pedigree: A 2025 TEC Awards Finalist, ensuring industry-standard sound quality and performance.
- Expanded Palette: Specifically designed to complement the Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition with updated sampling and articulation.
- Professional Grade: Engineered for high-end cinematic scoring, production, and sound design.
Best For
Use Cases
- Cinematic Scoring: Ideal for composers requiring a massive, lush string sound for film, television, or game soundtracks.
- Professional Production: Perfect for project studios and professional rooms that demand repeatable, high-fidelity software tools.
- Hybrid Orchestration: Seamlessly blends with other EastWest libraries to create complex, layered orchestral arrangements.
Setup Notes
Installation
Following checkout, users should follow the publisher’s official instructions for download and authorization. The process typically involves:
- Authorization: Logging into your account to register the crossgrade license.
- Download: Utilizing the manufacturer’s installer to download the high-resolution sample libraries.
- DAW Integration: Performing a plugin scan within your DAW to recognize the new VST, AU, or AAX formats.
Compatibility Check
Compatibility
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 10+ (64-Bit), macOS 10.13+ (64-Bit)
- RAM: 16 GB RAM
- Disk Space: 165 GB Hard Drive Space
- Plugin Formats: VST2, VST3, AU, AAX
Additional Details
- Manufacturer: Orchestral (EastWest)
- Manufacturer: Orchestral
- Edition: Crossgrade from Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition
- Delivery Format: Software / Digital Download
- Delivery Format: Download / Digital License
- Delivery Format: Digital software license and download
- Platform: Windows, macOS
- Plug-in Formats: VST2, VST3, AU, AAX
- Plug-in Formats: VST3, AU, AAX
- SKU: 1181-126
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 10+ (64-Bit), macOS 10.13+ (64-Bit)
- RAM Requirements: 16 GB RAM
- Disk Space: 165 GB Hard Drive Space
- Requirements Source: manufacturer or supplier product documentation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra).
- Requirements Source: manufacturer or supplier product documentation (http://www.soundsonline.com/marketing).
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