So much, that the engine alone came with its own, 200+ page manual.Īlmost 15 years later, sampling world has progressed massively and a lot of really powerful, great sounding and easy-to-use symphonic choir libraries came out since then. While the library did in fact yield amazing results, the WordBuilder engine was an absolute nightmare in terms of usability and control. I remember working in studios quite a few years back, that were heavily relying on Symphonic Choirs for orchestral productions. This unique feature and the overall convincing, cinematic sound of the instrument made Symphonic Choirs a huge success and was pretty much used by every film composer working with samples back in the day. Not only made it a full symphonic, Hollywood-style choir available to any composer, it also came with a groundbreaking new WordBuilder feature, that for the first time ever allowed for typing in lyrics – or phonetics rather – which would be sung by the choir. When East West/Quantum Leap brought out Symphonic Choirs back in 2005, the library’s concept and engine was a real game changer. In this review, we’re going to have a close listen and look into this comprehensive 59 GB cinematic choir instrument and find out together what features can make it stand apart from its competitors. Probably its biggest feature is its one-of-a-kind WorldBuilder engine which enables composers to type in their very own lyrics and have them sung by the virtual choir.

Hollywood Choirs features a symphonic female and male choir meticulously captured by a collection of high-end microphones on a professional scoring stage. Hollywood Choirs is the name of renowned L.A.-based virtual instruments developer East West/Quantum Leap‘s most recent product and their long-awaited sequel to 2005’s acclaimed Symphonic Choirs.

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