I love the “Burbank Scoring Stage” presets paired with the epic mood because it crafts a huge ensemble sound. The snares, bass drum, and other orchestral percussion elements also benefited from Opus’ reverb. Switching the pitched percussion to the epic mood brings out more aggression in the sound and helps them stay present even through thick Avengers-style action orchestration. Combined with the jazzy trombone articulations, the Classic mood vibraphone and xylophone sit really well and can pull off fast jazz arrangements. The dryness of the samples allow you to hear the detail in the instruments. The stage it was recorded on has a satisfyingly natural sound to it. The multitude of presets kept everything sounding fresh, as though it was a completely new sample library each time. There are so many wonderful options for reverb and switching between my favorite presets of “Burbank Scoring Stage Medium LR”, “Culver Scoring Stage”, and “EW Chamber 3” almost reinvented the samples. I found that most of the brass sounds, especially the trumpets and french horns, benefited from blending in the Opus reverb to connect the sound of legato and short note passages. Switching to the epic mood brings out even more of a foreboding quality in the sound. The low brass is already quite menacing thanks to a load of FX articulations like “Chaos”, “Cluster Dance”, “Creepy Sustains”, and “Elephants”. With the Soft setting engaged, you can play really lovely choral brass parts. The new trombone patch has an upfront and menacing sound within the epic mood, somewhat reminiscent of Mahler. There’s an option in Opus’ settings to “load with effects off”, which adds to the dryness if the default reverb is disengaged.
In general, the EastWest string sound is a lot more direct and dry than other commercial libraries I’ve used. Turning on a little bit of stereo doubling from the player window created a lovely sense of dimension too. Throwing on the “Ensemble Sul Tasto” patch was a shortcut for beautiful, yearning pad-like textures. Moving on, the Penderecki articulation in the new 18-piece violin section has such a nice movement to it, and it truly shows off the amazing sound of the studio where it was recorded.
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