2024 EastWest Holiday Special

[@SHARINGTHEFREE]

Way awesome as usual Ryan...appreciate all your hard work here on the EW channel...I'm about a month into the CC+ subscription and i have learned TON through your videos...massive amounts of value here...very underrated! Keep on doing your thing!

[@rayderrich]

I will tell you this: once I subscribed to EW Composer Cloud Plus two weeks ago a whole new world opened up to me, and I knew Christmas came very soon this year. Thank you for another fantastic piece of music and the walkthrough, and for allowing people like me, humble music makers, to shine in their own little way.

[@EWQLTutorials]

We're glad that you're enjoying the subscription and the libraries!

[@jerzboybeats]

Happy Holidays and awesome production to one of my favorite Christmas songs.

[@EWQLTutorials]

Thank you, Happy Holidays to you as well!

[@jamieaspdencreative]

Super fun arrangement, thankyou Ryan and EastWest for these videos, enjoyable and educational!

[@FatCatAlleyMinute]

Love it! What a cool combiniation of instraments for this piece. Merry Christmas!

[@noahdtaylormusic]

YES! Wonderful arrangement!

[@EWQLTutorials]

Thanks for watching!

[@matthewfritz]

This is fantastic, Ryan! You outdid yourself again :)

[@EWQLTutorials]

Don't forget to join us this Friday December 13th at 1:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Pacific here on our KZbin channel as we host our 2024 EastWest Holiday Giveaway. We'll be answering any and all questions you may have about Hollywood Strings 2, ICONIC, or any of our products. And if we answer your question, you'll win a free year of ComposerCloud+.

[@gehkacken]

I already have my first question before the giveaway starts: can I also win if I am already a subscriber? 🎄🎅

[@EWQLTutorials]

Yes, you can

[@naveenamrutham1989]

Am also Subscriber shall I win the free plugin ​@@EWQLTutorials

[@remilabroche]

Perfect, I have a few ones in stock ! 🎉

[@henrik3657]

Can you male big epic film score music with Hollywood string 2

[@bassManDavis1953]

That was something else, /I really must do something like this for Christmas, it was so inspiring and I so glad I subscribe to East West Sounds......Merry Christmas to you all

[@alainpatry]

Probably my favorite version of Carol of the Bells since David Foster's release back in the 90s! Well done!

[@kevinstrattonmusic]

Thank you Ryan and EAstWest Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

[@kevinstrattonmusic]

Sweet Arrangement !

[@GuidoBeutler]

awesome

[@DragonicMusic]

The finished song is amazing. After all, your sound source is good.

[@midiwhale]

Merry Christmas Ryan THANK YOU for all you do ! (except for combining CC 1 and 11 - LOL)

[@chucklarsen]

Hope you guys develop a DAW Program someday. The DAW would rock 🤘🤟

[@biomechanism1]

Thanks for the invite happy holidays EW ❤

[@AmSoWasted]

Not sure if this comment will be read or where to ask these questions, but I was wondering why the 2nd violins in Hollywood Strings 1 do not have a staccatissimo patch. Do they not usually play this articulation, or is there not much difference between the sounds both sections would produce? I usually take things literally - if it's not there, I think they shouldn't be playing the patch.

[@EWQLTutorials]

There just wasn't a staccatissimo recorded with the 2nd violins - if you want shorter than the staccato, just use the 1sts

[@bilozkip998]

👍👍👍

[@douglasricketts]

That candle is making me insane. Yer gonna get soot on the monitor!

[@SebastianAmmerlynd]

Ryan, I am always blown away by your stuff! My day needs 48 hours! Please don't do anything else for the next 10 years :) Nooo! Keep the good stuff coming!

[@NTMusic2025]

Great arrangement and production on this Ryan. What was the synth brass patch used in the intro (Walkthrough at 4:25)? It's so very Vangelis like.

[@PerchHunter]

Wow , cool track, i love it. May i ask what is the original track is called? Of course i know we have Carol of the bells here, but im asking about this theme playing on lead? Main melody ? Im sure i know it and heard it in past somewhere? And what is even more funny im heard this melody today in documentary series about greek samos island

[@crescendoapre9705]

Any chance to get this project on Synthestration some day ?

[@mozex5844]

May i ask when does 'Holiday Special' discount finish?

[@EWQLTutorials]

The 27th

[@oliviercharade2502]

Impressive as usual. I would have been interested in the way you deal with reverbs, for synth sounds include a lot of effects. I noticed the reverbs of your orchestral instruments were off in Opus, so I guess you send them to an auxiliary reverb. How do you mix acoustic and synthezied instruments?

[@EWQLTutorials]

In this case generally the groups of instruments are sent to section reverbs and then those get sent to an additional reverb - see kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmUdpqdi7uljbM for more info on that

[@oliviercharade2502]

@@EWQLTutorials Thanks for your quick answer. I know this tutorial which deals with orchestral intruments. My concern is with synthesized insruments for which delays, echos and so on are part of their sound. Adding reverb on them could blur them, Is there any precaution to take when mixing them with an orchestra?

[@MrMannekuin]

whats the difference between the individual account and the students one?

[@EWQLTutorials]

The ComposerCloud Plus subscription is the same, just cheaper for Students/teachers

[@MrMannekuin]

@@EWQLTutorials Thanks but please could you tell me what information is needed for the student account.

[@EWQLTutorials]

You would send in either a picture of your student ID or any other document with your name/the school's name on it showing you're enrolled to [e-mail] after purchasing the student subscription. You'd be able to use it right away, they would just check that proof/leave the discounted subscription running.

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Are all the instruments now sold, or given, through composer cloud only?

[@EWQLTutorials]

No you can buy any of our instruments on our website as well. ComposerCloud+ is just the easiest/most affordable way to get all of our instruments.

[@sorrowful.sparrow]

to my knowledge, you can still buy almost all eastwest libraries individually (i believe some really old ones aren't supported anymore and are only obtainable as extra downloads for composercloud). in fact, i think there's currently a holiday sale on a ton of them.

[@zachkester3]

Hey Ryan! I hope this isn't secret info, but I'm curious: How long does it take you to make a project like this? You make it sound quite easy, but I know it takes a lot of work!