First Look at EastWest Hollywood Backup Singers | Sound Library | euansmithmusic.co.uk

[@euansmithmusic]

To checkout my full playlist of a range of sound libraries, then go here: bit.ly/2T9yTWq and don't forget to leave a comment letting me know how you'll be using this sound library or, if indeed, you know of a better one. Official walkthrough here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6WqaYp_l6ioY7M

[@Table-Top]

Thanks *so* much for doing a demo of this. I added it to my cart last week and was about to buy it buy there was no walkthrough, so I got cold feet. I contacted Eastwest and they said they had one "coming." @7:51 nice demo. I was going to buy Voices of Soul, but this seems better. I really wanted to hear the sustains, but the wordbuilder seems OK too.

[@euansmithmusic]

Thanks for watching. It really sounds good with a controller and my video didn’t do the audio justice (leaving my mic on), however it’s worth noting that if you get a ComposerCloud subscription, you can have them all. You could then buy the ones you prefer. There’s a lot to this library and I’m sure EW official walkthrough will explore in more detail. I will look at the sustains and post a video of these on Instagram on Thursday.

[@BuddhaKeith]

Thanks Alot Euan, I appreciated your effort, very informative 👍 Cheers

[@euansmithmusic]

Thanks for watching. I’ve also created videos about the Wordbuilder feature if you’re interested?

[@bassmana2z686]

Thanks for the great content. Sub'd. 🙂

[@euansmithmusic]

Thanks. There’s a great new vid on Wordbuilder that would compliment this one perfectly. Watch here: How to Use EastWest Sounds Wordbuilder Opus Edition | Ultimate Guide | EUAN SMITH MUSIC kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafbk2OHet6ooLM

[@ChrisNeufeldMusic]

I just now subscribed to East West’s Composer Cloud Gold and I’m still trying to navigate my way through this plugin. This, to me, looks like something that could take minutes to figure out! Maybe hours! I mean, the Wordbuilder feature? Amazing, but it’s something I need more time with before I implement anything into what I’m working on. BTW, thanks for the review.

[@euansmithmusic]

Chris Neufeld thanks for watching. Have fun with it. I have no affiliation with EW, I’m just like you, a user of their ComposerCloud. I also use and am using more of Spitfire Audio products. They’re a UK-based company and worth looking into. I have other videos looking at various sound libraries too.

[@ShiningHourPop]

Thanks for your great review. I feel the quality of the vocals are fantastic. The general oohs, aahs, solo phrases etc are spot on. However, the Wordbuilder is somewhat disappointing. The pre-programmed stock phrases don’t sound great so what hope do I have to make my own sound anywhere near convincing? On the trailer the word “You” sounds correct and is repeated many times but when I play it, it sounds like Ooh. Not sure why that is! By contrast, Realivox Blue’s Wordbuider is much better. It’s a shame Realitone didn’t produce this type of library (or licence its own Wordbuilder to East West).

[@euansmithmusic]

ShiningHourPop with a few tweaks of the phonetics you can adapt the words. It’s a bit trial and error sometimes. Thanks for watching the video. I’m going to. Create something unique with these sounds to showcase them a bit more.

[@theinfideluk]

Hey excellent video, respect all the way from Clydebank!

[@euansmithmusic]

+theinfideluk Thanks theinfideluk for your comment. I do work hard to curate these videos, juggling a busy life and job. Keep supporting me. Please subscribe to the channel as you can keep up to date with all my latest content.

[@theinfideluk]

@@euansmithmusic Done mate, look forward to some more tutorials and tips and tricks. I don't own Backup singers but considering it (one sale now for $169, usually $400) - I own Sonokinetic Noir and Spitfire British Drama, thinking of getting Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions (as it sounds incredible...)

[@euansmithmusic]

@@theinfideluk did you buy the Contemporary Drama Toolkit that came out last week?

[@theinfideluk]

@@euansmithmusic Thinking about it ...it looks excellent. Especially with the reduced price - Too many plugins from xmas still set me back!

[@jim476a]

Thanx for the review, Euan. You've gotten me a little closer to getting off the fence. I understand that in wordbuilder, all three of the female voices are employed. In your opinion, how well does the wordbuilder function as a soloist (no harmonization)?

[@euansmithmusic]

Hi Jim Corona, the word builder is only used in Multi settings, multiple voices. To my knowledge, solo word builder hasn’t been created. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching and subscribing. 😁

[@jeromeweaver809]

Can it do solo only also?

[@euansmithmusic]

Some of the patches use solo voices. Each vocalist was recorded as a soloist using a Leslie mic, whereas the rest of the collection features the 3 vocalists recorded together.

[@ShinobuIto]

Very interesting soft. I have a question. My midi controller is Casio Privia which don't even have pitch control wheel. I must have it to use this vocal soft with100% ability?

[@euansmithmusic]

Shinobu Ito yes you do, but if your midi keyboard has any sliders or modulation wheel, you can map this and it’ll work fine.

[@ShinobuIto]

@@euansmithmusic Thanks a lot! I think about replacing my midi controller. I also buying Realivox Blue for solo vocal. I can't wait!

[@TonyByte]

Thanks for the overview, very helpful. I would like to request that you toggle off your mic when you are playing since your fingers are making loud noises on the keys. On my speakers, its louder than the articulation attacks which are important. I think it will increase the quality of the review and experience. Thanks.

[@TonyByte]

OK, on desktop, I just noticed your note in the video that said you forgot to turn it down. Good to know.

[@euansmithmusic]

Tony Connelly absolutely agree. It’s not normally a mistake I make, but on this occasion, silly me. Thanks for watching and apologies if it hampered your viewing pleasure.

[@dirkjanranzijn]

Is there anyone here at all who can explain how to get it to work????? It's so frustrating! First you have to sign up with 3 or 4 different websites before you can actually download it. After that I open an empty Play 6, try to go to my Hard drive to load the Singers into Play 6. The download created about 8 different folders, no idea which one to take, so I have tried one or two, but nothing happens at all! It's sitting on my desktop and Hard drive doing absolutely nothing.

[@euansmithmusic]

+DirkJan Ranzijn have you downloaded the installer and made sure to point it in the direction where you stored the libraries? I’m not an employee for EW but I’m sure their team can help you on live-chat. Plus, you load Play as the plugin in your chosen DAW (Logic or Cubase etc) then it should load in the patches. Good luck.

[@dirkjanranzijn]

Euan Smith Music Apology’s my friend. I realised later on that you are not working for the company. After many hours with the helpdesks I got it working at last. Again, sorry for the outburst. Greetings from Holland

[@euansmithmusic]

It’s a great time to learn new things, so I understand the need for things to ‘just work’. Enjoy experimenting. Thanks for supporting my channel. I’ll be doing some more videos like this in the coming weeks.

[@mmane257]

Sir I am interested in buying this plugin.But on the fence about it’s ability to sound like male backing vocals.

[@euansmithmusic]

Hi mmane257, far as I know it’s female voices only in this library, certainly in the time I’ve spent with it. The ranges are quite deep, but no way the depth of male voices. Voices of Soul on the other hand might help you. Thanks for watching this video, please give it a like and subscribe to know when I next upload videos to help make your music masterpiece 😁

[@PASINC]

Nice presentation, Euan, but please turn off your mic so the pounding of your hands on the keyboard doesn't interfere with the beauty of what you are sharing. Thanks for this review. I like these kind of plug-ins.

[@euansmithmusic]

+PASINC Thankyou for watching and yes, you’re right, I rushed this (working from home is impactful I’m finding) and it was full of all sorts of annoying issues I didn’t have time to correct. I’ll be covering the WB feature in other EW libraries, so I’ll do the next one more carefully.

[@DoryVideo]

i'd check the source of that awful hum if I were you (and I don't mean the vocal library) but the hum in the background when you're recording your VSTs

[@euansmithmusic]

This video was uploaded just over a year ago, so hopefully my audio has improved since then! One of these moments where I couldn't remove the background noise, so I had to keep it in. Thanks for watching. You can see my recent upload here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHzamXihpd1qlbs and I hope you agree, the audio is so much better :-)

[@mrdali67]

Seriously. This is not worth the money. It really sounds bad compared to other vocal libraries out there. There are much better libraries for phrases, and all the uhh, ahh, ihh etc. pitched sound sets, well nothing out there really sounds like a real vocal recording. I have yet to see any "playable" vocal sounds that really wowas me so I'm not too surpriced, but I have heard lots that sounds better than this

[@euansmithmusic]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts. There’s definitely a challenge for people to record a vocal that’s dynamic and expressive enough, whilst also being balanced and coherent. I think for effects, these vocals are good, but yes, a long way to go. I use their subscription service ComposerCloud so you can dabble before you buy outright.

[@mrdali67]

@@euansmithmusic I actually saw another demo how you can write in the words you want it to sing, wich is kinda cool and wich I wasn't aware of that it could do, but considdering the amount of time used in this process, I still think the quality do not hold up to a real vocal recording, where I personly think the quality of eg. a TC Helicon is at least as good as the software, wich makes me think why bother with all the work when I can just record the midi notes of the harmonics and have the Helicon do the work as you would do in a live situation. The Helicon don't either match a real vocal recording, but its easy to use and can be used in both in the studio for scetches or live when you don't have 4 backing chicks available, pun intended. What I think is interesting tho is, even when seeing how advanced libraries like this and other popular Voice software has becomming, we havn't really moved that much in the last 30-35 years since Digitech released their Vocalist. The sample rates and bit depth have moved up and yes a Helicon sound much better, but playable samples of choirs doesn't really sound a lot better as 25 years back when we had moved up to "CD" quality sampling. Its another thing when your working with samples of full bpm correct phraces that you try not to tune too much from the original of the sample.

[@euansmithmusic]

@@mrdali67 you might find kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2qmpGqiiMaJiM0 delivers on what you've outlined here.

[@leirumanuel]

Very anoying the sound of your keyboard. Good video however.

[@euansmithmusic]

You're right, it's just typical I forgot to turn down the mic on this occasion, recording in a rush.