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BRING FANTASY WORLDS TO LIFE
Introducing Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, a brand-new orchestra that includes everything you need to create fantasy film, television, and game soundtracks. SONUSCORE is very proud to have contributed to this success by developing the Hollywood Orchestrator Engine, which enables real-time orchestral arrangements by playing simple chords. We're also happy to now offer this product in our store.
Produced by sound titans Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra includes unique ensembles of traditional and world instruments that have been featured in the biggest movies and games in history. It was recorded in full stereo mic placement in the historic EastWest Studio One, the same recording studio as our legendary Hollywood Orchestra series, and includes all of the features of EastWest’s revolutionary Opus player. If you’re scoring the next big fantasy epic or medieval tale, you need Hollywood Fantasy Strings, Hollywood Fantasy Brass, Hollywood Fantasy Winds, Hollywood Fantasy Percussion, Hollywood Fantasy Voices, and the brand-new Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator.
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CHAPTER 1
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY STRINGS
Hollywood Fantasy Strings is the first iteration of Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, putting 5 of the most iconic instruments from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras at your fingertips alongside brand-new stylized recordings from modern-day orchestral musicians. It includes true legato, diverse articulations, everything you need to produce the perfect fantasy cue to the highest professional standards. We infused it with the same power and flexibility as Hollywood Strings, with the same microphone placements, in the exact same studio, tailor-made to mix perfectly, so you can rest assured that your string libraries are all up to the task.
EPIC STRING ARRANGEMENTS OF OLDE
Traditional celli are replaced with a viola da gamba ensemble, violins are replaced with a hardanger fiddle ensemble. Lutes and dulcimers are recorded in trios, creating a beautiful sparkling stereo image that cuts through any mix. It also includes hurdy gurdies and traditional high and low string ensembles, recorded in octaves for those moments when you need bombast to round out your fantasy sound. For every instrument in the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra series, you can choose from 3 Moods – Classic, Soft, and Epic – which will instantly change the mic mix, reverb, and dynamic layer emphasis of that instrument to perfectly match the “mood” your composition needs, giving you full control over the dimension of the sound.
SETTING THE SCENE
Fire-breathing dragons. Epic battles between kingdoms. Ancient untold magic, casting 1,000 years of darkness upon the land… No matter how grand the scene you need to set, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra is equipped with everything you need to make it happen right out of the box. If your arsenal is missing the ancient and traditional folk strings needed to give your orchestrations an authentic edge, your collection will finally match the limits of your imagination.
CHAPTER 2
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY BRASS
Hollywood Fantasy Brass puts the grandeur of some of history’s most iconic brass instruments at your fingertips, complete with a broad articulation set and true legato for maximum realism and authenticity. Everything you’ve come to expect from our Hollywood series is here: multiple mic positions, custom effect chains, lush ambiences… but this time, with a collection of brass instruments used in some of the most famous fantasy scores in history. If you’ve tried to recreate the feel of your favorite scores countless times but something is still missing, the fix could be as simple as using the right instruments for the job. And as you’re about to hear, Hollywood Fantasy Brass will help get the job done every time.
ASSEMBLE YOUR MIGHTIEST ARMY
In the stead of trumpets, you’ll find flugelhorns; rather than French horns, Wagner tubas and alpenhorns take their place. The result is a majesty that modern day orchestras can’t quite replicate, but with the power and conviction demanded by current movies and games. Each of these core instruments is recorded in ensembles of 3, giving you a far more cinematic quality than solo instruments can achieve alone. As with Hollywood Fantasy Strings, the entire brass collection was recorded in the same soundstage as our acclaimed Hollywood Orchestra, providing a cohesive sound between all the elements together. Whether you need bold fanfares for distant kingdoms; sonorous melodies for heroes, villains, and magical creatures alike; or a rich, mellow tone to evoke the mystique of castles or scrolling landscapes — Hollywood Fantasy Brass has you covered.
CHAPTER 3
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY WINDS
Hollywood Fantasy Winds presents an array of ethereal, majestic woodwind instruments that transcend the modern orchestra, complete with true legato and a wide variety of articulations to command the realism and power you need in a cinematic ensemble of winds. With this collection, you can paint detailed images of Celtic highlands, sprawling mountain ranges, enchanted forests, and any other fantasy settings you can possibly imagine. These winds complete the core orchestral trinity with lyrical strings and brilliant brass, giving you the texture you need to complete a true melodic fantasy ensemble.
WHISPERS ON THE WIND
Many instruments in the Hollywood Fantasy Winds have no parallel in the modern orchestra: sonorous Uilleann pipes, mellow ocarinas, and brilliant Irish whistles to name a few. You’ll find they feel right at home even in the grandest settings though, and that they carry a rich, haunting quality that conventional sample libraries can’t touch. Winds are the lifeblood of fantasy folk music, adept at describing everything from crowded merchant streets to fantastic adventures across uncharted lands. The entire collection is deeply rooted in Celtic musical literature and is perhaps the most unique and evocative section in Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra.
CHAPTER 4
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY PERCUSSION
Hollywood Fantasy Percussion provides a full suite of thunderous, mystical struck and shaken instruments to complement even the most epic soundtracks. While they’re well-suited to most orchestral scores, they shine in combination with the rest of the Hollywood Fantasy palette. There’s no shortage of bombastic drum libraries available, but there’s never been a percussion library specifically designed for scoring epic fantasy soundtracks — so we created it ourselves.
DRUMS IN THE DEEP
When scoring for fantasy, there are countless settings where conventional percussion simply doesn’t cut it: fiery iron forges, royal celebrations, traditional folk festivals, and that’s just scratching the surface. That’s when you need percussion that doesn’t just carry the drama of the scene, but feels perfectly at home in the world you’re composing for. We’ve selected each instrument in this collection to span every setting imaginable so that no matter the scoring task, you have the tools to not only underscore the drama on-screen, but to wrap up the audience in an entirely new, fantastical world they need to hear to believe.
CHAPTER 5
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY VOICES
There’s a world of difference between a trained singer and a vocalist who has perfected true cinematic fantasy singing — and with Hollywood Fantasy Voices in hand, you can finally bridge that gap in your scores. We meticulously built this collection from the ground up, with multiple microphone positions, portamento control, mood (Soft, Classic, and Epic) and more so you can command the mythic fantasy vocals you need for your newest epic soundtrack. This is the authority that Hollywood Fantasy Voices puts in your hands — the ability to, with only a few words, make the audience feel on instinct: “I’m far away from home.”
JOURNEY TO THE ELVEN LANDS
Hollywood Fantasy Voices puts the power of singer Merethe Soltvedt’s majestic voice at your fingertips, along with full male and female choirs. Anytime you need ethereal, floating vocals to capture the essence of battles, lost kingdoms, or emotional trials, Merethe’s voice will sell the scene even when nothing else does the trick. She lent this library the same power and grace she brings as the lead vocalist for Two Steps From Hell. If you enjoy fantasy movies, you’ll love this: Every word she recorded for the Hollywood Fantasy Voices library comes directly from Tolkien’s Elvish language, allowing you to make your scores as authentic as possible!
CHAPTER 6
HOLLYWOOD FANTASY ORCHESTRATOR
Create music in the style of Hollywood’s greatest fantasy film, television, and game soundtracks in seconds by playing a few simple chords with one hand and shaping expression with the other. Developed in collaboration with Sonuscore, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator features hundreds of customizable presets built with the world instruments from the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra series and allows you to create real-time arrangements based on your MIDI input with our Innovative Scoring Engine.
COMPOSE FANTASY SCORES IN SECONDS
With hundreds of customizable presets, you can instantly create music in the style of Hollywood’s greatest fantasy film, television, and game soundtracks. And while these presets were made with the fantasy genre in mind, they can easily be used across the genre spectrum, including action, suspense, and historical dramas. Presets are organized into 4 categories, described below.
ENSEMBLES
Ensembles allow you to quickly create rich orchestral arrangements with presets that combine instruments into various strings, brass, winds, percussion, choral, and full orchestra ensembles. For instance, loading the ‘Strings And Brass – Legato’ preset in the Strings and Brass Long sub-category will instantly load a string and brass ensemble consisting of 3 Flugelhorns, 3 Alpenhorns, 3 Wagner Tubas, 6 Low Brass, 3 Hardanger Fiddles, High Octave Strings, 3 Viola Da Gambas, and Low Octave Strings.
OSTINATOS
Ostinatos enable you to build rhythmic tension in different meters or create moving melodic lines by only changing a few notes. Start by exploring the sub-categories that contain different note durations (quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc), then choose from one of the many preset variations, including those in different time signatures (3/4, 5/4, 7/8, and more).
SCORES
Scores bring classic Hollywood fantasy orchestrations to life, bringing an endless source of inspiration to your compositions. Choose between a wide selection of themes in the sub-categories, each with lots of different variations, including alternative time signatures.
USER
This is where your own presets can be stored by modifying existing presets or by building your own ensembles from scratch!
NEW VOICES INSTRUMENT SECTION
Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator adds an additional Voices instrument section alongside the existing instrument sections to give you a total of 5 sections to create complex orchestrations: strings, brass, winds, percussion, and voices. Put the power of singer Merethe Soltvedt’s majestic voice at your fingertips, and add a full men and women’s choir to provide a rich, ethereal palette that perfectly underscores the most powerful moments of your fantasy scores.
OUR INNOVATIVE SCORING ENGINE
At the heart of Hollywood Orchestrator is our innovative Scoring Engine, which produces everything from basic string arrangements to very complex orchestrations played by the full fantasy orchestra. This is where you can create new presets or alter any existing preset by changing the melodic pattern in each step sequencer or by completely switching the instruments and voicings of that preset.
MIX TO PERFECTION
In the Mixer section, refine the final output of each instrument by adjusting the volume, pan, equalization, reverb preset, reverb send amounts, and other reverb controls like pre-delay, length, and filters.
WHAT’S ALL INCLUDED?
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This section contains a list of articulations included in Hollywood Fantasy Percussion, broken down by instrument and MIDI note key mapping.
PLEASE NOTE: For percussion instruments, all samples are mapped to white keys. The dashes that separate articulations below represent the space between articulations where no samples are mapped. This type of layout is useful for two-handed percussion playing techniques.
3 Bodhrans
- (C1) Center Hits WS RRx4
- (D1) Up/Down Hits WS RRx4
- (E1) Roughs WS RRx2
- (F1) Rolls WS RRx2
- –
- (C2) Center Hits BS RRx4
- (D2) Up/Down Hits BS RRx4
- (E2) Roughs BS RRx2
- (F2) Rolls BS RRx2
3 Gran Cassas
- (C1) Low Hits RRx4
- (D1) Hit Rolls RRx4
- (E1) Short Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (F1) Medium Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (G1) Long Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- –
- (C2) Hits RRx4
- (D2) Hit Rolls RRx4
- (E2) Short Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (F2) Medium Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (G2) Long Crescendo Rolls RRx4
3 Large Taikos
- (C1) Hits RRx4
- (D1) Hits RRx4
- (E1) Flams RRx4
- (F1) Rim Hits RRx4
- (G1) Short Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (A1) Medium Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (B1) Long Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (C2) Flam Rolls RRx2
- –
- (C3) Hits RRx4
- (D3) Hits RRx4
- (E3) Flams RRx4
- (F3) Rims RRx4
- (G3) Short Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (A3) Medium Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (B3) Long Crescendo Rolls RRx4
- (C4) Flam Rolls RRx2
600 LB Nagado Ensemble
- (C1) Left Hand Hits RRx4
- (D1) 2 Handed Left Side Hits RRx4
- (E1) Left Hand Rim Hits RRx4
- –
- (C2) Right Hand Hits RRx4
- (D2) 2 Handed Right Side Hits RRx4
- (E2) Right Hand Rim Hits RRx4
- –
- (C3) Left Hand Hits RRx4
- (D3) 2 Handed Left Side Hits RRx4
- (E3) Left Hand Rim Hits RRx4
- –
- (C4) Right Hits RRx4
- (D4) 2 Handed Right Side Hits RRx4
- (E4) Right Rim Hits RRx4
Ceng Ceng
- (C1) Open Hits RRx4
- (D1) Closed Hits RRx4
- (E1) Rolls
- –
- (C2) Open Hits RRx4
- (D2) Closed Hits RRx4
- (E2) Rolls
Crotales Ensemble (Pitched)
- (C4 – C6) Mallet Hits RRx2 (2 dynamics)
- (C1) Bass Gong Hits
- (D1) Gong Ensemble Hits RRx2
- (E1) Gong Ensemble Hits RRx2
- (F1) Taiwanese Gong Hits
- (G1) Buddha Cymbal Long Hits (Dark)
- (A1) Buddha Cymbal Short Hits (Dark)
- (B1) Buddha Cymbal Long Hits
- (C2) Buddha Cymbal Short Hits
- (D2) Finger Cymbal Hits RRx2
- (E2) Finger Cymbal Mute Hits RRx2
- (F2) Finger Cymbal Shakes
- (G2) Piatti Ensemble Hits RRx2
- (A2) Piatti Ensemble Chokes RRx2
- (B2) Thrash Cymbal Low Hits RRx2
- (C3) Thrash Cymbal High Hits RRx2
- (D3) Thrash Cymbal Rolls
Goatnail Shaker
- (C1) Shakes RRx3
- (D1) Rolls
Goatnail Shaker and Ceng Ceng
- (C1) Goatnail Shakes RRx3
- (D1) Goatnail Rolls
- –
- (F1) Metal Shaker Shakes Up
- (G1) Metal Shaker Shakes Down
- (A1) Metal Shaker Rolls
- –
- (C2) Krakeb Open Left Hand Hits
- (D2) Krakeb Open Right Hand Hits
- (E2) Krakeb Open 2 Handed Hits
- (F2) Krakeb Closed Left Hand Hits
- (G2) Krakeb Closed Right Hand Hits
- (A2) Krakeb Closed 2 Handed Hits
- –
- (C3) Ceng Ceng Open Hits RRx4
- (D3) Ceng Ceng Closed Hits RRx4
- (E3) Ceng Ceng Rolls
- –
- (C4) Ceng Ceng Open Hits RRx4
- (D4) Ceng Ceng Closed Hits RRx4
- (E4) Ceng Ceng Rolls
Krakeb
- (C1) Open Left Hand Hits
- (D1) Open Right Hand Hits
- (E1) Open 2 Handed Hits
- (F1) Closed Left Hand Hits
- (G1) Closed Right Hand Hits
- (A1) Closed 2 Handed Hits
Metal Shaker
- (C1) Metal Shaker Shakes Up
- (D1) Metal Shaker Shakes Down
- (E1) Metal Shaker Rolls
Nagara Rub FX
- (C1 – G4) Rub Effects (various)
- (B0) Nagara Hand Hits RRx4
- (C1) Nagara Brush Hits RRx4
- (D1) Nagara Mallet Hits
- (E1) Nagara Mallet Flams
- (F1) Nagara Fast Hand Rolls
- (G1) Nagara Slow Hand Rolls
- (A1) Nagara Fast Mallet Rolls
- (B1) Nagara Slow Mallet Rolls
- (C2) Ashiko Hits RRx4
- (D2) Ashiko Mute Hits RRx4
- (E2) Ashiko Rim Hits RRx4
- (F2) Ashiko Fast Rolls
- (G2) Ashiko Slow Rolls
- –
- (B3) Nagara Hits RRx4
- (C4) Nagara Brush Hits RRx4
- (D4) Nagara Mallet Hits
- (E4) Nagara Mallet Flams
- (F4) Nagara Fast Hand Rolls
- (G4) Nagara Slow Hand Rolls
- (A4) Nagara Fast Mallet Rolls
- (B4) Nagara Slow Mallet Rolls
- (C5) Ashiko Hits RRx4
- (D5) Ashiko Mute Hits RRx4
- (E5) Ashiko Rim Hits RRx4
- (F5) Ashiko Fast Rolls
- (G5) Ashiko Slow Rolls
Orchestral Bell Ensemble (Pitched)
- (A2 – A4) Mallet Hits (4 dynamics)
Orchestral Metallurgy
- (C0 – B0) Waterphone Low Hits (various)
- (C1 – B1) Waterphone High Hits (various)
- –
- (C2) Thunk Low Resonant Hits RRx4
- (D2) Thunk Low Mute Hits RRx4
- (E2) Trash Low Resonant Hits RRx4
- (F2) Trash Low Mute Hits RRx4
- –
- (C3) Thunk Low Resonant Hits RRx4
- (D3) Thunk Low Mute Hits RRx4
- (E3) Trash Low Resonant Hits RRx4
- (F3) Trash Low Mute Hits RRx4
- –
- (C4) Thunk High Resonant Hits RRx4
- (D4) Thunk High Mute Hits RRx4
- (E4) Trash High Resonant Hits RRx4
- (F4) Trash High Mute Hits RRx4
- –
- (C5) Thunk High Resonant Hits RRx4
- (D5) Thunk High Mute Hits RRx4
- (E5) Trash High Resonant Hits RRx4
- (F5) Trash High Mute Hits RRx4
Snare Ensemble
- (C1) Hits RRx4
- (D1) Hits RRx4
- (E1) Rim Hits RRx2
- (F1) Short Triplet Rolls RRx2
- (G1) Long Rolls RRx2
- –
- (C2) Hits RRx4
- (D2) Hits RRx4
- (E2) Rim Hits RRx2
- (F2) Short Triplet Rolls RRx2
- (G2) Long Rolls RRx2
Toms
- (C1) Low Hits RRx4
- (D1) Low Flams RRx4
- (E1) Low-Mid Hits RRx4
- (F1) Low-Mid Flams RRx4
- (G1) Mid Hits RRx4
- (A1) Mid Flams RRx4
- (B1) High-Mid Hits RRx4
- (C2) High-Mid Flams RRx4
- (D2) High Hits RRx4
- (E2) High Flams RRx4
3 Dulcimers
- 01 Long
- Sustain
- Sustain Double Hit
- Sustain Triple Hit
- Sustain Repetition
- 02 Effects
- Tremolo
- Measured Tremolo (TS)
3 Hardanger Fiddles
- 01 Long
- Sustain
- Sforzando
- Gliss
- Diminuendo
- Crescendo
- Legato Repetitions (TS)
- Spiccato Repetitions (TS)
- Triplet Repetitions (TS)
- 02 Short
- Bounce
- Legato Repetitions
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- 03 Effects
- Legato Bow Change
- Trill WT 4Beat (unmeasured)
- Trill HT Down
- Trill HT Down Double
- Trill HT Up
- Trill HT Up Double
- Trill WT Down
- Trill WT Down Double
- Trill WT Up
- Trill WT Up Double
- Trill 3rd Down
- Trill 3rd Down Double
- Trill 3rd Up
- Trill 3rd Up Double
- 04 Legato
- Legato Bow Change
- Legato Slur
3 Lutes
- 01 Long
- Sustain
- Sustain Double Hit
- Sustain Repetition
- 02 Effects
- Legato (HammerOn, PullOff)
- Tremolo
3 Viola Da Gamba
- 01 Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato 2 Finger
- Sustain Expressive
- Sustain Emotion
- Sustain Ornament
- Sustain 5ths
- Arc Expressive
- Arc Expressive Long
- Legato Repetition Sustain (TS)
- Legato Repetition Vibrato 2 Finger (TS)
- 02 Short
- Staccato
- Staccato Slur
- Spiccato
- Marcato
- Legato Repetition
- Legato Repetition Long
- 03 Short
- Tremolo
- Tremolo 5ths
- Psycho Tremolo
- Sforzando Short
- Trill HT (TS)
- Trill HT Bow Change (TS)
- Trill WT (TS)
- Trill WT Bow Change (TS)
- Trill 3rd (TS)
- Trill 3rd Bow Change (TS)
- 04 Legato
- Legato Slur
6 Celli and 4 Basses
- 01 Long
- Sustain
- Legato Repetition Sustain (TS)
- 02 Short
- Spiccato
- Spiccato on Bow
- Legato Repetitions
- 03 Effects
- Tremolo
- 04 Legato
- Legato Slur
8 Violins and 6 Violas
- 01 Long
- Sustain
- Legato Repetition Sustain (TS)
- 02 Short
- Spiccato
- Legato Repetitions
- 03 Effects
- Tremolo
- 04 Legato
- Legato Slur
Hurdy Gurdy 1
- 01 Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato
- Drone
- Trompette Drone Repetition (TS)
- 02 Effects
- Repetition (TS)
- Repetition Triplet (TS)
- Trill HT
- Trill WT
Hurdy Gurdy 2
- 01 Long
- Trompette Sustain Non Vibrato
- Trompette Sustain Vibrato
- Drone
- Trompette Drone Repetition (TS)
- 02 Effects
- Trompette Repetition (TS)
- Trompette Repetition Triplet (TS)
- Trompette Trill HT
- Trompette Trill WT
3 Alpenhorns
- Long
- Drone
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Crescendo
- Decrescendo
- Short
- Staccato
3 Flugelhorns
- Long
- Sustain Expressive
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Short
- Marcato
- Staccato
- Staccato Short
- Legato
- Legato Slur
3 Wagner Tubas
- Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Expressive
- Short
- Marcato
- Staccato
- Staccato Short
- Effects
- Rips
- Legato
- Legato Slur
6 Low Brass Ensemble
- Long
- Sustain
- Sustain Expressive
- Sustain Soft
- Overblown
- Short
- Marcato
- Staccato
- Staccato Short
- Fall Short
- Crescendo Short
- Crescendo Growl Short
- Effects
- Cluster
2 Irish Whistles High
(available in Bb and D)
- Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato Wes (Western)
- Sustain Vibrato Fin (Fingered)
- Sustain Accent
- Short
- Staccato
- Effects
- Gliss Up
- Legato
- Legato Slur
2 Irish Whistles Low
(available in Eb and D)
- Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato Wes (Western)
- Sustain Vibrato Fin (Fingered)
- Sustain Accent
- Short
- Staccato
- Effects
- Gliss Up
- Legato
- Legato Slur
2 Renaissance Flutes
- Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato
- Sustain Accent
- Short
- Staccato
- Legato
- Legato Slur
4 Ocarinas
- Long
- Sustain Non Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato
- Sustain Vibrato Delay
- Sustain Expressive
- Sustain Accent
- Short
- Staccato
- Effects
- Flutter
- Gliss Up Vibrato
- Legato
- Legato Slur
3 Uilleann Pipes
- Long
- Bend Non Vibrato
- Ben Vibrado
- Blip
- Chanter Non Vibrato
- Chanter Vibrato
- Drones
- Regulators
- Rep
- Trill
- Long Open
- Sustain Vibrato
- Bend Non Vibrato
- Bend Vibrato
- Chanter
- Blip
- Trill
- Rep
SETTING THE SCENE
Fire-breathing dragons. Epic battles between kingdoms. Ancient untold magic, casting 1,000 years of darkness upon the land… No matter how grand the scene you need to set, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra is equipped with everything you need to make it happen right out of the box. If your arsenal is missing the ancient and traditional folk strings needed to give your orchestrations an authentic edge, your collection will finally match the limits of your imagination.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Below are the minimum and recommended hardware and software specifications for using Opus on Windows and MacOS systems.
MINIMUM SYSTEM
- CPU: Quad-core (four cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
- RAM: 16 GB
- OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
- Drive: HDD (7200 rpm, non-energy saving)
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
- CPU: Octa-core (eight cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
- RAM: 32 GB or more
- OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
- Drive: SSD (SATA or PCIe)
The chart below outlines the MacOS and Windows 64-bit operating systems and sequencers that are officially supported and fully tested with the latest version of Opus. Please note that while most Sequencers / DAWs are VST 2, VST 3, AU and AAX plug-in format compatible, only those listed in the chart below are officially supported.
| Product | Version | MacOS (10.13+) | Windows 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EW Play 6 Stand-Alone | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
| EW Opus Stand-Alone | 1.0+ | YES | YES |
| Ableton Live | 10.0+ | YES | YES |
| Apple Logic Pro | 10.0+ | YES | – |
| Apple Garageband | 10.3+ | YES | – |
| Avid Pro Tools | 2018.1+ | YES | YES |
| Bitwig Studio | 3.0+ | YES | YES |
| Cockos Reaper | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
| Image-Line FL Studio | 20+ | YES | YES |
| Motu Digital Perfomer | 9.0+ | YES | YES |
| Steinberg Cubase(1) | 9.0+ | YES | YES |
| Steinberg Nuendo(1) | 8.0+ | YES | YES |
| Presonus Studio One | 4.0+ | YES | YES |
| VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
| Notation Software(2) | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Avid Sibelius | 2018.1+ | YES | YES |
| MakeMusic Finale | 25.0+ | YES | YES |
| Steinberg Dorico | 3.0+ | YES | YES |
(1) VST3 usage is recommended
(2) Sibelius / Finale / Dorico notation programs work with Opus, but do not support the full feature set of some Opus/Play Libraries, such as those that use WordBuilder. Please contact support for details.
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Available licensing options:
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