EASTWEST Hollywood Backup Singers £345

Having taken steps to reinvent the way we work with orchestral, choral and world-music samples, Hollywood virtual-instrument maker EastWest strayed from its less conventional packages recently and seemed to set its sights on more commercial ventures. Last year’s marvellous Voices of Soul and Hollywood Pop Brass were proof – if any was needed – that the company could produce mainstream libraries that were every bit as brilliant as its more specialist fare. The firm’s latest, Hollywood Backup Singers, sits somewhere in between but echoes the quality of EastWest’s best.

SISTERS IN HARMONY

In line with the maker’s other products, sample hosting takes place within EastWest’s own Play 6 instrument, with its helpful multi-function operations.

This is a female-only sample library – for once, there are no male voices