Hollywood Scoring Stages is an algorithmic reverb and stage placement tool by Samplicity. It can be preordered for €169 (regular price €239). The release is estimated for early May 2026.
https://samplicity.com/hollywood-scoring-stages/
There is light and shadow in the demos for me. The brass sounds good. The reverb can create depth realistically. The harp does sound boomy to me, and on the guitar example, it does something weird to the midrange. I don't like the drums example at all.
Samplicity's approach of giving you back several mic signals, as you would have when recording live, speaks to me. It's more versatile than SPAT's one signal that you get.
I will keep an eye on Hollywood Scoring Stages. With the mixed results of the demos for me, I am not preordering now.
