There are some decent synth patches, but not a strong synthesizer engine. Also, you are going to basically be limited to sample playback with the East West stuff. I will say that the Hollywood series are a bit more difficult to work with than some of the other orchestral libraries. Both are great, East West does have some of the top quality Orchestral libraries out there, and their subscription service is a good way to use those. You mentioned Native Instruments and East West. Especially for film/tv/gaming, you are going to want to go with external VSTs. They really aren't even something I ever considered. There are 2 separate issues you are looking at:ġ) VSTs, I personally have only used Padshop from the VST instruments that Pro has included.
Summary: You will likely need both an upgrade to Pro and some additional instruments, but maybe you can do it slowly. I'm sure it's awesome, but it does not come bundled with any of the DAWs. Steinberg does have their own modern library out now, Iconica. I went with Komplete and upgraded the Symphony Series, but the Composer Cloud wasn't a thing back then and I'm not sure I'd make the same decision if I had it to do over. Reaktor is amazing, and Battery is probably the best VST drum sampler ever made in my opinion. Massive, FM8, and Absynth are terrific synths and as good as anything Cubase Pro comes with. Having said all that, Komplete 11 also comes with loads of other interesting stuff you won't find from any of the other orchestral libraries. But the set does sound great and is much easier to play then the EW stuff. For some reason, NI still do not have a solo string section in the Symphony Series. You don't have mic control or divisi until you upgrade and the upgrade also introduces a very nice percussion library (although you can use the older sounds that come with the factory library.these sounds are old as hell, maybe from Komplete 5 or so?). NI Komplete is terrific, but the beginner orchestral instruments in the bundle leave a bit to be desired and I found myself wanting to upgrade from Essentials (which it comes with) pretty early. It is powerful and there is lots of help on youtube for it.
PLAY (what they call their instrument interface) is funky and the learning curve is steep, but most sample libraries have a complicated interface. It's getting a little dated, but it's still very much still in use by pros. The EW stuff has been used to score stuff you've been listening to for ages. That's the most complete set of instruments you'll get for anywhere close to that price. My advice for instruments would be to subscribe to the EastWest Composer Cloud. And I don't think I could go back to pre-side chain Cubase again. As well, track visibility will get important when your orchestrations are large. Retrologue and Padshop are awesome synths. It sounds like you are fairly early in the process.
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