Bosendorfer 290

the best sampled Bösendorfer 290 Grand Piano on the planet
The 5-star awarded PMI Bösendorfer 290 is simply the best sampled Bösendorfer 290 Grand Piano on the planet - and now it's available as a 24-bit plug-in (MAC and PC) for the first time.

EWQL Symphonic Choirs

Type words and play them musically!
The multi award-winning EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC CHOIRS was recorded in the same concert hall as the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, with the same team of engineers and producers.

This is the first 24-bit Choir sample library to include three simultaneous stereo mic setups (close, stage and hall), so users can mix together any combination of mic positions to control tone and ambience. The collection was designed to blend perfectly with EWQLSO.

FEATURES

# 5 Choirs - Boys, Alto (Female), Soprano (Female), Basses (Male), Tenors (Male) plus Solo Singers
# Includes patent pending WordBuilder software for both MAC and PC that enables users to type in words for the Choirs to sing (not applicable to solo vocalists)
# Recorded in the same concert hall, with the same team of engineers and producers as the Award-Winning EASTWEST / QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
# Choirs recorded with 3 simultaneous stereo mic setups (close, stage and hall), so you can mix any combination of mics to control tone and ambience
# All Singers recorded in position and chromatically sampled with multiple dynamics (non-vibrato, light vibrato and heavy vibrato)
# Slurred legato on all vowels
# Blends perfectly with the EASTWEST / QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
# Includes a special version of NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KOMPAKT Sampler
# Recorded in 24-bit by Grammy-Winning classical recording engineer PROF. KEITH O. JOHNSON
# Produced by DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX

FAB FOUR

the Beatles sound...
FAB FOUR is a virtual instrument inspired by the sounds of the Beatles, using the same kind of period instruments and authentic rare EMI recording equipment the Beatles used to create their music.

No expense was spared finding the same kind of period instruments and rare authentic EMI and other recording equipment the Beatles used to create their sounds to produce this collection, much of which, ironically, will end up in EASTWEST Studio 3, where the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" was recorded, the inspiration for the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, according to Paul McCartney.

INSTRUMENTS:

* Guitars (some costing over $200,000 each) played by LAURENCE JUBER (Paul McCartney and Wings) include Gretsch Firebird (1959), Gretsch Tennessean (1963), Rickenbacker 360-12 (1965), Martin D-28 (1966), Fender Stratocaster (1956), Epiphone Casino (1956), Fender Telecaster (1951), Gibson SG (1960), Les Paul Goldtop (1957), Gibson J200 (1966), Hofner Bass (1963) and Rickenbacker Bass (1964).

Guitars were sampled with up and down strokes, multiple velocities and picking styles, some with chords and effects

Most of the sounds would be impossible to create without all of the above equipment. For example, the "revostortion" guitar sound was created by feeding a Epiphone Casino guitar into one EMI REDD 47 preamp, and the output into a second EMI REDD 47 preamp, which is exactly how it was created originally by the EMI/Abbey Road engineers

* Drums played by DENNY SEIWELL (Paul McCartney and Wings) include a rare 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit with Zildjian cymbals (snare 5 x 14/toms 9 x 13/16 x 16/kick 22 x 14/zildjan 20" crash ride/18" crash medium/14" Hi-Hat)

Drums are all multi-sampled with up to 16 velocity layers, left and right hand. The sounds were all matched to a particular style (e.g. A Day in the Drums, Ticket to Drums, Yer Drums). We even recorded some heavily modulated cymbals through a Fairchild limiter for authenticity

* Keyboards include Baldwin Electric Harpsichord (Because I'm a Harpsichord), Clavioline (Baby I'm a Clavioline), Birthday Piano (through VOX Defiant guitar amp), Lucy in the Lowery, Strawberry Flutes, We Can Work a Harmonium, and other stringed instruments including Swarmandel Forever

CONTAINS BOTH EWQLSO GOLD EDITION AND EWQLSO GOLD PRO XP
The Gold Edition Symphonic Orchestra Bundle is EASTWEST's most popular virtual orchestra, combining the original GOLD EDITION with the new GOLD PROFESSIONAL EXPANSION (PRO XP), offering unparalleled realism at an affordable price.

Developed by multiple award winning producers DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX and recorded in a 125 million dollar concert hall by Grammy winning classical recording engineer PROF. KEITH O. JOHNSON, this stereo, 16-bit, 35 gigabyte (incl. the original gold edition) virtual instrument eclipses all others with the highest level of fidelity and realism.

The GOLD PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL BUNDLE has the same articulations and instruments as the Platinum Edition making your compositions 100% upgradable to the same 24-bit quality and 3 mic position PLATINUM EDIITON, currently used by the who's who of the composing world.

Percussive Adventures 2

explore lengthy and evolving rhythmic terrains
Percussive Adventures 2 goes further with lengthy and evolving rhythmic terrains. All edited into loop segments, alternate mixes and completely isolated layers.

Platinum Pro Bundle

CONTAINS BOTH EWQLSO PLATINUM EDITION AND EWQLSO PLATINUM PRO XP!
Developed by multiple award winning producers DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX and recorded in a 'state of the art' concert hall by Grammy winning classical recording engineer PROF. KEITH O. JOHNSON, this enormous 24-bit 138 gigabyte virtual instrument eclipses all others with the highest level of fidelity and realism.

Beyond the orchestra's phenomenal recording quality is its ability to breathe life into the virtual world, creating a real space and filling it with sound. In the past, this meant adding reverb and effects, further digitizing and degrading the overall quality of your music. EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP accomplish this through separately recording the natural hall ambience after the instrument has stopped playing until the sound has actually ceased. The software triggers this "release trail" at the end of every note and adjusts the dynamics so that the samples blend seamlessly, truly placing the listener in the hall with the orchestra.

Each instrument and orchestral section is chromatically sampled at three different mic positions (close, stage and hall) allowing you to mix together any combination for the ultimate in real-time tone and ambience control.

The PLATINUM PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL BUNDLE also features the revolutionary QLegato technology among its many articulation choices, enabling you to create unprecedentedly smooth connected lines at fast or slow speeds with the strings, woodwinds, and brass.

QL HardCore Bass XP

authentic electric basses
HARDCORE BASS XP is the only Electric Bass virtual instrument that delivers (with the included XPansion) an authentic set of electric basses suitable for most genres, from Jazz to Hip Hop, RnB to Pop, Dance to Hard Rock! 7 different highly sought-after electric basses at different pick-up and amp settings with over 6 gigabytes of multisamples are included.

QL StormDrum

Loops and multi-samples
# Produced by award-winning QUANTUM LEAP producer NICK PHOENIX.

# 6 Gigabytes of Loops and Multi-Samples from 3 world-class percussionists and 1 lunatic producer with enough taiko drums to fill an 18 wheeler!

# 1000's of completely original, evolving drum beds, featuring some of the largest and most impressive drums on the planet.

# Multi-sampled drum kits and percussion with up to 20-way velocity-switching, organic tech percussion, metal shop, big hits.

# Recorded at the Record Plant, Studio A.

# Includes special versions of KOMPAKT (with Direct-from-Disk* streaming) and INTAKT Samplers from NATIVE INSTRUMENTS (plug-in or standalone) for MAC and PC.

STORMDRUM began when producer NICK PHOENIX went to the Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles to record some big film grooves for movie trailers he was working on. He hired some the best percussionists in the world (Tal Bergman, Richie Garcia, Michito Sanchez), and filled up Studio A with hundreds of drums. The Record Plant said they had never seen anything like it! After a complex setup, they were ready to roll. Everything was recorded through Neuman mics into an SSL Console to 2 inch analog tape and later transfered to 24 bit, 88.2 digital.

Now, after years of recording, editing, and programming, STORMDRUM has arrived!

Quantam Leap COLOSSUS

covers all of the basic musical genres
COLOSSUS is the only HIGH QUALITY complete sound set in one package ever created, and includes 160 instruments! Every instrument and sound in the diverse range of demos above comes from COLOSSUS.

COLOSSUS is a massive 32 Gigabyte (not Megabyte) Virtual Instrument that covers all of the basic musical genres, the way akeyboard workstation attempts to, except COLOSSUS offers much higher quality instruments and dynamics than any keyboard available today.

COLOSSUS is an indispensable tool that you will reach for time and time again when nothing else works, it will become your Swiss army knife of composing, plus it’s GM compatible! You can expect the usual QUANTUM LEAP exceptional quality in COLOSSUS. Even if you own some of these instruments, you will love this collection. A good example is the Fender Rhodes. Despite the fact the Rhodes has been sampled many times, COLOSSUS includes a unique vintage sounding Rhodes you won’t find anywhere else. COLOSSUS includes 15 Gigs of new sounds recorded at Ocean Way Studio B (24-bit), a new 2 Gig piano recorded in Europe, and 15 Gigs from the award-winning range of QUANTUM LEAP and EASTWEST titles (EW/QL Symphonic Orchestra, EW Steinway B Piano, QL Stormdrum, QL Guitar and Bass, QL 56 Strat, QL Hardcore Bass, QL RA, QL Brass, QL Voices of the Apocalypse), all newly programmed with superior sound quality.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

PURCHASE OF THIS PRODUCT AFTER JANUARY 18, 2007 QUALIFIES FOR A $149 UPGRADE (UPGRADE IS $199 IF PURCHASED PRIOR TO JANUARY 18, 2007) TO GOLIATH POWERED BY PLAY, THE NEW EASTWEST ADVANCED SAMPLE ENGINE UPON RELEASE. GOLIATH INCLUDES ALL OF COLOSSUS PLUS APPROX. 7 GIGS OF NEW CONTENT FROM THE EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP PLAY VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SERIES. THIS UPGRADE INCLUDES UNIVERSAL BINARY (INTEL MAC) AND MICROSOFT VISTA (32 & 64-bit) COMPATIBILITY!

IF YOU WISH TO KEEP YOUR KOMPAKT/KONTAKT SOFTWARE ACTIVE - AND - UPGRADE TO GOLIATH - AN ADDITIONAL SECOND LICENCE FEE OF $49.95 WILL BE ADDED.

Quantam Leap GYPSY

essential for film, tv and game composers.
QUANTUM LEAP GYPSY features a collection of detailed virtual instruments capable of playing completely realistic performances. This product is mostly intended for film, tv and game composers.

QUICK FACTS:
Produced by QUANTUM LEAP producer NICK PHOENIX
Approximately 8 gigabytes
Solo instruments with unprecedented detail
Violin (true legato intervals) classical and gypsy style
Classical Guitar
Flamenco Guitar
Django Style Guitar
Spanish Steel String Guitar
Campana Accordion
Silvestri Accordion
Excelsior Accordion
Bandoneon
Trombone (true legato intervals) classical and gypsy style
Hammered Dulcimer (Cimbalom)
Flamenco Dancer
Gypsy percussion

Quantam Leap MINISTRY OF ROCK

coming in May 2007
The most detailed collection of the world's finest grand pianos, recorded in one of the 'temples of sound', EASTWEST STUDIOS (more RIAA certified platinum and gold records awarded than any other recording studios) with 3 mic positions for each piano.

Quick Facts:
* 150Gb of content at 24-bit/44.1k quality (most detailed piano recordings - EVER)
* Sample management system offers approx. 40% more efficiency compared to other piano collections
* Load any piano or mic position
3 positions are included per piano for maximum flexibility
* 10-16 velocities per note (and again in soft pedal, sustain pedal, and soft sustain)
* 16 velocity staccato on every piano
* Repetition samples taken from 180 BPM performances for a TRUE repetition sound and not simply an alternate take.
* Software detects true repetitions
* Resonance - pedal resonance recorded for every note at multiple velocities, as well as with the soft pedal down
* Proprietary resonance captured on the Bosendorfer
* True multi-velocity soft pedal samples with and without sustain pedal
* Release samples with software envelope follower
* Articulations on each piano include
a. pedal resonance
b. staccato
c. soft pedal
d. sustain
e. repetitions
* Recorded in a proper piano environment with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console
* Stereo swap possible in software
* Mic position mixing in software
* Lid position simulation
* Articulation matrix for quick and straightforward loading
* Most powerful streaming engine available with highest polyphony counts

Quantam Leap RA

THE DEFINITIVE RARE AND ETHNIC VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
In ancient Egypt, RA was regarded as the creator of everything, the god of the sun. RA is usually represented with the body of a man and the head of a hawk, holding an ankh & sceptre. The chief location of RA worship was Heliopolis (a Greek word meaning city of the sun). RA is an appropriate name for the largest, and most comprehensive rare and ethnic virtual instrument ever made.

RA was born a few years ago, as a sample library called “Rare Instruments.” All of the sounds from Rare Instruments are included in RA, but this only represents approximately one-tenth of the content. The other ninety percent of RA was recorded at Ocean Way studios in Hollywood. Because of the size and complexity of the project, I brought in two talented producers, Pacemaker and Tony Austin to co-produce RA with me. They have worked on some other Quantum Leap projects and had some great ideas for RA. We spent time hunting down the best ethnic artists on the West Coast. Los Angeles is so ethnically diverse and blessed with excellent institutions like Cal Arts, it is actually the ideal place to record a rare and ethnic collection.

RA is a massive 14 Gigabyte Virtual Instrument that covers many typical, and some unusual instruments, from six areas of the World -

# 1. Africa
# 2. Americas and Australia
# 3. Europe
# 4. Far East
# 5. India
# 6. Middle East and Turkish Empire.

So what's so special about RA compared to other ethnic collections? For a start, I think you will really love these sounds for the same reason that Rare Instruments was so popular. Every instrument or ensemble was sampled extensively, so the character of the instrument was preserved. Ethnic (or World) music is all about expression, and how the instrument is played. To sample a Turkish wind instrument and not capture the bending, swelling and wavering of the notes is to miss the point completely. We made a big effort to keep things very organized, consistent, and intuitive, which is necessary with a collection of this size. Every instrument has many articulations and fx that range from very controlled, to very expressive. This allows you to actually “play” the instrument with authentic results. We also came up with some innovative ideas for achieving realistic legato. We call this QLegato™.

coming in May 2007
SD2 - THE NEXT GENERATION is a stunning collection of exceptional acoustic percussion instruments. The exclusive selection of drums and percussions exceeds all other existing libraries out there. As a sequel to Stormdrum (which was the most successful acoustic percussion library ever released.) it sets new standards that will exceed the expectations of everyone who owns a Quantum Leap product. Combined with the brand new developed EASTWEST PLAY sample engine, a must to have with no doubt.

SD2 - THE NEXT GENERATION is a completely new and improved concept that is destined to become the new standard for years to come.

* Produced by QUANTUM LEAP producer NICK PHOENIX
* Approximately 10 gigabytes of percussion insanity!

Instruments

Tibetan, Indian and Chinese Bells and Gongs
Indonesian Hand Drums
Anklung
Udu
Chinese Bowl Drums
5 ft. O Daiko
Earthquake Ensemble
Sound Design Percussion
Devil Chasers
Whale Drum
Giant Log Drums
and the biggest floor tom on earth, specifically built for this project by Remo

These are just a few of the gems in this collection.

Quantam Leap VOICES OF PASSION

Female Vocalists from Wales, Syria, India, Bulgaria and America
VOICES OF PASSION is a virtual instrument of Female Vocalists from Wales, Syria, India, Bulgaria and America. Ethereal, Passionate, Flowing, Mysterious, Wailing and Whispering vocals for Film, TV and Game composers as well as Songwriters, New Age Artists and Zen Horticulturists. Altos and Sopranos.

VOICES OF PASSION features 5 stunning female artists singing vowels, words, morphing vowels, effects, phrases, calls, whispers and breath noises. This is the first virtual instrument or sample library created specifically for use in the film/TV/game genre. This is also the first virtual instrument or sample library created specifically for use in ambient or new age genre.

VOICES OF PASSION is the first virtual instrument to feature true legato intervals. The Middle Eastern and Indian phrases are presented in a construction kit format allowing users to create very long consistent performances.

QUICK FACTS:
* Produced by QUANTUM LEAP producer NICK PHOENIX
* Approximately 8 gigabytes of vocals
Female Vocalists from Wales, Syria, India, Bulgaria and America
* All singers recorded with great attention paid towards pitch
Oo, oh and ah true legato intervals
* Over 1000 ethnic phrases with a great deal of passion
* Phrase generator for Welsh vocals
* Expressive samples, non vibrato, delayed vibrato
* Ethereal style, breathy vocals
* New Age vocal performances, staccato and swells

Silver Pro Bundle

CONTAINS BOTH EWQLSO SILVER EDITION AND EWQLSO SILVER PRO XP!
he SILVER EDITION BUNDLE of the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA is a very cost effective, high quality virtual orchestra that will revolutionize the way you write music. It includes all sections of the orchestra plus solo instruments, choirs, organs, and an incredible Steinway Grand piano. Recorded by Grammy award-winning classical engineer Prof. Keith O. Johnson in a $125 million concert hall, the SILVER EDITION BUNDLE renders stunningly realistic performances of your compositions. Use it as a plugin or a standalone application; it's perfect for the project studio or laptop musician.

Beyond the orchestra's phenomenal recording quality is its ability to breathe life into the virtual world, creating a real space and filling it with sound.

Why a concert hall? Because that's where orchestral instruments sound best!

The SILVER PRO XP expansion included in the SILVER EDITION BUNDLE features the revolutionary QLegato technology among its many articulation choices, enabling you to create unprecedentedly smooth connected lines at fast or slow speeds with the strings, woodwinds, and brass.

Either as a standalone application or as a plugin in your favorite sequencing or notation program, this comprehensive virtual orchestra will truly transport you into the maestro's chair.