EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP "PLATINUM EDITION" was 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 virtual instrument eclipses all others with the highest level of fidelity and realism.

EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP "PLATINUM EDITION" was 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 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.

Currently in use by the who's who of the composing world, the PLATINUM EDITION demonstrates the level of commitment by EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP to reproducing the pure beauty of orchestral acoustic instruments in the space they were designed for, and we invite you to experience the reverence that drives their obsession by listening to the audio demos (available as MP3 or WAV formats) that can be found by selecting the 'demos' button above.

Download the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
"VERSION COMPARISON CHART" pdf HERE

Volumes in this series -

SILVER EDITION,SILVER PRO XP
GOLD EDITION,GOLD PRO XP
PLATINUM EDITION,PLATINUM PRO XP

Keyboard Magazine KEY BUY award

EQ Magazine EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY award

Computer Music Magazine PERFORMANCE award

G.A.N.G. (Game Audio Network Guild) BEST SOUND LIBRARY award

REVIEW QUOTES

"IT'S SYMPH-LY THE BEST - 10 OUT OF 10" - COMPUTER MUSIC (PERFORMANCE AWARD)

"This is by far the most lush, beautiful sounding commercially released orchestra library to date. Simply stunning." - KEYBOARD (KEY BUY AWARD)

"A big, bountiful, powerful, expressive, sonically superior collection of top-quality orchestral sounds, recorded in a first-class concert hall, played, recorded and programmed by expert practitioners, waiting to burst into life in your compositions" - SOUND ON SOUND

"EWQLSO is a major success and I really enjoyed working with it. The production room and recording gave it a great finished sound out of the box. The "room" sound and reverb trails can't be matched, even with the best convolution reverbs available. Anyone interested in adding sampled orchestral sounds to their productions would have to consider this terrific library" - MIX

“The EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA samples are now the core of my template. No other orchestral samples have achieved this level of realism and fidelity. I can actually hear my compositions come together as I write them, because EWQLSO has the sound of a world class orchestra, right out of the box. It's a whole new world. I’m loving it!” - DAVID NEWMAN (Award Winning Composer of over 100 films)

“As the musical director and keyboard player for Paul McCartney I need to use the best orchestral sounds available and I have found them in the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA Sample Library.” - WIX WICKENS (Musical Director/Keyboards - PAUL McCARTNEY)

“With millions attending CIRQUE DU SOLEIL shows each year, we demand the very best music creation tools available - and like an exquisite fine wine, the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA is not just a bunch of fake sounding samples, but a REAL ORCHESTRA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! - RENÉ DUPÉRÉ (Composer - CIRQUE DU SOLEIL)

"This is a beautifully recorded (and expensive sounding!) orchestra and to have it at your fingertips at the compositional level is quite remarkable and that is before you even consider the way you are able to shift and blend microphone positions to suit the mood of the job in hand. Virtual is not a word I use very often but the Symphonic Orchestra is virtually perfect!" - PAUL HARTNOLL - ORBITAL

"EWQLSO is a must-have product for the professional orchestral composer" - THE GUIDE TO MIDI ORCHESTRATION

"A moment or two with the manual is enough to convince anyone with an interest in recording techniques that this is a very serious undertaking. Talk about going the whole nine yards: these guys are purists to the point of obsession. I can't compare this to every orchestral sample library on the market but if there's a better one I'll be amazed." - SOUNDGENERATOR.COM (June 2004)

"In short, this is a staggering library, and it is a rare treat that we see such a well planned and thought out product come to fruition in this way. The recording quality is simply exquisite." - MUSIC4GAMES.NET (July 2004)

Above and below are demos created using sounds from the four volumes of EWQLSO (non orchestral instruments come from other libraries). No processing, effects, or reverb was added to any of these demos, the ambience you hear (which is totally user controllable) is the real ambience of the concert hall EWQLSO was recorded in. If you have a fast connection, we strongly recommend downloading the 24-bit .wav files below. To play them select CLICK HERE. To download them (recommended) right-click (Windows) or option click (Mac).

The first demo "Percussion" is a .zip file that contains all 3 mic positions (close, stage, and hall). You can import all 3 files into your audio sequencer or hard disk recorder and mix them to experience the ambient and tonal control that is provided for every sample in each volume of the library - plus, you can clearly hear the Concert Hall's incredible acoustics!

"Percussion" (all 3 mic positions) - (T. Bergersen). To download it CLICK HERE (78.2Mb 24bit .zip file)
"Bird, A Short Lived Life" - (T. Bergersen). To download it CLICK HERE (42.47Mb 24bit .wav file)
"The Planets (Mars)" - (Holst - Midi/Orch T. Bergersen). To download CLICK HERE (34.6Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Cartoon" - (D. Marsden). To download it CLICK HERE (29.5Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Underneath The Sea" - (T. Bergersen). To download it CLICK HERE (35.4Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Celebration" - (T. Bergersen). To download it CLICK HERE (31.3Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Death Creek" - (M. Spruijt). To download it CLICK HERE (38.7Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Galaxy" - (N. Phoenix). To download it CLICK HERE (10.7Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Combat" - (D. Govett). To download it CLICK HERE (12Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Captain Black's Compass" - (N. Phoenix). To download it CLICK HERE (17.5Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Finding The Treasure" - (T. Bergersen). To download it CLICK HERE (33.7Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Tunnelling" - (M. Spruijt). To download it CLICK HERE (38.4Mb 24bit .wav file)
"Into The Darkness" - (N. Phoenix). To download it CLICK HERE (25.6Mb 24bit .wav file)

This "virtual repositioning of the listener" in a concert hall environment offers a surprising amount of tonal control, virtually eliminating the need for EQ; and the ambient control, using any combination of these three stereo tracks, eliminates the need for artificial reverb (which usually sounds artificial).

You can create the sound "you" want. With other orchestral libraries, you get what they give you, and apart from adding reverb and EQ, you have virtually no control over the sound of the instruments. The control of tonality and ambience in the EASTWEST / QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA enables each user to "design" the sound of the orchestra to suit the work that is being created - no other orchestral collection offers this!

Use the stage mics for a typical big Hollywood sound; boost certain instruments by adding a hint of the close mics; add in the hall surround mics to create a surround sound mix, or to add natural hall reverb. Finally, you can say goodbye to lifeless, dry studio recordings.

In addition to this unprecedented control of tonality and ambience; the real ambience of the hall, combined with the automatic sample switching of up and down strokes that is built into the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS audio engine and interface (included with each volume of the library), has virtually eliminated the "machine gun" effect when playing fast repetitions.

All of the players were recorded in position. All of the instruments and sections were chromatically sampled, with multiple dynamics, with extremely dynamic and expressive articulations, and although the library is huge, it has been programmed to be "extremely easy to use". For example, an efficient method of composing would be to use just the "close mics" or the "stage mics" during the composition stage, adding a combination of the three stereo pairs to adjust ambience and tonality in the final mixing stage.

The EASTWEST / QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA was produced by Doug Rogers from EASTWEST and Nick Phoenix from QUANTUM LEAP, who collectively have received over 30 international awards for sample libraries they have created.

NO SAMPLER REQUIRED!

Each volume comes as a VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT which includes a high-performance NATIVE INSTRUMENTS interface powered by the efficient KONTAKT audio engine, including Direct-from-Disk*, for Mac and PC (*With freely-downloadable Direct-from-Disk extension).

Each VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT in the collection combines intuitive handling with excellent sound quality, and functions as a plug-in instrument, without the need for a sampler.

For the sonically adventureous, many sound shaping tools have been built in to the interface. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give a wealth of creative possibilities. Integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects are also provided.

Direct from Disk playback easily handles large samples beyond available RAM (which is assignable).

Professional sound quality with advanced 32-bit processing; eight-part multitimbrality and 256 voice polyphony allow for lush arrangements. The clean and intuitive interface never lets the technology get in the way of your creativity. All important instrument parameters can be immediately adjusted without the need to page, scroll, or fumble through a manual.

18 Violins -

expressive vibrato p, f

expressive vibrato slow p, f

straight vibrato p, mf, ff upstroke, ff downstroke

lyrical vibrato slow, fast attack

legato vibrato p, mf, f

sordino expressive mp, mf

sordino fast mp, mf

sliding sustain, slow, medium ,fast and imperceptible speeds

non-vibrato p, mf

tremolo 1 & 2

pizzicato, p, mp, mf, f

martele up and down

short martele up and down

marcato short, medium and long

effects

11 Violins -

expressive vibrato dimuendo p, f

expressive vibrato p, f

lyrical vibrato p, f

straight vibrato p, mf, ff

legato vibrato p, mf, f

glissando short, long

trill half step

trill whole step

spiccato

martele up and down

short martele up and down

marcato short and long

10 Cellos -

expressive vibrato, slow and fast attack

straight vibrato p, mf, ff

legato vibrato p, mf, f

sordino, slow, medium and fast attack

crescendo long

sforzando long

pizzicato, p, mp, mf, f

non vibrato

portato short and long

trill half step

trill whole step

tremolo

martele up and down mf, f

short martele up and down mf, f

effects

10 Violas -

expressive vibrato p, f

expressive vibrato slow p, f

straight vibrato p, mf, ff

legato vibrato p, mf, f

martele up and down mf, f

short martele up and down mf, f

marcato short and long

9 Basses -

expressive vibrato, slow and fast

straight vibrato p, mf, f, ff upstroke, ff downstroke

legato vibrato p, mf, f

crescendo long

sforzando short

pizzicato, p, mp, mf, f

martele up and down mf, f

short martele up and down mf, f

marcato short

portato

tremolo

bow slaps

effects

Solo Violin -

expressive vibrato 1, 2, 3

crescendo

slide

vibrato, p, mf, f

non- vibrato legato, p, f

martele up and down

marcato

Solo Cello -

expressive sustain 1, 2

sforzando

slide

vibrato legato, p, mf, f

non- vibrato legato, mf

martele up and down

marcato f

Harp -

mp, mf, f

roll finger, mp

harmonics

3 Flutes -

vibrato p, mf ,f

non-vibrato mf

expressive vibrato

trill half-step

trill whole step

glissando, long and short

grace notes

staccato

C Flute -

vibrato mp, f

non-vibrato mf

expressive vibrato 1 and 2

staccato p, mf, f

flutter

grace notes

falls

3 Oboes -

vibrato mp, f

non-vibrato mf

expressive vibrato mp, mf

staccato p, mf, f

trill half step

trill whole step

grace notes

Solo Oboe -

vibrato mp, f

non -vibrato mf

expressive vibrato 1 and 2

staccato p, mf, f

trill half step

trill whole step

falls

octave runs

glissando

grace notes

Alto Flute -

vibrato mf

expressive vibrato 1 and 2

non-vibrato mf

staccato p, mf, f

glissando

Piccolo Flute -

vibrato mp, f

expressive vibrato

staccato mp, f

glissando

trill half step

trill whole step

English Horn -

vibrato mp, f

expressive vibrato 1 and 2

non-vibrato mf

staccato p, mf, f

falls

octave runs

glissando

grace notes

Bassoon -

vibrato mf

non-vibrato mf

expressive vibrato 1,2 and 3

portato

staccato, p, mf, f

glissando

Contra-Bassoon -

vibrato mp, f

expressive vibrato

non- vibrato mf

portato

staccato mp, f

glissando

grace notes

3 Clarinets -

non-vibrato mp, f

staccato p, mf, f

Solo Clarinet -

non-vibrato mf

expressive non-vibrato 1 and 2

portato

staccato p, mf, f

Bass Clarinet -

non-vibrato mp, f

expressive non-vibrato

portato

staccato mp, f

glissando

6 French Horns -

sustain p, mp, mf, f, fff

staccato p, mf, f, fff

long staccato fff

portato, mf, fff

portato sfz, mf, fff

sforzando f

legato slides, short and long

legato p, mp, mf, f, fff

rips, short 1 and 2, and long

shakes

stop mutes

Solo Horn -

sustain, p, mf.ff

staccato p, mf, ff

portato, mf, ff

sforzando f

4 Trumpets NV -

sustain mp, mf, ff

sustain accent mp, mf, ff

legato mp, mf, ff

staccato, mp, mf, ff

sforzando short

forte-piano

slides fast and slow

Solo Trumpet (C) -

expressive vibrato 1 ,2 and 3

non-vibrato mp, mf, ff

staccato double tongue position 1 p, mf, ff

staccato double tongue position 2 p, mf, ff

sforzando

portato

slides fast and slow

4 Bass/Tenor Bones -

sustain p, mf, ff

sustain accent p, mf, ff

staccato p, mf, ff

portato

sforzando

flutter tongue

crescendo short, medium and long

Solo Bass/Tenor Bone -

sustain p, mf, ff

staccato p, mf, f, fff

3 Wagner Tuben -

sustain mp, f

sustain accent mf

portato fff

rips

Solo Tuba -

sustain mp, f

sforzando

staccato, mp, mf, ff

5 Timpani with Calf Heads

2 Bass Drums

4 Snares

5 Concert Toms

Funeral Drum

Tenor Drum

Field Drum

4 Anvils

Vibes

Crotales

Glockenspiel

Xylophone

6 Suspended Cymbals

6 Cymbal pairs

Band Cymbal

5 ft. Gong

4 ft. Gong

2 Normal Gongs

Bell Tree

Mark Tree

Orchestral Chimes

Triangle

Lots of toys

Prof. Keith O. Johnson has spent over 30 years developing a reputation for innovative thinking, technical achievement and musicianship which has elevated him to a position in the audio industry occupied by only a handful of visionaries. His intensive investigation of electronic behavior and acoustic perception have led most recently to his development (with digital engineer Michael Pflaumer) of the revolutionary High Definition Compatible Digital encoding process, produced and marketed by Pacific Microsonics (recently acquired by Microsoft). HDCD is widely considered to be the most accurate recording process ever invented.

His 90-plus recordings have long been considered the standard for high fidelity, and include two GRAMMY award-winners and eight additional GRAMMY nominations.

SOME REVIEWS OF HIS RECORDINGS -

"Its sonic quality is most impressive in stereo spread, depth, presence, and resolution of detail, with rock-solid image stability, in a spacious ambiance -- a demonstration-quality recording if there ever was one." --McKelvey, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

"This may be some of the best sound Keith Johnson has ever gotten out of Symphony Hall in Minneapolis, and certainly Oue's most convincing work with the Minnesota players, who sound for all the world more like the Philadelphia than that orchestra does these days . . . how Johnson got that huge climax at the end of the Dances cleanly onto tape transcends engineering and goes into the realm of magic." -- Harry Pearson, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

"Once again, Keith Johnson has raised the bar of excellence in the recording of a symphony orchestra. . . It's a fabulous recording and a super performance of the SYMPHONIC DANCES, and a testament to the brilliance of Keith Johnson and his associates." -- Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia.com

"Keith Johnson's engineering, mastering and production have, in this case, produced the finest orchestral recording I have ever heard. It is instantly among that handful of CDs I will carry with me to audition sound systems, or that I will play to show off my own. Listening to this recording is one of those exultant musical experiences that will remind you why you got into the audiophile game in the first place." -- Russell Lichter, Soundstage.com

"I recommend it highly to those who love the sound of the symphony orchestra in all its glory, and to those who love to show off what their audio systems can do when asked to reproduce first-class orchestral showpieces."" - Karl Nehring, THE SENSIBLE SOUND

"Stunning audiophile sonics...the clarity, transparency, and firm definition of individual orchestral timbres are unequaled in my listening experience." -- Lawrence A. Johnson, FANFARE

"These people really know how to record an orchestra." -- Richard Freed, WETA Radio

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -

GRAMMY NOMINATION, 2002 ("Best Engineered, Classical"):

RESPIGHI (RR-95) was engineered by Keith O. Johnson using HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) technology, which he co-invented. It was produced by J. Tamblyn Henderson, Jr., 1998 Grammy nominee for Best Classical Producer. Recording sessions with Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra were in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, September 28-29, 1999; the release date was March 14, 2000.

Earlier GRAMMY-nominated titles:

MALCOLM ARNOLD OVERTURES (London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer), RR-48

BOLERO (Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-92

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring, The Song of the Nightingale, The Firebird Suite (Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-70

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-81

GRAMMY WINNER:

CHICAGO PRO MUSICA ("Best New Classical Artist'), RR-2102

THE ABSOLUTE SOUND GOLDEN EAR AWARDS:

RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, etc. (Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-96

RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Scheherazade, etc. (Jose Serebrier/London Philharmonic Orchestra), RR-89

THE ACADEMY ADVANCING HIGH PERFORMANCE AUDIO & VIDEO AWARDS

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (Skrowaczewski/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-81

FROM THE AGE OF SWING (Dick Hyman), RR-59

ARNOLD OVERTURES (Arnold/London Philharmonic Orchestra), RR-48

NAIRD "INDY" AWARDS ("Best Original Recording"):br>
RESPIGHI: Belkis, Queen of Sheba, etc. (Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra), RR-95

TRITTICO (Frederick Fennell/Dallas Wind Symphony), RR-52

68 GB Free Hard Disc Space (for the four volume collection - individual volumes are listed separately), DVD Drive

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (for Native Instruments software)

Windows XP/ME/98, Pentium III/Athlon 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM

Mac OS 9.2, OS 10.2.6* or higher, G3 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for Native Instruments software)

Windows XP, P III/Athlon 700 MHz, 1 GB RAM

Mac OS 9.2, OS 10.2.6* or higher, G4 733, 1 GB *Use of this product with an Intel Mac requires Kontakt 2.2 or later (not included).

RAM

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for sound library)

EASTWEST recommends using a fast processor and 2 GB of free RAM or more to optimize the performance of this sound module.

COMPATIBILITY

WIN (VST®2.0, DXi2™, ASIO™, MME™, Direct Sound™)

MAC (VST®2.0, ASIO™, Soundmanager™, OMS™, Audio Units™, Core Audio™, **RTAS™)
(**RTAS is not supported for MAC OS9)

*DFD - Direct from Disk extension from www.soundsonline.com/techsupport.shtml is required.

This product requires registration within 5 days (by web, fax or mail).

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*Use of this product with an Intel Mac requires Kontakt 2.2 or later (not included).

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