In the August, 2006 issue of KEYBOARD MAGAZINE, their reviewers conducted a ORCHESTRAL LIBRARY ROUNDUP of orchestral libraries from the top sound developers, and here was their conclusion ... "Across the board Pro XP's samples have a fatness to them that other libraries don't quite capture. Ultimately, the level of warmth and detail in the recordings, multiple mic perspectives, flexible ensemble sizes, and wide range of articulations make Pro XP an obvious choice for anyone whose goal is to produce ultra-realistic MIDI mockups." - KEYBOARD (Orchestral Library Roundup)

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* YOU MUST OWN THE ORIGINAL PLATINUM EDITION TO USE PLATINUM PRO XP.
* THE PRO XP VERSIONS DO NOT SUPPORT MAC OS-9 OR WIN-98.

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Can EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP improve on the most critically acclaimed, most award winning virtual orchestra ever produced? Quite simply: YES! Presenting the PLATINUM PROFESSIONAL EXPANSION (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 gigabytes (incl. the original platinum edition) 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.

PLATINUM PRO XP 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.

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 brand new audio demos (available as MP3 or WAV formats) that can be found by selecting the 'demos' button above.

PRO XP REVIEW QUOTES
"I’ve been using Pro XP for several months now, and it took me a while to get over the overwhelming number of instruments and articulations and start making music. This feeling is understandable, given the size and scope of the library. The end result is that I now have a palette that inspires and resonates with me. Few libraries are capable of covering so much musical territory in quite a satisfying way. Pro XP lives up the excellent standards set by the original Symphonic Orchestra. Where programming and playability is concerned, Pro XP takes things to an even higher level, providing composers and musicians with one of the most expressive, life-like, and adept virtual orchestra to date. In short, they took an already great library and made it even better." - KEYBOARD

"For those looking for a big, cinematic orchestral sound, Symphonic Orchestra always had the wow factor. With it's new full instrumentation, additional 'chamber' sections, and a more comprehensive menu of performance styles, the library is now capable of doing justice to old classical repertoire and new scores alike. Unashamedly designed with Hollywood in mind, the original library's showy exterior may have seemed like a little brash to some, but now the precocious three-year-old child star is showing every sign of maturing into a durable class act. With the release of Pro XP, the Symphonic Orchestra has come of age. The sound quality is uniformly excellent." - SOUND ON SOUND

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"I compose music for feature films. I come from a classical background and my music is primarily for the orchestra with additional electronic elements when appropriate. When I compose, I have a full orchestra loaded into samplers. The cost of it really isn't an issue for me, because when I need to do the orchestral mock-ups I need to have the best sounding, most expressive orchestral instruments I can find. The big issue I have had with orchestral sample libraries in the past has been the way they were recorded. Most of them were close mic'ed and not in a proper environment for an orchestra. No matter how much reverb you put on those recordings, they never sound good. The EWQLSO recordings are excellent and sound the way a real orchestra sounds in a hall or sound stage. The sounds are inspiring to play because they sound so good. Simply put: EWQLSO is now the best sounding orchestral library on the market!" - DAVID NEWMAN.

DAVID NEWMAN has written the music for more than 100 motion pictures. Nominated for an Academy Award® for his score for Anastasia, Newman has composed music for such films as Ice Age, Heathers, How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days, Other People's Money, Galaxy Quest, The Freshman, Cat in the Hat, Daddy Day Care, The Nutty Professor, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Life or Something Like It, The Affair of the Necklace, Dr. Doolittle 2, Honeymoon in Vegas, Are We There Yet? and most recently, Monster-In-Law and the upcoming Serenity which opened on September 30. Newman has enjoyed a longstanding working relationship with director Danny DeVito, having scored the films The War of the Roses, Hoffa, Death to Smoochy, Duplex, Matilda, and Throw Momma From the Train. Newman is the son of legendary composer Alfred Newman, brother of composer Thomas Newman and cousin of Randy Newman. He most recently conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a series of concerts where he performed music from classic films about Los Angeles. In addition, his classical-music composition “Songs of My Father” which is based of themes of his father’s, was commissioned and performed this year by the Indianapolis Symphony.

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PRO XP USER COMMENTS FROM THE EASTWEST FORUM
"There are a lot of orchestral libraries on the market, but EWQLSO PRO XP is the only one I really trust sonically for finished products. When I heard a score I had done using EWQLSO played in a movie theater, I couldn't believe how great it sounded over those massive speakers!"

"It's difficult to describe my enthusiasm about Gold XP in one sentence. The FX patches, the qlegato and inclusion of all the platinum articulations has made this the number one library for me. Don't know what else to say; I'm your biggest fan. Just keep doing what you are doing."

"As a composer working in the computer games industry, Im often working to tight deadlines and turnaround times. I couldnt meet my schedule without a library like EWQLSO. It sounds first class, right out of the box, and I find I dont need to do any panning or EQing - trying to make instruments sit in the mix."

"The Platinum XP library has improved the sound of my productions 1000%. The emotional quality of the samples make my compositions sing and really show how much sweat and love were put into the creation of the library."

"As choir director, I need an orchestral sample set that exudes realism and impact, since our broadcasts cover the globe by radio and internet...I'm pleased to report that Pro XP fits the bill quite exquisitely!" "EWQLSO, not only your orchestra, it is also your personal sound engineer!"

"While it's not exactly miraculous these days to have access to good orchestral samples, it seems nothing short of miraculous to me to have this level of quality and realism available at my fingertips. There is simply no other library - at any price - that compares with the overall sound, usability and capability of EWQLSO. And of course the "Pro" expansions take the product so far into the next realm that the competition might as well pack up and go home!"

Strings

3 Cellos

Sus Vib mp

Sus Vib f heavy vib

flautando nv

4 Violins

Sus Vib mp

Sus Vib f heavy vib

flautando nv

10 Cellos

Qlegato mp

Qlegato F

Marcato short FFF ugly x2

Spiccato up Down

Sordino mp med vib

Sordino mf heavy vib

Col Legno chromatic

Sul Ponticello tremolo

Bartok Pizz

Oct up to sus vib

10 Violas

Pizz P

Pizz MF

Pizz F

Qlegato MP

Qlegato MF

Sul Ponticello near bridge tremolo

Col Legno chromatic

Sordino MP med vib

Sordino MF heavy vib

1/2 step trill

Whole step trill

Tremolo F

Spiccato up down

Machine Gun x17 1 bar at 120 BPM

Flautando legato

Bartok Pizz

oct up to sus vib

11 Violins

Qlegato P

Qlegato F

Sordino MP med vib

Sordino MF heavy vib

Harmonics false

Staccato Up Down P x2

Marcato 2 sec heavy vib especially high up

Sul ponticello (near bridge) tremolo

Flautando legato

Tremolo f

Col Legno chromatic

Pendereki bridge and normal stac and long

Whole step trills VERY slow cluster FX

Static Clusters 3 low, med, high

Spiccato Up Down

Machine Gun Rep x17 1 bar at 120 BPM

Octave slide up fast to sus mf 2 sec bow

Octave slide down fast to sus mf 2 sec

5th slide up to 4 sec sus heavy vib F

5th slide down to 4 sec sus heavy vib F

Psycho FX 1- 2 1/2 steps up fast (3 notes)

Psycho FX 4- minor third half step up fast

Psycho FX 6- 3 1/2 steps down fast

fast 1 sec nv 1 full bow F

scratch fx

18 Violins

Qlegato mp

Qlegato f

spiccato up down x 2

octave up mf fast to 1 sec sus bow on string

octave down mf fast to 1 sec sus

Pendereki

Bartok Pizz

Harp

C D E F# G# Bb maj gliss up slow

maj gliss up fast

maj gliss down slow

maj gliss down fast

maj up down slow, fast

6 gliss up slow

6 gliss up fast

6 gliss down slow

6 gliss down fast

6 up down slow, fast

dominant 9 up slow

dominant 9 up fast

dominant 9 down slow

dominant 9 down fast

dominant 9 up down slow, fast

wholetone stuff C

wholetone stuff C#

Scary Effect in C

Solo Cello

Sul Tasto 2 bows

Qlegato F 3 bows

Pizzicato MP

Pizzicato MF

Col Legno chromatic

Octave Slides Up to sus 2 sec mp

Pizzicato F

Creaks

Solo Contrabass

Sus Vib mp

Sus Vib f

Martele Short Up Down mp

Martele Short Up Down f

Martele short up down mf

Col Legno chromatic

Exp fast mf

Spiccato Up Down F

1 sec full bow stroke nv

Pizz mp

Pizz mf

Pizz F

Exp long subtle mp

Marcato FFF short

Solo Viola

Sus Vib mp 2 bows

Sus Vib f 2 bows

Qlegato mp 3 bows

Marcato FF short

Martele short Up Down x4 MF

Col Legno chromatic

Pizz mp

Pizz mf

Pizz f

Exp subtle soft long

Exp medium cresc 2 bows

Spiccato Up Down MP

Sus NV MF with fast atk

Exp fast cres romantic

1 sec full bow stroke up down nv

1/2 step trills

Whole step trills

Octave up to sus vib

Solo Violin

Qlegato MP 3 bows

Qlegato F 3 bows

Pizzicato P

Pizzicato MF

Pizzicato F

Spiccato Up Down

Marcato short FF nv

Subtle exp P leg light vib no swell

Octave slide up to 2 sec sus mp bow on string

Octave slide down to 2 sec sus mp

5th slide up to 2 sec heavy vib F

Col legnochromatic

1/2 step trills

whole step trills

120 bpm machine gun x17

Woodwinds

Bass Clarinet

Sus NV mf to go in between last time

Portato 3 second mp

Qlegato mp

Qlegato mf

Keyclicks

English Horn

2 dark and beautiful

Sus Vib mp smooth fast atk delay vib

Portato nv mp

Exp subtle mp atk

Qlegato mp

Qlegato mf

Exp mf lyrical miroslav

1/2 step trills

Whole step trills

Staccato mp

Staccato mf

Staccato F

grace notes

Concert Flute

very short staccato mp

very short staccato mf

very short staccato f

short staccato overblown

1/2 step trills

Whole step trills

Qlegato mp

Qlegato f

Psycho 2 1/2 steps down fast FF x2

sus nv p

Octave run up fast F

Octave Run down fast F

Octave run up and down fast F

Sforzando Exp

Piccolo Flute

NV p

Qlegato mf vib

Psycho 2 1/2 step down fast

Rips up 5th FFF squeak fast x2

Rips up 3rd FFF squeak fast x2

octave up fast

octave down fast

octave up down fast

Rips up 2 half steps

Solo Bassoon

mp vibrato with atk

Qlegato mf

1/2 step trills

Whole step trills

Solo Clarinet

Qlegato mp

Qlegato mf

Portato subtle 3 seconds mp

1/2 Step trills

Whole step trills

Exp very quick lyrical bump 2 sec sus

Octave up fast

Octave down fast

Octave up down fast

keyclicks

Octave up fast slur

grace notes

Solo Oboe

Qlegato mp

Qlegato f

soft exp with slight swell

key clacks

Brass

2 Bb Trumpets

Mute Sus mp

Mute Sus f

Mute Staccato mp x 4

Mute Staccato f x4

Mute Rips

Mute Cresc to flutter 3 sec

VERY short staccato mp x6

VERY short staccato mf x6

VERY short staccato ff x6

Machine Gun x17 1 bar at 120 BPM

Sus mp

Sus mf

Sus fff

Portato 3 sec mf subtle cresc decres

Cresc to ff 1 sec

Cresc to ff 2 sec

Marcato mf

Marcato f

Qlegato mp

Qlegato mf

1/2 step trills f

Whole step trills f

Octave Up to sus 3 sec

Octave Down to sus 3 sec

crazy fx

4 Bass Bones

Mute Sus mp

Mute Sus f

Mute staccato mp x2

Mute staccato mf x2

Mute cresc 2 sec to flutter

Sus FFF

Portato 3 sec subtle cres decres mp

Portato 3 sec subtle cres decres f

Bend downs 1/2 step Mummy

stac fff x 3 very short

Marcato 1 sec FF

Marcato 1 sec MF

Clusters mp

4 Tenor Bones

Mute Sus mp

Mute Sus mf

Mute staccato mp x3

Mute staccato mf x3

Mute cresc 2 sec to flutter

Sus FFF

Portato 3 sec subtle cres decres mp

Portato 3 sec subtle cres decres f

Marcato 1 sec FF

Marcato 1 sec MF

Bend downs 1/2 step Mummy

stac fff x 4 very short

Clusters mp long 3 1/2 step chromatic

6 French Horns

Marcato f 1 sec

Stac short mp x2

Stac short mf x2

Stac short f x2

Stac short ff x2

Crescendo P-FF 1 sec

Crescendo P-FF 2 sec

Crescendo P-FF flutter 3 sec

Portato NV 3 sec subtle cresc and decres mp

Portato NV 3 sec subtle cresc and decres f

1/2 Step trills mf

Whole Step lip trills ff

Machine Gun sus x17 1 bar at 120 BPM

Muted Sustain mf

Qlegato mp

Qlegato f typical med bright

Octave up to 3 sec sus MF

Octave down to 3 sec sus MF

clusters like the shining some stay on pitch others go down whole tone

cluster cresc like ewqlso 1

1/2 step bend downs like the village

Matrix Hell

Clusters

Piccolo trumpet

Sus mp

Sus f

Stac mp x2

Stac f x2

1/2 step trills

Whole step trills

Marcato mf

Solo Bass Bone

Sus fff

Portato 3 sec mf

Portato 3 sec f

Marcato f 1 sec

Stac mp

Stac mf

Stac ff

Solo Bb Trumpet 2

Sus NV mp

Sus NV mf

Sus NV ff

Stac short mp x8

Stac short mf x8

Stac short ff x8

Crescendo NV P-FF 1 sec

Crescendo NV P-FF 2 sec

Crescendo NV P-FF flutter 3 sec

Portato NV 2 sec subtle cresc and decresc mp

Portato NV 2 sec decresc mf atk

Portato NV 2 sec decresc f atk

Sus SLOW VIB MP 2 sec delay decres vib fade

Qlegato mp NV

Qlegato mf NV

Qlegato mp slow immediate vib

Qlegato mf slow immediate vib

Sus NV marcato 1 sec (long stac) MF

Sus NV marcato 1 sec (long stac) FF

Octave Up sus

Octave Up gliss stac F

3 note fall chromatic

Solo Horn

Staccato short p

Staccato short mp

Staccato short mf

Qlegato mp

Qlegato mf-f

Staccato short FF

Solo Tenor Bone

Sus fff

Stac fff

Portato 3 sec mf

Marcato f 1 sec

Qlegato MP

Qlegato F

Mute sus mp

Mute sus f

Solo Tuba

Sus FF

Mute Sus F

Marcato 1 sec MF

Marcato 1 sec FF

Portato 3 sec MF

Stac FFFF short

Percussion

Celeste 2 vel + rel

Marimba 3 vel

Sleigh bells 2 kinds

Wood Blocks 8 different blocks multi vel

2 different Triangle open mute trem

Larger Anvil

puilli sticks 2 types

Waterphone 50 variations

Rub Rods

Tambourine high pitch

Steel Plates

Taikos

Slapsticks

Mahler Hammer

small guiro

Wind machine

Harpsichord

Artillery Shells

Washboard

5 ft gong fx

37" Tam Tam fx

18" Zildjian Roll

26" Zildjian Roll

26" Zildjian Crash fx

Large Roto Toms

Timpani

Med hard mallet 16 vel left hand

Med hard mallet rolls constant loopable F

Soft mallet 4 vel from medium to FF

FREE STEINWAY GRAND PIANO
The full version of the EASTWEST STEINWAY B GRAND PIANO is included in this release.

70 GB Free Hard Disc Space (138 GB with the original edition), DVD Drive

* PLEASE NOTE: THE PRO XP VERSIONS DO NOT SUPPORT MAC OS-9 OR WIN-98.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (for Native Instruments software)

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

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

OS 10.2.6* or higher, G4 733, 1 GB RAM

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

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 virtual instrument.

COMPATIBILITY

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

MAC (VST®2.0, ASIO™, Soundmanager™, OMS™, Audio Units™, Core Audio™, RTAS™)

*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).

PLEASE NOTE: ORIGINAL PLATINUM EDITION IS REQUIRED TO USE THIS EXPANSION

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

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