EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Edition

EWQLSO PLATINUM is the most critically acclaimed orchestral virtual instrument, with more awards than any other orchestral collection. The Platinum Edition is the top of the line. It's the only complete orchestral virtual instrument recorded in a 'state of the art' concert hall to include 3 mic positions for every sample so you can mix with real concert hall ambience, was recorded by multiple GRAMMY WINNING classical recording engineer PROF. KEITH O. JOHNSON, and was produced by multiple award-winning producers DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX. THE PLATINUM EDITION is used by top professionals and legends such as film composer DAVID NEWMAN, PAUL McCARTNEY, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL composer RENÉ DUPÉRÉ (most of the orchestral sounds in the new half billion dollar Las Vegas production KA are EWQLSO PLATINUM).

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AWARDS

• 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

The EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA was recorded where orchestral instruments sound their most natural - in a ‘state of the art’ Concert Hall.
Listen to the pure beauty of the "critically acclaimed" Symphonic Orchestra and "state of the art" 125 million dollar Concert Hall that were captured, using custom built recording equipment, by audio legend - Prof. Keith O. Johnson - recipient of two GRAMMYS, plus eight additonal GRAMMY nominations for his 90 plus Classical Recordings.

This is the first 24-bit orchestral 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.
A major benefit of this recording philosophy is the tonal control the three simultaneous stereo tracks provide. Users can literally alter the tone and ambience of any instrument or section by incrementally moving out from the close mics, to the stage mics, to the hall mics (an audio zoom) in real-time!

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.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• 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 RAM
• RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for sound library)
  EASTWEST recommends using a fast processor and up to 2 GB of free RAM 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).

INSTRUMENTS AND ARTICULATIONS

STRINGS

• 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

WOODWINDS

• 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

BRASS

• 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

PERCUSSION

• 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

This product can be upgraded to the new eastwest PLAY system by purchasing the Pro XP expansion, which includes PLAY.

More info on Pro XP here. More info on PLAY here.