The East West Silk and RA PLAY Edition Bundle features Silk Ethnic and RA PLAY Edition Virtual Instrument Software.
The East West Silk Ethnic Virtual Instrument is a collection of historic and unique string and woodwind instruments from China, Persia and India.
East West Quantum Leap Silk (CLON) features multi-sampled instruments with extreme attention to detail offering the maximum in expression. Quantum Leap Silk contains extensive articulations, interval sampling, round robin (alternate samples), legato scripting and phrases to give the feeling of smooth effortless performance.
Each musician recorded for SILK is a master of his instrument, providing the best and most accurate sound available. East West Silk also allows users to adapt the instruments using dozens of useful micro tunings in the key of their choice. This microtuning system is the first of it's kind and a true breakthrough.
The East West Quantum Leap Silk Main Features Include:
- From China: erhu (bowed string), zhonghu (bowed string), jinhu (bowed string), pipa (string), guzheng (string), yangqin (string), sheng (accordion), suona low (brass), suona high (brass), dizi low (wind), dizi hi (wind), xiao (wind) and bawu (wind)
- From Persia: electric cello (bowed string), kemenche (bowed string), nay (wind), duduk (wind), tar (string), qanun (string), 30 piece string section (bowed string)
- From India: dilruba (bowed string), sarod (string), tanpura (string), bansuri (wind)
- Produced by multi-Award Winning Quantum Leap producer NICK PHOENIX
- Incredibly detailed Silk Road instruments from China, Persia and India
- 25 gig instrument
- 20 gigs of multi-samples including legato interval sampling
- 5 gigs of authentic performances
- Master musicians recorded at East West Studios and Capitol Studios, using vintage Neumann microphones, Neve consoles and Meitner converters
- East West PLAY 32 bit/64 bit interface features state of the art convolution reverb, scripting and new revolutionary micro-tuning system
- Recorded at EAST WEST STUDIOS and CAPITOL STUDIOS
The East West Silk Ethnic Virtual Instrument Minimum System Requirements:
- 25 GB Free Hard Disc Space
- DVD Drive
- iLok Security Key Required
- MAC: G5 or Intel Processor, 2GB RAM, Mac OS 10.4 or higher, DVD drive
- PC: P4 2.5Ghz or faster, 2GB RAM, Windows XP SP 2 or Vista, sound card with ASIO drivers, DVD drive
The East West RA PLAY Edition Virtual Instrument Software provides composers with access to a variety of rare and unique instruments from Africa, Europe, India, the Americas and Australia, the Far East, and the Middle East and Turkish Empires. .
With East West RA Play musicians will find that RA has an amazing sound quality and they’ll marvel at the articulation of each instrument which has a wide range that goes from controlled to expressive. All of the instruments and ensembles featured in the collection were sampled extensively as a means of preserving the true character and expression of each instrument. For the first time with the Quantum Leap Ra Play, users will have more control over the sounds offered in the collection along with the ability to load even more instruments than ever before.
East East RA-Play was recorded with a phase accurate 8-mic setup that gives a complete 3 dimensional image of the instrument. It is this type of sound that takes to artificial or sampled reverb extremely well. The sound is clear and broad. Mics used were Neumann U67 (U47s as alternates), Neuman M50, AKG C12 and Shoepps.
The East West RA-PLAY Main Features Include:
- Intelligent performance section including portamento, repetition, legato
- Features round robin reset
- Offers improved articulation window and controls
- State-of-the-art convolution reverb with pre-delay
- Improved micro-tuning
- Improved sound quality with high-resolution audio engine
- Hi-fidelity one pole filter for natural cross-fades
- Stereo image editing is now possible using channel sourcing
- The instruments featured in the PLAY Editions are newly-programmed for PLAY from the original recordings
- Supported Formats: AU, VST, Standalone
The East West RA-PLAY System Requirements:
- 14 GB Free Hard Disc Space
- DVD Drive
- iLok Security Key Required
- MAC: G5 or Intel Processor, 2GB RAM, Mac OS 10.4 or higher, DVD drive
- PC: P4 2.5Ghz or faster, 2GB RAM, Windows XP SP 2 or Vista, sound card with ASIO drivers, DVD drive
East West Quantum Leap Silk and RA PLAY Edition Bundle (code 62581)
UXB Includes EWQL Silk and RA Play Edition Ethnic Virtual Instruments
£469.99 (inc vat)