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EastWest/Quantum Leap has announced the debut of its latest virtual (software) instrument, Hollywood Strings, a collection of string instruments with unprecedented control over sound and performance.

HOLLYWOOD STRINGS has many groundbreaking features not found in any other collection. Finger position is, for the first time, controllable by the user, so you can play as far up the strings as you want, and get a fuller more romantic Hollywood sound. Vibrato intensity and extensive dynamics are controllable by the user. Extensive multi-dynamic true legato has been sampled for all sections in three different categories: slurred, portamento, and bow change. This results in unsurpassed legato performance that has never been available. HOLLYWOOD STRINGS has five user-controllable mic positions, including main pickup (Decca tree), mid pickup, close pickup, surround pickup, and an alternate vintage circa 1945 RCA ribbon room pickup.

Hollywood Strings features

• Articulations
  • Multiple finger positions for all sections including open strings
  • 3 unique styles of legato interval sampling, including never-before-sampled bow change legato, slurred legato, and portamento sliding legato, sampled at 3, 3 and 2 dynamics respectively, all with speed control
  • 5 dynamics of up- and down-bowed sustains
  • Multiple vibrato intensities
  • Up- and down-bowed notes
  • Extensive runs
  • Playable runs
  • Powerful scripting
  • Other articulations: Bartók pizzicato, Col legno, Detaché, Flautando, Harmonics, Marcato, Measured tremolo, On-the-string staccato, Pizzicato, Repetitions, Ricochet, Spiccato, Staccatissmo, Staccato, Sul ponticello tremolo, Tremolo, Trills (major and minor).
• Instrumentation
  All sections were sampled with wide extended ranges including almost 4 octaves for violins.
  • 16 1st Violins (9/7 divisi mode)
  • 14 2nd Violins (8/6 divisi mode)
  • 10 Violas (6/4 divisi mode)
  • 10 Cellos (6/4 divisi mode)
  • 7 Basses (4/3 divisi mode)
• Recording
  • Recorded in the famous EASTWEST STUDIOS 1
  • Neve 8078 mixing console
  • Meitner ADC converters
  • 5 user-mixable microphone positions (use as sound options): Main – Decca tree (Neumann M50s) and Brauner VM1 KHE (Klaus Heyne Edition) outriggers, Mid – Neumann KMi, Neumann KM 254, Sony C37A, Neumann U-47, Close – AKG C12, Neumann U47, Neumann U67, Nordic Audio Labs NU-47, Surround – Neumann KM 83, Alternate Room – Vintage RCA44 Ribbon
• Pricing
  • Diamond Edition – pre-order at $1,495 USD
    All articulations and bowings; Includes five user-controllable optional mic positions; 44.1kHz 24-bit and 16-bit samples; Supplied on hard drive (List price $1,695, scheduled to ship on February 15)
  • Gold Edition – pre-order at $995 USD
    All articulations and bowings, except divisi, bow-change legato, and sordino; Includes single mic position; 44.1kHz 16-bit samples; Supplied on dual-layer DVD (List price $1,195 USD, scheduled to ship on February 26)

Hollywood Strings will be presented at the NAMM Show on January 14, 2010, and a series of tutorials demonstrating the features of the library will then be available from the SoundsOnline website.

More information: Sounds Online / Hollywood Strings

Soundsonline has announced Symphonic Orchestra Free PLAY Edition, a free starter edition of the popular symphonic orchestra virtual instrument by EastWest/Quantum Leap.

Answer a short survey, CLICK HERE, and get a FREE starter version of the most popular professional symphonic orchestra virtual instrument ever made. It works with most sequencer/notation hosts including Ableton Live, Cubase/Nuendo, Digital Performer, Finale, FL Studio, Garageband, Logic, Pro Tools, Sibelius, Sonar, etc. Or you can use it as a standalone application with your music keyboard.

If you like the starter version, you can upgrade to the Gold, Platinum, or Platinum Plus versions. Using the promotional code in your email, CLICK HERE, enter the promotional code and you will see the discounted price. European customers CLICK HERE. This offer expires January 31, 2010.

Of course, if you choose not to upgrade, you get to keep this version which is not time limited, and not copy protected!!

Symphonic Orchestra Free PLAY Edition is available as an instrument plug-in for PC and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS).

More information: Soundsonline

EastWest has released version 1.2.5 of PLAY, the 64-bit sample engine featuring Advanced Streaming Engine (ASE).

Changes in PLAY v1.2.5

• Fix for issue with Nehalem processor in new Mac Pro.
• Logic corrupt fonts bug fixed.
• Pro Tools sticky menus bug fixed.
• Pro Tools blank GUI bug fixed.
• Additional fixes to prevent stuck notes on some hosts.

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EastWest has introduced a number of new instruments at the NAMM show.

Quantum Leap RA – PLAY Edition — Now available with our PLAY’s intuitive custom interface with more control over the sounds offered in the collection along with the ability to load even more instruments than ever before.

“Quite simply, RA is the best collection of world or ethnic sampled instruments I’ve ever used. It ought to be of particular appeal to TV and film composers.” – SOUND ON SOUND

Quantum Leap RA – PLAY Edition will ship January 26, 2009 for $355.50 USD.

Quantum Leap Silk — A collection of historic and unique string and woodwind instruments from China, Persia and India.

Quantum Leap Silk features

• Incredibly detailed Silk Road instruments from China, Persia and India. The most ambitious ethnic instrument ever created.
• 25 gig instrument: 20 gigs of multi-samples and 5 gigs of authentic performances.
• Recorded legato intervals for erhu, zhonghu, jinhu, electric cello, kemenche, duduk, 30 piece string section, dilruba, bansuri.
• Master musicians recorded at East West Studios and Capitol Studios, using vintage Neumann microphones, Neve consoles and Meitner converters.
• New PLAY 32 bit/64 bit interface features state of the art convolution reverb, scripting and new revolutionary micro-tuning system.

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EastWest has launched the PLAY 2-for-1 Special.

Buy one or more PLAY Virtual Instruments between September 5 and October 31, 2008 and get an additional PLAY Virtual Instrument of equal or lesser value FREE!

Eligible products are EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra (PLAY — any edition!), Fab Four, Gypsy, Ministry of Rock, Voices of Passion, EastWest/Quantum Leap Pianos, Goliath, and Stormdrum 2.

The free product has a price that is equal to, or less than, the price you paid for the first product and it will be shipped with the purchased product for online orders (provided both are in stock).

Visit Sounds Online for detailed information on the PLAY 2-for-1 Special.

EastWest is now shipping Xsample Chamber Ensemble, a new library of high quality solo instruments for chamber music and chamber orchestra.

The instruments combine thousands and thousands of sounds clever and easy. You can use very intuitive the big amount of alive and diversified playing styles in live and sequencer situations. Xsample works out an elaborated adaptation for the interface of the notation program Finale of Make Music and Sibelius. Due to the harmonic interacting of the Xsample Instruments and the Human Playback your notated ideas become alive in a musical interpreted manner.

Xsample Chamber Ensemble features

• All articulations are laid out in one instrument.
• Easy handling of the numerous keyswitches through a Kontakt2 script and global occupied keyswitches, so you can find e.g. “sul pont.” for violin, viola, violoncello and doublebass always on the same key.
• Several instrument-variations (stereo, mono, reduced)
• Advantages: Faster loading-times if you use the reduced variations. If your work is done, use the high quality variations. Mono instruments can be better placed in the mix, if you work with big chamber orchestras.

Xsample Chamber Ensemble is available now for a retail price of $795 USD.

Visit Sounds Online for more information.