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| Product | Quantum Leap Pianos |
| Developer | EastWest |
| Primary Type | Piano / Keys |
| Price (MSRP) | $495 |
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Quantum Leap Pianos is a detailed collection of the world's finest grand pianos, recorded in EastWest Studios with 3 mic positions for each piano.
Pianos:
- Bechstein D-280 Concert Grand Piano - close mics engineered by KEN SCOTT (Elton John/Supertramp/David Bowie/Beatles).
- Steinway D Concert Grand Piano.
- Bösendorfer 290 Concert Grand Piano.
- Yamaha C7 Grand Piano.
Quick Facts:
- 150 Gb of content at 24-bit/44.1k quality.
- Sample management system offers 50% more efficiency compared to other piano collections.
- Load any piano or mic position.
- 3 positions are included per piano for maximum flexibility.
- 10-16 velocities per note (and again in soft pedal, sustain pedal, and soft sustain).
- 16 velocity staccato on every piano.
- Repetition samples taken from 180 BPM performances for a true repetition sound and not simply an alternate take.
- Software detects true repetitions.
- Resonance - pedal resonance recorded for every note at multiple velocities, as well as with the soft pedal down.
- Proprietary resonance captured on the Bösendorfer.
- True multi-velocity soft pedal samples with and without sustain pedal.
- Release samples with software envelope follower.
- Articulations on each piano include:
- pedal resonance
- staccato
- soft pedal
- sustain
- repetitions
- Recorded in a proper piano environment with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console.
- Stereo swap possible in software.
- Mic position mixing in software.
- Lid position simulation.
- Articulation matrix for quick and straightforward loading.
- Powerful streaming engine with high polyphony counts.
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Interview with Doug Rogers from EastWest
By Chris Halaby | March 2007 | Interview
An exclusive interview with Doug Rogers, founder of EastWest, purveyors of some of the finest sample libraries and sample based virtual instruments of recent times.
Mindful of the upcoming release of the recently announced PLAY, EastWest's new 64-bit Advanced Sample Engine, and the first six virtual instruments to utilize this new engine, Chris Halaby, CEO of Muse Research, had an intimate chat with Doug...
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