EastWest Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Edition

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Symphonic Orchestra Version Comparison Quick Reference

Category Silver Gold Platinum Platinum Plus Articulations Essential articulations and instruments All articulations and instruments All articulations and instruments All articulations and instruments Mic Positions Stage mics only
(conductor's position) Stage mics only
(conductor's position) All three mic positions
(close, stage, hall) All three mic positions
(close, stage, hall) Sample Rate 44.1kHz 44.1kHz 44.1kHz 44.1kHz Sample Bit Depth 16-bit 16-bit 24-bit 24-bit and 16-bit Installed size 11GB 33GB 117GB 194GB

16-bit and 24-bit samples can both be used in 16-bit and 24-bit projects

"A big, bountiful, powerful, expressive, sonically superior collection of top-quality orchestral sounds, recorded in a first-class concert hall, played, recorded and programmed by expert practitioners, waiting to burst into life in your compositions.

— SOUND ON SOUND

Recorded by 11-time Grammy nominated classical recording engineer Prof. Keith O. Johnson, the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA is the most awarded orchestral collection ever, including winning Sound On Sound's Reader's Choice Award an unprecedented 3-times, and the first orchestral collection to be recorded in a "state of the art" concert hall where orchestras mainly perform.

To achieve the feel of a live concert hall performance, each instrument and section was recorded with three mic positions, close, stage (conductor‘s position) and hall. By selecting different mic positions, users can mix these sounds together to create any kind of natural ambience their project requires. This eliminates the need for artificial reverb.

"With millions attending CIRQUE DU SOLEIL shows each year, we demand the very best music creation tools available - and like an exquisite fine wine, the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA is not just a bunch of fake sounding samples, but a REAL ORCHESTRA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! — RENÉ DUPÉRÉ

New Features

• Four versions available:
  • EWQLSO PLATINUM COMPLETE PLUS 24-BIT AND 16-BIT (194GB)
  • EWQLSO PLATINUM COMPLETE 24-BIT (117GB)
  • EWQLSO GOLD COMPLETE 16-BIT (33GB)
  • EWQLSO SILVER COMPLETE 16-BIT (11GB)
• 64-bit (for 32-bit compatibility use PLAY 4)
• Intuitive custom interface
• Intelligent Performance section including Portamento, Repetition, Legato, Round Robin Reset
• Improved articulation window and controls
• On screen mic position mixing (Platinum and Platinum Plus only)
• Switchable 24-bit/16-bit depth (Platinum Plus only)
• State of the art Convolution Reverb with pre-delay and additional Master control to route reverb to all instruments in an instance
• Convolution includes concert hall orchestra was recorded in for additional control of hall ambience
• Intelligent release trail engine that follows the note-on samples volume at all times, so release trails always match
• Release trails unaffected by mod-wheel cross-fade programs, radical mod-wheel movements do not degrade release trails
• Recall custom key-switches instantly
• Key-switch sizes now unlimited
• State of the art sound quality with high-resolution audio engine
• Hi fidelity one pole filter for natural cross-fades
• Stereo image editing now possible using channel sourcing
• Licenses included to install each section on multiple computers (Platinum and Platinum Plus)
• Original and Pro XP expansion combined into "complete" PLAY version
• Completely re-programmed for PLAY software from the original recordings

Features

The Way an Orchestra Should Sound - EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Symphonic Orchestra has already come out on top in a recent roundup of orchestral collections for its level of warmth and detail. Now with the incorporation of PLAY, users of the upgraded EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Symphonic Orchestra will experience the benefits of the new sample engine immediately. With the typical orchestral composition encompassing a large amount of instruments, EASTWEST‘s PLAY software will streamline the process by allowing many more instruments to be loaded at one time than with previous systems.

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 instantly within the included PLAY sampler (PLATINUM and PLATINUM PLUS versions only) any combination for the ultimate in real-time tone and ambience control.

Play - PLAY 5 is a 64-bit Advanced Sample Engine (plug-in or standalone). PLAY 5 is Included with all current EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Virtual (software) Instruments. For 32-bit compatibility, please use PLAY 4.

Multiple Mic Positions

• All instruments were sampled with three different mic positions, allowing you to mix together any combination of mics using the interface for the ultimate in real-time tone and ambiance control. This feature enables you to customize the sound of the orchestra to your own requirements.

Mic Mixer

• Control all mic positions for the orchestra, choirs, pianos, and other instruments with multiple mic positions with the built-in mic mixer
• Now taken a step further, do it right in the patch
• Load, unload, adjust, pan, mute mic positions as you wish

Load MORE thanks to 64-bit support

• 64-bit support allows you to load many more instruments and voices, limited only by your system RAM

As Beautiful As It Sounds

• Interface designed to eliminate clutter, including only the controls needed for each individual virtual instrument

All instruments are listed in one browser

• Easy to use browser displays all of your instruments
• Favorites section to group the instruments you use most
• Preview your instrument of choice in an easy-to-use column viewer
• Interface automatically changes to display current instrument

Articulations

• Forget browsing through complicated patch names: pick the instrument and play Turn on/off articulations as you wish
• Articulations list also serves as reference for all expressions within the instrument (no need to look up key-switches in charts)
• Save your favorite configuration for quick retrieval

Legato Detection

• PLAY senses legato and repetitive playing and responds accordingly

Stereo Handling

• PLAY allows the user to manipulate stereo samples in very useful ways
• Stereo Swap allows the user to instantly swap the left and right channels
• Mono from left , Mono from right, or Mono Sum allow for instant conversion from stereo to mono

Playback Engine

• Highest quality resampling engine
• Built from the ground up to create the most intuitive instruments possible
• EastWest/Quantum Leap now design instruments every step of the way without compromise

Effects Engine

• The best sounding and most powerful effects engine out there, built from the ground up for the highest possible quality
• Reverb section includes multiple impulse responses from halls, and the famous EastWest Studios and live chambers (more RIAA certified Platinum and Gold records awarded than any other studio)
• The smoothest filters you'll ever hear

Security system

• Authorize purchased instruments easily using the industry standard iLok security system
• Offers complete portability, take your plugin anywhere you want, use it on any computer
• Easy to authorize and manage (up to 500 authorizations on one key)

Platforms and Hosts

• AU, VST, Standalone, Intel Mac, Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8, 64-bit, 32-bit (use PLAY 4 for 32-bit compatibility)
• Natively supported in all major hosts on all major operating systems - PLAY no matter what your platform
• More native support than any other plug-in
• Standalone: PLAY as many instruments as your computer can handle in one application

Summary - PLAY isn't just a sample playback system. The PLAY SYSTEM is a professional, fully integrated sample playback software solution for those with the most demanding production requirements.

• Offers native support for more platforms than any other software engine
• The latest in technology (64-bit supports next generation operating systems)
• The highest sound quality (ground-up effects, highest quality interpolation)
• The best virtual instruments from the multiple award-winning EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP production team
• The most intuitive controls, custom designed for each library

Awards

• EQ Magazine EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY Award
• Keyboard Magazine KEY BUY Award
• G.A.N.G. (Game Audio Network Guild) BEST SOUND LIBRARY Award
• Computer Music Magazine PERFORMANCE Award
• Sound on Sound Readers Choice Award (record 3 times!)

"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 Serenity. 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 on themes of his father‘s, was commissioned and performed by the Indianapolis Symphony.

Instruments and Articulations STRINGS
18 VIOLINS  Long

• Butter Legato Forte
• Butter Legato
• Expressive Fast
• Expressive-Legato
• Expressive
• Lyrical Fast
• Lyrical-Legato
• Lyrical
• Non-Vibrato Fast
• Non-Vibrato-Sustained XF
• Non-Vibrato
• Non-Vibrato-Expressive Fst XF
• QLegato
• Sordino Slow
• Sordino
• Sustained Vibrato Hard
• Sustained Vibrato Soft Legato
• Sustained Vibrato Soft
• Sustained Vibrato
• Sustained-Legato
• Tremolo Legato

Short

• Bartók Pizzicato Round-Robin
• Bartók Pizzicato
• Marcato Long
• Marcato Medium Short
• Marcato Short
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato Medium
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato Short
• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3 †
• Pizzicato vs Bartók Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Quick Up-Down Marcato Short x6
• Quick Up-Down Marcato Short
• Quick Up-Down Marcato Up-Down
• Quick Up-Down
• Short 3-Way Round-Robin
• Short Script 1
• Short Script 2
• Spiccato Round-Robin x4
• Spiccato Round-Robin

Effects

• Cluster & Air
• Pendereki
• Slur Fast
• Slur Medium
• Slur Slow
• Slur Extra-Fast

Modwheel

• Accent Sustained Mod
• Emotional DXF 1
• Emotional DXF 2
• Emotional DXF Accent Vel
• Expressive Fast DXF
• Expressive Legato Accent DXF
• Expressive Legato Accent MOD
• QLegato DXF Slide Up-Down vs
• QLegato DXF Slide Up vs
• QLegato DXF
• Sordino Emotional DXF Velocity
• Sordino Mod XFD Dyn
• Sustained Vibrato DXF Legato Velocity
• Sustained Vibrato DXF Slow
• Sustained Vibrato DXF Slur2 Velocity
• Sustained Vibrato DXF Slur Velocity
• Sustained Vibrato DXF
• Sustained-Vibrato XF Tremolo

11 VIOLINS Long

• Butter Legato Forte
• Butter Legato †
• Expressive Diminuendo
• Expressive-Legato
• Expressive
• Grand Detaché
• Harmonics
• Lyrical A †
• Lyrical B
• Lyrical-Legato
• QLegato Flautando
• QLegato Sordino †
• QLegato †
• Run Simulator
• Sustained Vibrato Hard
• Sustained Vibrato Soft Leg
• Sustained Vibrato Soft
• Sustained Vibrato †
• Sustained-Legato

Short

• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato Short
• Marcato
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato
• Martelé Up-Down Spiccato
• Martelé Up-Down
• Medium Short 3-Way Round-Robin
• Quick Up-Down Marcato x6
• Quick Up-Down Marcato
• Quick Up-Down Spiccato
• Quick Up-Down †
• Repetitions
• Short 3-Way Round-Robin
• Short Script 1
• Short Script 2
• Short Spiccato 3-Way Round-Robin
• Spiccato †
• Spiccato 2 Round-Robin x6
• Spiccato 2 Round-Robin †
• Staccato Mod Col Round-Robin x2
• Staccato Round-Robin x2

Effects

• 5th Slide DN Hrd
• 5th Slide UP Hrd
• Glide Long
• Glide Short
• Psycho Rip
• Run Down Psycho
• Run Up Psycho 2
• Run Up Psycho Round-Robin
• Scratching FX †
• SFX Clusters
• Slow Trill FX
• Sul Ponticello
• Tremolo
• Trill Half-Tone †
• Trill Whole-Tone †

Modwheel

• Accent Sustained Mod
• DXF Expressive Fast
• DXF Expressive Slow
• DXF Sustained Vibrato Acc Vel †
• Emotional DXF 1
• Emotional DXF 2
• Flautando Harmonics DXF
• QLegato DXF Slide Up-Down vs
• QLegato DXF †
• QLegato Sordino DXF †
• Sustained Non-Vibrato Vibrato X-Fade
• Sustained Vibrato DXF Slow
• Sustained Vibrato DXF

10 VIOLAS Long

• Butter Legato
• Expressive Fast †
• Expressive Legato Accent
• Expressive Slow
• Expressive-Legato
• QLegato Flautando
• QLegato Sordino †
• QLegato †
• Sustained 2
• Sustained Soft Legato
• Sustained Soft
• Sustained-Legato
• Sustained †

Short

• Bartók Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Bartók Pizzicato †
• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato Long
• Marcato Short
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato
• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato vs Bartók Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato †
• Repetitions
• S Martelé Up-Down Marcato S x6
• S Martelé Up-Down Marcato S
• Short Martelé Up-Down †
• Staccato MOD Col Round-Robin
• Staccato Round-Robin x4 †
• Staccato Round-Robin x8

Effects

• Sul Ponticello
• Tremolo
• Trill Half-Tone
• Trill Whole-Tone

Modwheel

• DXF Sustained Accent Velocity
• Emotional DXF 1
• Emotional DXF Accent Velocity
• Expressive Fast DXF
• Expressive Slow DXF
• Legato Expressive Accent MOD †
• QLegato DXF Slide Up
• QLegato DXF †
• QLegato Sordino DXF †
• Sul Pont Tremolo DXF
• Sustained Accent MOD
• Sustained Non-Vibrato Vibrato Cross-Fade

10 CELLOS Long

• Butter Legato Forte
• Butter Legato
• Expressive Lyrical-Legato
• Expressive Vibrato Fst
• Expressive Vibrato
• Flowing
• Lyrical Fast
• Lyrical
• Non-Vibrato
• Portato Short
• Portato-Legato
• Portato
• QLegato Sordino †
• QLegato †
• Run Simulator
• Sordino Legato Diminuendo
• Sustained Vibrato Hard †
• Sustained Vibrato Soft Leg
• Sustained Vibrato Soft †
• Sustained Vibrato
• Sustained-Legato
• Tremolo Legato
• Tremolo †

Short

• Bartók Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Bartók Pizzicato
• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato Mod Col Round-Robin x6
• Marcato Round-Robin x6
• Marcato Round-Robin †
• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato New
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato vs Bartók Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Quick Up-Down x6
• Quick Up-Down †
• Short Script
• Spiccato Round-Robin x6
• Spiccato Round-Robin †

Effects

• Crescendo
• Effects
• Sul Ponticello to Tremolo DXF
• Sul Ponticello
• Trill Half-Tone
• Trill Whole-Tone

Modwheel

• DXF Sustained Accent Velocity
• DXF Sustained Vibrato Slow
• DXF Sustained Vibrato
• Emotional DXF 1
• Emotional DXF 2
• Emotional DXF 3
• Emotional DXF 4
• Expressive Vibrato DXF
• Fast Accent Mod
• Non-Vibrato-Sustained XFD
• QLegato DXF sl up
• QLegato DXF †
• QLegato Sordino DXF †
• Soft Vibrato XFD Tremolo
• Sustained Accent Mod †

9 DOUBLE BASSES Long

• Big Sustained
• Expressive 2x Crescendo
• Expressive Fast
• Expressive-Legato
• Expressive
• FortePiano
• Portato-Legato
• Portato
• Sforzando
• Sustained Vibrato Hard †
• Sustained Vibrato Soft Legato
• Sustained Vibrato Soft †
• Sustained Vibrato
• Sustained-Legato
• Tremolo Legato
• Tremolo

Short

• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato Mod slaps
• Pizzicato
• Quick Up-Down Mod Slap
• Quick Up-Down x6
• Quick Up-Down †
• Short Script
• Slaps

Effects

• Crescendo
• Effects

Modwheel

• DXF Expressive Accent Velocity
• DXF Sustained Slow
• DXF Sustained
• Emotional DXF 1
• Emotional DXF 2
• Emotional DXF Accent Velocity
• Expressive Fast DXF
• Expressive Long DXF Accent Velocity
• Sustained Accent mod †
• Sustained Vibrato Cross-Fade †
• Sustained Vibrato Cross-Fade to Tremolo

4 VIOLINS Long

• Sustained Vibrato
• Sustained Vibrato DXF

3 CELLOS Long

• Sustained Vibrato
• Sustained Vibrato DXF

SOLO VIOLIN Long

• Expressive 1
• Expressive 2
• Expressive Crescendo
• Expressive Piano
• Expressive-Legato
• Legato Vibrato
• Non-Vibrato Hard
• Non-Vibrato Soft
• QLegato Expressive Piano
• QLegato Round-Robin
• QLegato †
• Sustained Vibrato Hard †
• Sustained Vibrato Soft
• Sustained-Legato

Short

• Col Legno Round-Robin
• Col Legno
• Marcato Non-Vibrato Hard
• Marcato Vibrato
• Martelé Up-Down x6
• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Repetitions
• Short Script
• Staccato Round-Robin x4
• Staccato Round-Robin

Effects

• 5th Slide Up
• Octave Slide Uo
• Octave Slide Down
• Crescendo
• Slur
• Trill Half-Tone
• Trill Whole-Tone

Modwheel

• Non-Vibrato DXF
• Non-Vibrato Vibrato DXF
• QLegato DXF Round-Robin
• QLegato DXF
• Vibrato DXF

SOLO VIOLA Long

• Expressive 1
• Expressive 2
• Expressive 3
• Expressive Vibrato Sft
• Expressive-Legato
• Non-Vibrato Hard
• Non-Vibrato Round-Robin
• QLegato Round-Robin
• QLegato †
• Sustained Vibrato †
• Sustained-Legato

Short

• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato Hard Round-Robin x2
• Marcato Hard
• Martelé Round-Robin x4
• Martelé Round-Robin x8
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Short Script
• Spiccato Round-Robin x2
• Spiccato Round-Robin x4

Effects

• Octave Slide UP
• Trill Half-Tone
• Trill Whole-Tone

Modwheel

• Non-Vibrato Vibrato DXF

SOLO CELLO Long

• Double Bow Expressive
• Expressive Down
• Expressive Up
• Expressive Vibrato
• Legato Vibrato
• Non-Vibrato
• QLegato Round-Robin
• QLegato †
• Sul Tasto Legato
• Sustained Accent
• Sustained Vibrato Hard
• Sustained Vibrato Smooth †
• Sustained-Legato

Short

• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato x6
• Martelé Up-Down Marcato
• Martelé Up-Down
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Short Script

Effects

• Slur
• Non-Vibrato to Vibrato DXF Accent

Modwheel

• Vibrato DXF Accent

SOLO CONTRABASS Long

• Expressive-Legato
• Expressive
• Lyrical-Legato
• Lyrical
• QLegato Expressive
• QLegato Round-Robin
• QLegato †
• Sustained Non-Vibrato
• Sustained Vibrato †
• Sustained-Legato

Short

• Col Legno Round-Robin x3
• Col Legno
• Marcato Round-Robin x3
• Marcato
• Martelé Round-Robin x6
• Martelé Round-Robin
• Pizzicato Round-Robin x3
• Pizzicato
• Short Script
• Spiccato Marcato Round-Robin x6
• Spiccato Round-Robin x6
• Spiccato Round-Robin

  Modwheel

• Sustained Vibrato DXF

HARP Long

• Harp Harmonics
• Harp Pluck
• Harp Pluck Long
• Harp Pluck Roll
• Harp Pluck Short †

  Effects

• Harp Gliss 6 Up-Down
• Harp Gliss 9 Up-Down
• Harp Gliss Major Up-Down
• Harp Gliss Whole Tone Up-Down †
• Harp Psycho Drone C

  HARPSICHORD † LARGE STRING ENSEMBLES

• 50 Piece String Section Fst
• 50 Piece String Section Leg
• 50 Piece String Section Sustained
• 60 Piece String Section Expressive
• 60 Piece String Section Pizzicato

• 60 Piece String Section Sustained
• 70 Piece QLegato Slow
• 70 Piece QLegato Sordino
• 70 Piece QLegato

• 70 Piece String Marcato Round-Robin
• 70 Piece String Section Expressive
• 70 Piece String Section Pizzicato
• 70 Piece String Section Sustained

• Chamber Ensemble Flautando
• Chamber Ensemble
• String Quartet QLegato Round-Robin
• String Quartet QLegato

† – denotes articulations included in EWQLSO Silver Complete
‡ – bonus instrument not recorded in hall; does not include multiple mic positions