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.

Platinum Version includes:

• 24-bit samples
• All three mic positions (close, stage, hall)
• All instruments
• All articulations
• 117GB

New Features

• 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