The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year. We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for… Read More The 2008 Winter NAMM Show Synthgasm
2008 Winter NAMM Show Update: EastWest introduced Chris Hein Bass – 12.7 GB of bass sounds, some of which feature the powerful tones of a Music Man StingRay electric-bass-both picked and slapped; a LeFay fretless bass as well as the sounds of a unique upright bass. For variety, the upright bass is played with three… Read More EASTWEST Debuts Best Service’s Chris Hein Bass
NAMM Show Update: EastWest introduced a new 130 Gigabyte sound library aimed towards music, TV, film and game composers using Native Instruments’ Kompakt/Kontakt software – the Complete Composers Collection. It’s pretty massive – bringing together seven of the company’s most popular virtual instrument collections: EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete : (Gold Edition and Gold… Read More EASTWEST Introduces Complete Composers Collection For Kompakt/Kontakt
NAMM Show Update: EASTWEST expanded upon its Quantum Leap Colossus collection by introducing Quantum Leap Goliath. Designed for composers and songwriters, Quantum Leap Goliath is a complete collection of quality instruments and sounds, spanning various genres and musical styles). Quantum Leap Goliath encompasses the entire Colossus collection plus 8 Gigabytes of new content. With Goliath,… Read More EastWest Quantum Leap Goliath
EastWest intro’d Quantum Leap Pianos, a detailed collection of some of the world’s finest grand pianos. Description: More than half a million dollars’ worth of pianos are included in this collection, all meticulously recorded by EastWest/Quantum Leap producers Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix. These include a $225,000 Bechstein D-280 Concert Grand. Other pianos featured in… Read More NAMM Update: Eastwest’s Quantum Leap Pianos
EastWest has introduced three new sample collections; Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, Blazin’ RnB & HipHop Collection Vol. 2 and Synthation Producer’s Collection (produced by Synthation). Here’s the scoop on these new libraries: Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2 Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, sequel to the popular Blutonium Hardstyle Sample CD, will add punch to users’ hardstyle, hardtrance,… Read More EastWest Announces Three New Sample Collections
EASTWEST has announced the debut of Zero-G’s Carnival Drums — over 2,000 samples and 1.4GB of the exciting sounds of the Brazilian carnival. The library features the main drums of the Brazilian Samba Baterias (samba percussion ensembles), which perform every summer at the Rio Carnival. For this project, 10 professional Brazilian percussionists, who perform annually… Read More EastWest Announces Zero-G’s Carnival Drums Sample Library
Eastwest has announced the debut of Zero-G and Xfonic’s SoundSense Series. The series features four sample libraries: Ambiosis, Trance Inducer, Technomatik, and Chilled Grooves. Descriptions: Ambiosis is a great resource for producers who need to apply texture, mood, and ambience across a wide variety of genres. Ambiosis was created by highly acclaimed electronic musician and… Read More EastWest Debuts Zero-G and Xfonic’s SoundSense Series Sound Libraries
MusikMesse: EastWest introduced Quantum Leap Gypsy, a collection of detailed virtual instruments aimed at film, TV and game composers. The nylon string guitar, violin and trombone can play in both gypsy and classical styles. “All of the guitars were sampled with up and down strokes, many velocities and picking styles, various picking angles, release trails,… Read More EastWest’s Quantum Leap “Gypsy”
EastWest introduces Quantum Leap SD2 – The Next Generation virtual instrument, the sequel to Stormdrum. Packed with approximately 10GB of percussion, SD2 – The Next Generation draws from the secret collections of three world-class percussionists, offering some of the most amazing multi-sampled percussion imaginable. SD2 – The Next Generation does not offer loops. Instead, the… Read More EastWest Releases Quantum Leap SD 2 Next-Generation Virtual Percussion Instrument
