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From Our Research Team:

Every Instrument You Can Imagine - In One Collection!

Colossus is a massive 32 Gigabyte (not Megabyte) Virtual Instrument that covers all of the basic musical genres, the way a keyboard workstation attempts to, except Colossus offers much higher quality instruments and dynamics than any keyboard available today! Colossus is an indispensable tool that you will reach for time and time again when nothing else works. It will become your Swiss Army knife of composing, and it’s General MIDI compatible!

EastWest Quantum Leap Colossus at a Glance:

• A vast collection of exceptionally high-quality instruments
  
• Sounds re-programmed for included Kompakt sample player
  
• Every instrument category you can imagine included!
  
• Direct from disk playback handles huge sample files

A vast collection of exceptionally high-quality instruments
You can expect the usual QUANTUM LEAP exceptional quality in Colossus. Even if you own some of these instruments, you will love this collection. A good example is the Fender Rhodes. Despite the fact the Rhodes has been sampled many times, Colossus includes a unique vintage sounding Rhodes you won’t find anywhere else. Colossus includes 15GB of new sounds recorded at Ocean Way Studio B (24-bit), a new 2GB piano recorded in Europe, and 15GB from the award-winning range of Quantum Leap and EastWest titles (EWQLSO, QL Stormdrum, QL Guitar and Bass, QL 56 Strat, QL Hardcore Bass, QL RA, QL Brass, QL Voices of the Apocalypse).

Sounds re-programmed for included Kompakt sample player
All of the instruments in Colossus are newly re-programmed with superior sound quality that makes the most of the included Native Instruments Kompakt player. Programming is kept very simple, and programs that utilize the mod-wheel are labeled appropriately. All programs have CC11 as an additional volume control. Many Colossus programs utilize auto sample alternation for added realism.

Every instrument category you can imagine included!


Colossus contains:

• Drums/percussion: Country drum kits, electronic drum kits, ethnic percussion, funk drum kits, hip hop kits, jazz drum kits, rock drum kits, standard percussion, studio drum kits, taiko drums
  
• GUITAR FAMILY '60s: Guitars, '66 Silvertone Bass, '72 Rickenbacker Bass, acoustic guitars, banjo, blues guitars, distorted guitars, electric sitar, Fender bass, Fender guitars, fretless bass, Hawaiian guitar, jazz guitars, Lakland Rock bass, lap steel, mandolin, nylon guitar, PRS guitars, rockabilly guitar, slap bass, Stingray bass, surf guitar, ukelele, upright basses
  
• Ethnic: Agogo bells, bagpipes, cora, didjeridoo, duduk, dulcimer, erhu, fiddle, irish low whistle, kalimba, koto, mid-east strings, ney flute, ocarina, pan flute, sarangi, shakuhachi, shamisen, shehnai, sitar, thai gong, uilleann pipes
  
• Keyboards/mallets: Accordian, celeste, church organs, concertina, glockenspiel, harpsichord, marimba, music box, reed organ, tango accordian, vibraphone, xylophone
  
• Orchestra: bassoon, brass section, cello, clarinet, concert harp, contrabass, english horn, flute, french horn, oboe, orchestra hits, orchestral strings, piccolo, pizzicato strings, string ensembles, timpani, tremolo strings, trombone, trumpet, tuba, tubular bells, viola, violin
  
• Piano/electric piano: Clavinet, CP-80, DX-7, Fazioli F308 Grand Piano, GS-1 Programs, Honky Tonk, Rhodes MKV, Chuck Monte, Steinway B Grand Piano
  
• Pop brass: 3 trumpets, alto saxes, bari saxes, flugelhorn, pop/jazz trumpets, salsa trumpets, soprano saxes, trombones, tubas
  
• Choir: men’s choir, women’s choir (extensive vowels with crossfading)
  
• Vintage organs: B3 organs, Farfisa organs, Vox Continental organs
  
• New age ensembles (inspiring ethno ethereal soundscapes)
  
• Stormdrone (3 gigs of dark atmospheres with morphing)
  
• Synth basses (with morphing)
  
• Synth leads (with morphing)
  
• Synth pads (with morphing)

Direct from disk playback handles huge sample files
Colossus and Kompakt allow direct from disk playback, which easily handles large samples beyond available RAM (which is assignable). Professional sound quality is assured with advanced 32-bit processing. 256-voice polyphony allows for lush arrangements. The clean and intuitive interface never lets the technology get in the way of your creativity. All Colossus' important instrument parameters can be immediately adjusted without the need to page, scroll, or fumble through a manual. Many sound shaping tools have been built in to the interface. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give a wealth of creative possibilities. Integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects are also provided.

Specification Detail Manufacturer Part Number EW-164