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East West Quantum Leap Pianos Platinum

Item ID: QLPianos

Virtual Instrument Library with Four Grand Pianos, Lid, Resonance, and Mic Position Options - Native

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Put the Sounds of Four Great Pianos at Your Fingertips

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The East West Quantum Leap Pianos collection includes highly-detailed virtual versions of four great pianos, with features such as multiple microphone positions, lid position simulation, dozens of velocities per note, and pedal resonances. Included in the Quantum Leap Pianos are the Bechstein D-280 concert grand, Steinway D concert grand, Bosendorfer 290 concert grand, and Yamaha C7 grand. With 150GB of content and an amazing attention to detail, the East West Quantum Leap Pianos collection puts over a half a million dollars' worth of pianos at your disposal.

East West Quantum Leap Pianos Virtual Instrument Collection Features:
  • Detailed samples of Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bosendorfer 290, and Yamah C7 pianos
  • More than 260GB of content at 24-bit/44.1kHz
  • 3 mic positions 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
  • Pedal resonance recorded for every note at multiple velocities, as well as with the soft pedal down
  • Proprietary resonance captured on the Bosendorfer
  • True multi-velocity soft pedal samples with and without sustain pedal
  • Articulations on each piano include pedal resonance, staccato, soft pedal, sustain, and repetitions
  • Recorded with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console
  • Mic position mixing in software
  • Lid position simulation
  • Articulation matrix for quick and straightforward loading

The East West Quantum Leap Pianos collection puts four legendary pianos at your fingertips!

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Specification Detail
Software Type World Instrument Sample Player
Supported Computer Format Mac, PC
Supported Plug-In Formats Standalone, RTAS, VST, AU
Hardware Requirements - Mac Apple G4 1GHz CPU or faster, 2GB RAM
Hardware Requirements - PC Pentium 4 3GHz CPU or faster, 2GB RAM
OS Requirements - Mac Mac OS X 10.4 or later
OS Requirements - PC Windows XP or later
Notes iLok required, not included
Manufacturer Part Number EW-171

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Reviews

based on 7 reviews

Winner

by Mattsynth from Phila, PA
May 24, 2011
Music Background: professional
All the piano's on this plugin are fantastic. A must have library for any studio. Even the short versions of these piano's are beautiful and are used the most in my studio because the full versions ta... read more [+]ke up a lot of processing power. This one is a winner. close [-]

Heavenly Sounds on Disk

by Mike Petty from Lexington SC
March 22, 2011
Music Background: Music Hobbyist & Piano Enthusiast ( NUT )
If you are a true piano nut ( like me ) this is the only library to get. I was going back and forth trying to figure out whether to get a workstation or go with software. It took a lot of time, but ... read more [+], after calculating cost for both, I would come out ahead going the software route. This includes a new computer, extra memory , software & keyboard controller.

This collection of pianos are truly amazing. I am truly happy with my decision. Andy Miller , my Sales Engineer , was very patient @ totally helpful. I can't wait for my next trick. close [-]

Amazing!

by Keith Stacey from Nashville, TN
November 12, 2008
Music Background: Composer and Pianist
Unless, I get an immaculate piano and an engineer I could never hope to afford, I am never recording with a live piano again! Couple this with a great controller and you'll see what I mean. The pian... read more [+]os take a while to load but they sound amazing! Every piano is expressive in a different way. The Bosendorfer sounds clean and sweet, the Steinway sounds very balanced and beautiful, the Yamaha has a great gospel piano sound and the Bechstein is simply amazing all the way around. Lay back and it sounds nice and warm. Lean into it, and you've got a piano-rock monster. Just amazing. close [-]

The sound is FANTASTIC

by Brad from Ankeny, IA
September 1, 2008
Music Background:
I just started using EW Quantum Leap Pianos, and I couldn't be happier. As the other reviewer noted, it is a very large library, and it takes quite a while to install. However, once you get it up an... read more [+]d running, it is well worth it. The sounds are simply incredible. The thing that most surprised me is the dynamic detail available. This virtual instrument really "feels" like playing a real piano. Originally I chose this software because I wanted something that could work in a 64 bit environment. It does that with ease, but it is also easy to use and great sounding. I am definitely going to buy more instruments from the EW library. close [-]

Nothing sounds better, but be aware

by Bob from Jacksonville, FL
March 30, 2008
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Live Sound Engineer
Before buying this package, know what you are getting yourself into! First, this software will not operate without an ilok hardware key. You must buy one if you don't already have one. Second, whil... read more [+]e you are buying things, go ahead and get another hard drive to dedicate to this software. I use an external SATA 1TB RAID 0 set. The software takes over 250GB of disk space, and USB 2.0 or Firewire 400 is just not fast enough to keep up with this program's data transfer needs when you really get going on it. Also, putting the sound library on the same drive as the operating system or the program portion of this software will also cause data transfer issues unless your drive is lightning fast! There is just too much data transfer! And another thing: the software comes on 35 dual-layer DVDS! Install time will exceed 16 hours, and cannot be interrupted!

Now that I have discouraged you, GET THIS SOFTWARE! The sound quality of the samples is magnificent, and so detailed that you lack for very little in piano articulations. The staccato sections are head and shoulders above any other software, at any price. I work with the lid position fully up, since this is the way the sound library was recorded, but the sounds are still most excellent with the position simulator active. And, the flexibilities of the sound adjustments are amazing in their scope! My main keyboard player owns a 1906 Steinway grand, and has never been satisfied with any recorded piano that I or anyone else has been able to do. Not anymore! With the fast dedicated drive, she can even play MIDI only at shows and let me supply the piano sounds 100% in the system! Now, EVERYBODY is happy! Am I gushing? Sorry, but it really has solved a lot of issues here, since other piano sound banks never were good enough.

In summary, you will never regret having these wonderful sounds; just prepare in advance to use them properly, because they take a lot of horsepower to work right. close [-]
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