East West Quantum Leap RA - PLAY Editon - £269.00

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RA was born a few years ago, as a sample library called 'Rare Instruments'. All of the sounds from Rare Instruments are included in RA, but this only represents approximately one-tenth of the content. The other ninety percent of RA was recorded at Ocean Way studios in Hollywood. Because of the size and complexity of the project, I brought in two talented producers, Pacemaker and Tony Austin to co-produce RA with me. They have worked on some other Quantum Leap projects and had some great ideas for RA. We spent time hunting down the best ethnic artists on the West Coast. Los Angeles is so ethnically diverse and blessed with excellent institutions like Cal Arts, it is actually the ideal place to record a rare and ethnic collection.

RA is a massive 14 Gigabyte Virtual Instrument that covers many typical, and some unusual instruments, from six areas of the World -

Africa

Americas and Australia

Europe

Far East

India

Middle East and Turkish Empire

You will find RA has amazing sound quality. This is the famous Ocean Way sound an amazing collection of vintage mics and a custom API console. RA was captured with a phase accurate 8-mic setup that gives a complete 3 dimensional image of the instrument. It is this type of sound that takes to artificial or sampled reverb extremely well. The sound is clear and broad. Mics used were Neumann U67 (U47s as alternates), Neuman M50, AKG C12 and Shoepps.

You might also be surprised at how little percussion is included in this giant ethnic collection. The reason is, we already covered much of this in Quantum Leap Stormdrum. Stormdrum is the ideal companion to RA. The percussion in RA compliments Stormdrum perfectly.

INSTRUMENT LIST

AFRICA

African Dual Wooden Shakers (Ewe), African Metal Shakers (Ewe), Atsimevu, Axatse, Batas, Berkete, Dejembe Ensemble, Ekpiri, Ewe Drum Ensemble, Ewe Large Bombshell, Ewe Medium Bombshell, 3ft FromTonFrom, 5ft FromTonFrom, Gankokwe Large, Gyil, Kalimbas, Kidi, Kora, Log Drums, Ngoni, Udu

AMERICAS AND AUSTRALIA

1890 Washburn Guitar, American Jaw Harp, Banjo, Berimbau, Cuban Percussion, Didjeridoo, Dobro, First Nations Cedar Flute, Mandolin, Pan Flute, Ukelele

EUROPE

Alpenhorn, Bag Pipe Ensemble, Bass Recorder, Frame Drum, Gadulka, Hardanger Fiddle, Highland Pipes, Hurdy Gurdy, Irish Low Whistle, Launeddas, Uilleann Pipes

FAR EAST

Dizi, Erhu, Gamelan Ensemble, Gongs, Koto, Rag Dung, Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Taiko Drums, Vietnamese Jawharp

INDIA

Bansuri, Baritone Violin (Electric), Esraj, Sarangi, Sitar, Tablas, Tambura

MID EAST & TURKISH EMPIRE

Armenian Duduk, Bulgarian Duduk, Mid East Fiddle, Mid East String Section, Ney Flute, Oud, Qandahar Dumbek, Santoor, Turkish, Duduk, Yalli Tambur, Zourna

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

14 GB Free Hard Disc Space, DVD Drive

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (for software)

Windows XP, Pentium III/Athlon 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM

OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for software)

Windows XP, P III/Athlon 700 MHz, 1 GB RAM

OS-X or higher, G4 733, 1 GB RAM

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for sound library)

A fast processor and 1 GB or more of free RAM to optimize the performance of this virtual instrument.

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