Scoring Essentials Bundle by EastWest Sounds

Unleash your creative potential with the EastWest Sounds Scoring Essentials Bundle, a powerhouse collection of virtual instruments designed to cover all your musical needs for songwriting, film scoring, game audio, and more! This indispensable bundle combines the unmatched versatility of Goliath, the definitive collection of rare and ethnic instruments in RA, and the world-class cinematic and ethnic percussion of Stormdrum 3, all powered by the advanced PLAY 5 engine.

Goliath: Your Swiss Army Knife of Sound

Consider Goliath your go-to instrument when nothing else works. Praised as a collection of sounds that "can't be beat" for expressiveness and musicality, Goliath is a one-stop sample player and library unlike any other. It boasts over 180 diverse instruments, including drums and percussion, guitars, basses, acoustic and electric pianos, keyboards and mallets, pop brass, orchestral instruments, choirs and vocals, ethnic instruments, new age ensembles, morphing atmospheres, synth basses, synth leads, and synth pads.

Ideal for songwriting, film scoring, multi-media production, in the studio, or on stage, Goliath provides a monster amount of pro-quality sampled audio with a well-designed interface. You'll discover a wealth of well-recorded and cunningly processed sounds equipped with useful, velocity-switched variations. The top-flight timbres are perfect for instant results, and it's even GM compatible! For touring musicians, Goliath is the ultimate instrument to have on the road or in a club.

The PLAY 5 upgrade included with Goliath now features the SSL/EW Global FX Suite, Ohmicide multi-band distortion, and EW Amp Simulator. These powerful FX allow you to use real instruments as the source (not oscillators) to create thousands more custom presets, making the results unique and perfect for film/tv/games composers. Goliath includes 40 GB of content and is produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix.

RA: The Definitive Rare and Ethnic Virtual Instrument

Embark on a sonic journey with EastWest/Quantum Leap RA, providing composers with access to a remarkable variety of rare and unique instruments from Africa, Europe, India, the Americas and Australia, the Far East, and the Middle East and Turkish Empires. Musicians will marvel at the amazing sound quality and the wide range of articulation, from controlled to expressive. All instruments and ensembles were sampled extensively to preserve their true character.

RA is the best collection of world or ethnic sampled instruments, offering more control over sounds and the ability to load even more instruments than ever before. Recorded at a top Hollywood studio, featuring the best ethnic artists on the West Coast, RA was captured with a phase accurate 8-mic setup, providing a complete 3-dimensional image of each instrument. This results in a clear and broad sound that takes to artificial or sampled reverb extremely well. Microphones used included Neumann U67 (U47s as alternates), Neuman M50, AKG C12, and Schoeps.

RA includes ethnic ensembles like African drums, bagpipes, gamelan, and a Middle Eastern string section, whose sounds cannot be realistically simulated by layering solo instruments. As Nick Phoenix states, "With ethnic instruments, the key to authenticity of sound is expression... Now with the incorporation of our advanced PLAY sample engine... users will experience a level of detail that was lacking in other products". RA is an appropriate name, as in ancient Egypt, RA was regarded as the creator of everything, the god of the sun, fitting for this comprehensive collection.

Stormdrum 3: Epic Percussion Powerhouse

Stormdrum 3 is the most advanced percussion virtual instrument to date, combining world-class percussion instruments with the new PLAY 5 software and the best sound processing tools available. Featuring the best instruments from the private collection of Mickey Hart and additional instruments from the Remo private collection, hand-picked by Remo himself, Stormdrum 3 delivers unparalleled sonic depth and character.

Played by master percussionists Mickey Hart, Greg Ellis, and Chalo Eduardo, and produced by Nick Phoenix (creator of the epic Stormdrum 1 and 2 collections), SD3 includes tempo-synced percussion performances directed and played by these masters. Recorded in the world-famous EASTWEST Studio 1, the home of major Hollywood soundtracks, each instrument features 5 user-controllable mic positions.

Explore a vast range of percussion including Big Drums with deep and booming sounds, Gongs, Clocks & Waterphones for iconic and unique textures, Metals collected from around the world, a wide variety of Shakers, a large collection of diverse Small Drums including special Indian drums, the Holy Grail of Taiko samples, and Woods with unpitched and tuned instruments. As Music Tech notes, the quality of recordings is "consistently high", making SD3 one of the finest ethnic/cinematic percussion libraries available.

Powered by the Advanced PLAY 5 Engine

All three instruments in the Scoring Essentials Bundle are powered by the advanced EASTWEST PLAY 5 engine, a 64-bit Advanced Sample Engine. PLAY offers an intuitive custom interface that looks as beautiful as it sounds, designed to eliminate clutter by including only the necessary controls for each instrument collection.

Key features of PLAY 5 include:

• 64-bit support allowing you to load many more instruments and voices.
• An easy-to-use browser to display all your instruments with a favorites section and a preview column viewer.
• Automatic interface changes to display the current instrument.
• Direct articulation control, turning them on/off as you wish.
• Legato Detection that senses your playing style.
• Advanced Stereo Handling capabilities.
• A powerful Effects Engine built for the highest quality, including the SSL FX Suite (SSL EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip, Transient Shaper, and Stereo Bus Compressor), Ohm Force’s Ohmicide multi-band distortion, and an upgraded "true stereo" EastWest reverb with multiple impulse responses including those from the famous EASTWEST Studios.
• The inclusion of the EastWest Amp Simulator.
• A high-quality resampling engine and the smoothest filters.

The Scoring Essentials Bundle is perfect for:

• Film and Television Composers seeking a vast palette of orchestral, ethnic, and percussive sounds.
• Game Audio Designers needing unique and high-quality instruments for immersive soundscapes.
• Songwriters and Music Producers looking for inspiring and diverse sounds across various genres.
• Touring Musicians requiring a comprehensive and reliable virtual instrument collection.

System Requirements (General Overview):

• Hard Disk Space: At least 40 GB free for Goliath, 14 GB for RA, and 86 GB for Stormdrum 3. A 7200 RPM or faster (non-energy saving) hard drive is recommended for sample streaming, with SSD highly recommended.
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz or higher (PPC not supported) or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz or higher. Recommended: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz or higher or AMD Quad Core 2.66GHz or higher.
• RAM: Minimum 8GB, 16GB or more recommended.
• Operating System: Mac OSX 10.7 or later or Windows 7 or later (64-bit recommended).
• Audio: Sound card with ASIO drivers (Windows).
• Other: iLok account required for product activation (internet connection needed for one-time activation). Check the compatibility chart for supported hosts.

Don't miss out on this essential collection! Elevate your music production with the incredible sonic power and versatility of the EastWest Sounds Scoring Essentials Bundle. Get yours today!