QL RA

Die Quantum Leap - RA, bietet ethnische Instrumente aus Afrika, Europa, Indien, Amerika, Australien, der Türkei, dem fernen und dem mittleren Osten auf höchstem Niveau.

Nebst übersichtlicher und intuitiver Bedienoberfläche bietet die Quantum Leap RA:

• intelligente Performance Spielhilfen wie Portamento, Repetition, Legato
• Round Robin Reset
• eine erweiterte Artikulationsansicht mit Einstellungsmöglichkeiten
• Convolution Reverb (Faltungshall) mit Pre-Delay
• verbessertes Microtuning
• verbesserte Klangqualität durch die Play Audio Engine
• 1 Pol Filter für natürliche Überblendungen
• Das Stereobild kann jetzt mittels Channel Sourcing verändert werden.

Enthaltene Instrumente:

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

Middle East and Turkish Empire:

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

Weitere Information in englischer Sprache:

Details:
In ancient Egypt, RA was regarded as the creator of everything, the god of the sun. RA is usually represented with the body of a man and the head of a hawk, holding an ankh & sceptre. The chief location of RA worship was Heliopolis (a Greek word meaning city of the sun). RA is an appropriate name for the largest, and most comprehensive rare and ethnic virtual instrument ever made.

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 a top studio 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.

You will find RA has amazing sound quality. 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.

Another cool aspect of this virtual instrument is the fact that we recorded ethnic ensembles. This was done with African drums, bagpipes, gamelan and a Middle Eastern string section. The sound of these ensembles cannot be realistically simulated by layering solo instruments.

RA was a very expensive project, but well worth the cost. A lot of thought went into selecting instruments that would appeal to composers of all types, from dance music, to film. You might want to put the middle eastern string section in your next pop tune, or the hardanger fiddle in a sweeping romantic score ala LOTR.

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.

You can have a lot of fun with RA. The possibilities are simply endless, especially when you mix the sounds of different cultures together. Load up the middle eastern string section, apply an Indian or Egyptian tuning from the micro-tuning presets and play octaves. Make a really cool groove with the didgeridoo fx and the Vietnamese jaw harp. Take a classical filmscore piece and replace all of the instruments with their ethnic counterparts: strings with middle eastern string section, solo violin or cello with electric baritone violin, hardanger fiddle or erhu, french horn with alpenhorn, flute with dizi, oboe with duduk, percussion with taikos and African percussion, harp with kora, trombones with rag dung etc. etc.... Or perhaps try the hurdy gurdy, hardanger fiddle, washburn guitar, mandolin and the dizi and make an interesting folk ensemble or the gamelan ensemble with the ney flute, duduk and esraj. And don’t forget the reverb!

NICK PHOENIX - Producer.

"Quite simply, RA is the best collection of world or ethnic sampled instruments I´ve ever used. It ought to be of particular appeal to TV and film composers." - SOUND ON SOUND