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This license expressly forbids resale, re licensing or other distribution of these sounds, either as they exist with these discs, or any modification thereof. You cannot sell, loan, rent, lease, assign, upload to or download from any server, or transfer all or any of the enclosed sounds to another user, or for use in any competitive product. 5. Licensor will not be responsible if the contents of these discs does not fit the particular purpose of the Licensee. If in doubt over usage, please contact East West Sounds, Inc. by fax: (USA) 310-271-6968 or email: licensing@eastwestsounds.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ©2005 EAST WEST SOUNDS, INC. QUANTUM LEAP is a trademark of EAST WEST SOUNDS, INC. Contents: Page 1. Cover Art Page 2. License Agreement Page 3. Contents Page 4-5. Introduction Page 6. Credits Page 7-9. Producer Bios Page 10. Ocean Way Recording Page 11. Using RA Page 12. Microtuning and RA Controllers Page 13. RA Instrument List Page 14-77. Ethnic Encyclopedia Page 78-81. Abreviations Key Page 82-100. Programs List Page 101-117. Keyswitch/Live Articulations Tables Page 118. Cover Art Introduction QUANTUM LEAP RA - RARE AND ETHNIC VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT 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). We thought RA would be 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. We recorded the other ninety percent of RA 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 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 14 Gigabyte virtual instrument that covers many typical, and some unusual instruments, from 6 areas of the World 1. Africa 2. Americas and Australia 3. Europe 4. Far East 5. India 6. Middle East and Turkish Empire. So what is so special about RA compared to other ethnic collections? For a start, I think you will really love these sounds for the same reason that Rare Instruments was so popular. Every instrument or ensemble was sampled extensively, so the character of the instrument was preserved. Ethnic (or World) music is all about expression and how the instrument is played. To sample a Turkish wind instrument and not capture the bending, swelling and wavering of the notes is to miss the point completely. We made a big effort to keep things very organized, consistent and intuitive, which is necessary with a collection of this size. Every instrument has many articulations and fx that range from very controlled, to very expressive. This allows you to actually "play" the instrument with authentic results. We also came up with some innovative ideas for achieving realistic legato. We call this QLegatoTM. Introduction Continued.. 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. 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, hardangerfiddle 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 dont forget the reverb! Nick Phoenix - Producer QUANTUM LEAP Credits Produced by Nick Phoenix, Tony Austin and Pacemaker Executive Producer: Doug Rogers Engineering and Mastering: Nick Phoenix Editing: Pacemaker, Tony Austin, Jared Selter, Justin Harris, Jonathan Marmor, Arne Schulze, Claudia Phoenix, Nick Phoenix and James Rickabaugh Programming: Pacemaker, Jared Selter, Tony Austin, Justin Harris and Nick Phoenix Graphic Design: Steven Gilmore and Doug Rogers Photography: Claudia Phoenix and Tony Austin PDF Manual by Claudia Phoenix, Nick Phoenix, Doug Rogers, Pacemaker and Tony Austin Special Thanks to Ocean Way and the artists The Complete Line of QUANTUM LEAP VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS: Hardcore Bass XP RA Stormdrum Symphonic Choirs Symphonic Orchestra Gold Symphonic Orchestra Gold Pro Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Pro Symphonic Orchestra Silver Symphonic Orchestra Silver Pro Nick Phoenix Birthplace: London, England Age: 37 Axe: Keyboards Hobbies: Concrete Pool Skating, Playing Grateful Dead Songs on a Yamaha GS-1 and Bush Bashing Nick is responsible for all of the Quantum Leap libraries to date, either as the sole producer or co-producer. The inspiration for these libraries has always come from experience as a composer. QL libraries to date: QL Guitar and bass, QL Brass, QL Rare Instruments, QL Voices of the Apocalypse, QL 56 Strat, QL Stormdrum, QL Hardcore Bass, QL Colossus, QL RA, EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Pro (Silver, Gold and Platinum) and Symphonic Choirs . Nick has scored over 500 film trailers and has recently begun scoring more TV and film. Look for "Nightmare on Elm Street, Real Nightmares" this spring on CBS. He has also begun collaborating with BT on film projects. Tony "digital-t" Austin Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Age: 26 Axe: Drums and computer Hobbies: Walking along quiet beaches contemplating the meaning of life through his urban poetry. Tony Austin began his journey to the digital world of music at the age of seven. It was at this age that Tony came in contact with one of the innovators of music technology Roger Linn (inventor of the Linn Drum and MPC60 Drum machines). Roger Linn facilitated Tonys need to create and guided him through the complex world of midi and digital music production. It was through this experience that Tony Austin eventually realized his passion for composing, arranging, engineering, and producing. Currently Tony co-owns a company, in Los Angeles California, with Pacemaker called Soundwarrior. As a team they have many credits in film/tv composition, sound consulting, and sample library development. Pacemaker Birthplace: N/A Age: N/A Axe: keytar Avocation: Shoegazer Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, Studio B Custom-built 48 input Ocean Way/API console with GML moving fader automation and separate 24 channel monitor mix inputs returnable to stereo buss. Pro Tools HD. Control Room 15w x 18d x 9h, Main Room 35w x 45d x 24h Using RA Programs in RA fall into 3 categories: 1. Keyswitches 2. Live 3. Elements Keyswitches use keys at the bottom of an 88 key keyboard to switch programs within the keyswitch. The keys used to do the switching are always listed at the end of the program name. EXAMPLE: Washbrn GTR KS C0-D#0.nki Here KS stands for keyswitch, and C0-D#0 means that CO, C#0, D0 and D#0 are used to switch to a different program within this keyswitch program. Keyswitches in RA generally have all of the programs of the instrument wrapped up into one program. This is very useful, because it allows you to have instant access to the entire instrument, and only tie up one midi channel. There is a 17 page document at the end of this manual which describes every detail of all of the keyswitches and Live programs in RA. "Live" programs in RA are simple, very playable programs that generally use the most common and useful articulations of the instrument. They also tend to have cool articulations assigned to the higher velocities. They can be used in live situations, or any time you want something simple and playable, that captures the essence of the instrument. The "Elements" folder contains all of the basic programs of the instrument. It also contains other cool programs like round robin programs. If you dont like using keyswitches, use these. Also look here for FX programs. Notes: The programs in Africa are somewhat basic and do not use keyswitching or live programs. There are also no "Elements" folders, as they are unneccesary. Multis are not used in RA, but of course you can create and save your own multi setups. Micro-tuning in RA Everything in RA has been meticulously tuned to a western, equal-tempered scale. This means that you can use these sounds with any other sounds you have, without any tuning problems. We have also offered a few programs in their un-tuned state as an alternative. These un-tuned versions retain more of the original character of the instrument, but may not mix well in your composition. If this is the case, use the tuned version. It was not possible to offer authentically tuned versions of each instrument, because that is a very complicated task. But we were dedicated to providing a way to easily apply alternate tunings to every program. The Kontakt/Kompakt engine supports micro-tuning, but we found that the NI presets generally did not work for RA, so we programmed our own. This was very difficult, so we concentrated on making a few very usable presets. We may offer more in the future. Please contact Nick at bunschel@aol.com, if you are interested in programming or sharing new micro-tuning presets. RA Micro-tuning Presets: Arabian in C F G.nkp Chinese Lu in B.nkp Chinese Lu in D.nkp Chinese Lu in G.nkp Egyptian in C G.nkp Egyptian in E A.nkp S. Muklund (Indian) In A.nkp S. Muklund (Indian) In D.nkp S. Mukund (Indian) in C.nkp Shruthi (Indian) In A.nkp Shruthi (Indian) in C.nkp Shruthi (Indian) In D.nkp West African in C.nkp Western.nkp Controllers in RA CC0- Volume CC1- Mod-Wheel controls filter CC7- Panning CC11- Expression Please enable CC0 and CC7 in the Kompakt options and restart Kompakt before using RA. RA Instruments Africa African Dual Wooden Shakers (Ewe) African Metal Shakers (Ewe) Atsimevu Axatse Batas Berkete Dejembe Ensemble Ekpiri Ewe Drum Ensemble Ewe Bombshell FromTonFrom Gankokwe L ...