Quantum Leap Rare Instruments Demo

[Nick Phoenix]

I just uploaded the Rare Instruments demo. It can be found in the user demos section of this website. It is a low quality mp3, but you can still tell what this stuff sounds like.

[Mackie]

Where is the Demo ? I am Looking forward to hear...

[Nick Phoenix]

The demo should be up on the user demos section soon. I uploaded the demo yesterday. How long does it usually take them? If you put your email address in a reply, I will email you the mp-3.

[mdfmuse]

Hi Nick. I\'d love to hear your demo- I still can\'t find it posted in user demos. So could you email it to me? Thanks.

mdfmuse@zdnetonebox.com

[Ewen]

Hi Nick.

Could you send me your demo too please...?

even89@online.no

[Nick Phoenix]

The demo is up! Load the 4.2 meg version (LLQ). The other is screwed up.

[Hans Adamson]

Nick,

That demo is absolutely fantastic. Are you using prerecorded phrases for some instruments, or is every individual note midi-triggered. It is the best demo I have heard, all categories counted..

Hans

[Nick Phoenix]

Thank You Hans. A few instruments like the Duduk have ornaments/licks, as well as extensive sustains. All ornaments/licks are playable in every key, so there are very few limitations to what you can do with them. In the demo, the Sarangi in the 2nd cue and the Duduk in the 5th cue use a combination of ornaments/licks and midi triggered sustains. I think everything else is straight-forward midi triggered notes for every note you hear. All drums are played by midi, no loops.

[This message has been edited by Nick Phoenix (edited 03-30-2001).]

[SteveHanlon]

Nick,

I have to admit when you first posted sometime ago about your new library, I thought \"Well, I won\'t be getting that one.\"

But, after hearing the demo, I will buy it!!

The sounds are very, very special and have that movie soundtrack uniqueness.

I got a kick out of your Peter Gabriel-esque part.

Please list all the instruments available on this Rare Instruments set. I\'d like to see what your offering.

Also, did the demo use any instruments or effects that won\'t be present on Rare Instruments set.

Great sounds...and thanks for something a bit different.

[Nick Phoenix]

There are 2 sounds in the demo that are not in the library. There is an indian drone (tambura) in the second cue that you hear at the top of the cue underneath the sarangi and there is an analog low pad underneath the alpenhorn drone in the Peter Gabrielesque cue.
DISK 1
FAR EAST

Erhu (2 Stringed Chinese Fiddle, Bowed)
Rag-dung (10 Ft. Tibetan Trumpet)
Taiko Drums (Giant Japanese Barrel Drums)
34\" Chinese Gong
23\" Thai Gong

DISK 2
MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA

Sarangi (Bowed Classical Indian Instrument)
Tablas
Duduk (Armenian Flute) (Also Includes 40 Licks Playable In Any Key)
Middle Eastern Fiddle

DISK 3
EUROPE

Alpen Horn (14 Ft. Wooden Horn)
Hurdy Gurdy (Keyed Instrument Bowed With Wheel)
Gadulka (Bulgarian Fiddle)
Highland Pipes (Scottish Bagpipes)
Uilleann Pipes (Irish Bagpipes)
Launeddas (Sardinian Triple Pipes)
Irish Low Whistle (Irish Flute)

[Lougheed]

Just listened to the demo. Fantastic sounds!

Lawrence

[Damon]

Sounds great as always Nick (the erhu and the indian stringed instrument truly sound incredible http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif). When will the library be available and how much?

[SCARBEE]

Very, very good Nick!

I have wanted such sounds for years and just waited for someone to make it. I can\'t wait to buy it - and so will any Giga-users I believe.

Beautyful demo - moody and cinematic, very calm and nice to hear Saturday morning.

When will it be out?

Thomas

[This message has been edited by SCARBEE (edited 03-31-2001).]

[Hans Adamson]

Nick,

Which reverb were you using on the demo?

Hans

[mschiff]

Nick,

That is a fantastic demo. Certainly makes me want to buy the product. Other producers of Giga libraries should take lessons from you!

When will it be available and where?

-- Martin

[Nick Phoenix]

Thanks everybody. It will be available from East West in 2 weeks. $499 retail. 3cd roms 1600 mb. The reverbs on the demo all come from the Sony DRE-S777 sampling reverb. Although, many of the sounds have some nice slight ambience built in.

[Robert Kral]

Thanks Nick!

What an excellent demo! The sounds are superb!!

Could you please tell me what perussion you used during the last example. Is it the Taiko drums? I\'d like to confirm that this percussion is included in the library.

Thanks,
Robert Kral

[Ewen]

fantastic work Nick...

If I didn\'t knew it was samples, I would have thought that it was \"real\" players...

This has the \"James Horner\" feel in it, that I have been looking for.

Thank you very much Nick.

Ewen

[Nick Phoenix]

The last piece in the demo uses taiko drums and a hint of tabla, all from the library, played from the keys ( not a loop ). Most of the players in this collection have to remain annonymous.

[jimmyrow]

Nick - WOW! Really. I have to say that I am quite excited by your demo. I got your brass library for x-mas and am still amazed by it. It just sounds sooo good. Listening to this MP3 I\'m freaked out wondering what Rare Instruments will sound like on my system. Funky choice of instruments, by the way. Erhu and Duduk! Great! The Sarangi is incredible! If it wasn\'t for my experience with the brass samples I wouldn\'t believe that the tablas aren\'t looped. I didn\'t think anybody would ever make a convincing tabla patch. Can\'t wait to play it myself. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

[Chris Beck]

Excellent demo, nick. Congratulations.

Especially the last two bits on the demo.

Just curious... was that who I think it was on duduk? Or someone else?

- Chris

[This message has been edited by Chris Beck (edited 04-01-2001).]

[Nick Phoenix]

Did I mention that Rare Instruments is a Gigastudio only library? Many of the patches use the max amount of dimensions even in Gigastudio.

[Chadwick]

Nick,

I\'m having trouble downloading the demo from:
http://www.northernsounds.com/demos/Rare (\"http://www.northernsounds.com/demos/Rare\") Instruments Demo LLQ.mp3

I\'m using Netscape 4.6 and get a 404 error ....

[Nick Phoenix]

Chadwick,
My email is bunschel@aol.com. I can email the demo to you.
- nick

[Nick Phoenix]

Rare Instruments has been confirmed for a April 20 release date. The disks will arrive at East West on that morning.