East West Ghostwriter

East West Ghostwriter

•     Produced by STEVEN WILSON and DOUG ROGERS
•     Played by STEVEN WILSON, MARCO MINNEMANN, and LAURENCE JUBER
•     Includes over 50 Gigs of unique instruments, many of which have been mutated or processed beyond all recognition!
•     Includes Guitars, Basses, Keyboards, Ethnic Instruments, Drums
•     Recorded in the world famous EASTWEST studios
•     Includes PLAY 4 64-bit/32-bit software on both MAC and PC
•     New FX section is included with Ghostwriter, and available as an optional upgrade for all other legacy EastWest PLAY virtual instruments.
•     The FX section includes a SSL EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip, Transient Shaper, and SSL´s legendary Stereo Bus Compressor; Echoplex EP-1 Delay, Amp Simulator, plus an upgraded "true stereo" reverb from EastWest.

One of the most eclectic and prolific artists in rock music, Steven Wilson has been writing, recording, and producing music continuously since the early nineties. As leader of his band Porcupine Tree, and more recently as a solo artist, he has gained a reputation for his songwriting, experimentation, and sonic excellence. Since learning how to produce and record music on equipment made for him as a child by his electronic genius father in the 80´s, Steven´s passion has always been to experiment with the possibilities of sculpting with sound. Avoiding presets or existing samples, he has instead preferred to create unique sonic worlds, thus blurring the boundaries between sound design, song-writing, and record production. However, he also recognizes that not everyone has the time or inclination to spend so much time developing sound sources when working on their productions.

For the first time ever, this new virtual instrument presents many of Steven´s most innovative sounds, as well as a selection of especially created instruments and some replications of instantly recognizable classic sounds originally created by other legendary producers and engineers. These organic and inspirational sounds can be used as part of the fabric of complex music productions, or as the basis for cinematic soundtrack-based music, providing a ready-made selection of sonic building blocks with years of expertise and sonic innovation already embedded in them.

WHY GHOSTWRITER?
In music, a Ghostwriter is a composer who writes musical pieces or makes other contributions that are officially credited to another person. The concept of Ghostwriting (or "ghosting") goes back centuries, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a well known composer paid to ghostwrite music for wealthy patrons. The practice is controversial as typically the Ghostwriter is not credited, but it´s widely practiced in our industry, particularly in the creation of film and television soundtracks. We feel it is an appropriate name for this project as Steven will be bringing his vast sound design and production experience to your music, but will probably never meet you, and as such is your Ghostwriter.

Requirements

This library includes "PLAY 2" as a Sample-Player

Minimum Requirements for Mac

•     OSX 10.7
•     Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.1GHz or newer
•     2GB Ram
•     Harddisk 7200 RPM or faster

Recommended Mac System

•     Latest OSX
•     Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz or newer
•     8GB Ram
•     Harddisk 7200 RPM or faster

Minimum Requirements for PC

•     minimum Windows 7
•     Sound Card with ASIO Driver
•     Intel Core 2 Duo, or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz or newer
•     4GB RAM
•     Harddisk 7200 RPM or faster

Recommended PC System

•     64-bit Windows/Host Sequencer
•     Intel Core 2 Quad, or AMD Quad-Core 2.66GHz or newer
•     8GB RAM
•     Harddisk 7200 RPM or faster

All Systems

•     Free iLok account required at www.ilok.com, internet connection required for product activation (a free soundsonline.com account is required for retrieving and managing iLok licenses)
•     Hard disk space for libray content
•     DVD Drive
•     Please check the latest recommendations on the manufacturer´s site for details

INCLUDED FOR BOTH PC & MAC:
- 32-bit standalone and plug-in versions included.
- 64-bit PC VST (host must support 64-bit VST plugins) and standalone versions included.
- Check the following compatibility chart for availability of other 64-bit versions and updates.

SUPPORTED INTERFACES

- WIN: VST™, ASIO™, DirectSound™,RTAS, AAX
- MAC: VST™, Audio Units™, Core Audio™,RTAS, AAX

This product requires an activation!
You can either "soft" activate on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.

An internet connection on any computer and a free user-accout at www.ilok.com is required to authorize the product.

Shipping costs are calculated at time of checkout by our shopping cart, based on the weight of your order and the method of shipment.