EastWest Complete Composer Collection Reviews

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EastWest Complete Composer Collection Description
This all-encompassing set of virtual instruments includes 7 of the most critically-acclaimed EASTWEST/Quantum Leap professional composition software packages has been compiled for Native Instruments' KOMPAKT/KONTAKT composers. The package of samples includes Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete, Symphonic Choirs, Colossus, RA, Stormdrum, Percussive Adventures 2, and the Böosendorfer 290 Grand Piano. Between them you get 130GB of content and hundreds of virtual instruments that have won numerous accolades, including EQ magazine's Exceptional Quality Award, Future Music "Virtual Instrument of the Year", Electronic Musician "2006 Editor's Choice", Game Audio Network Guild "Best Sound Library Award", among many others. If you don't already have KOMPAKT, worry not, there's an included copy to help you take advantage of the work of EASTWEST/Quantum Leap's award-winning producers. From the gorgeous sound of an acoustic piano to the lush sound of ethnic world instruments, fat booming drums to the beauty of a world-class Symphonic Choir, they've captured something for everyone. Whether you write pop, rock or R&B music, or compose for film, TV, and games, the Complete Composer Collection has more than enough to keep you feeling creative and keep you busy producing inspired music.

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Quality: 10
Awesome collection. I doubt you'll find as comprehensive a collection for the money. You will not need any more libraries after this one. Samples are wonderful (and I have tried maybe 2-3% of the library), if you actually need more than this, you are a much more demanding customer than me.

Reliability: 9
3-4 of my 34 CDs didn't work. I put in a request for one CD and it came internationally in a couple days. Awesome.

Overall Rating: 10
This is slanted towards composition for soundtracks and that style of sound. I am a "rock" guy, and I honestly don't feel the guitars and basses achieve what I need them to achieve; but that said, StormDrum and Symphonic Orchestra are simply wonderful for what they are trying to achieve.

My suggestion is this. Listen to the samples on East West's site. You can replicate ALL of the stuff on their site without any further processing, plugins, mastering. You just need the standalone player to recreate anything they have demo'd. I honestly didn't expect my own experimentation to sound the same as the demo's.

Go buy it. It's amazing. I don't think I've ever really heard a recording as good as this. Makes me think all the metal I've heard is produced in a tin shed. Wow.