Eastwest Quantum Leap Hardcore Bass Reviews

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Eastwest Quantum Leap Hardcore Bass Description
From Quantum Leap producers Nick Phoenix and Pierre Martin, Hardcore Bass includes 2.2 Gigabytes of mix dominating, teeth shattering, hardcore electric bass recorded through massive ampeg bass rigs with the volume turned up to 11.

All samples are taken from Music Man Stingray & Lakland 5594 5-string basses using various pickup and amp settings. Every conceivable articulation of picked and fingered, muted, open, scraped, and mutilated bass - 6,600 multi-samples.

Hardcore Bass has advanced programming features such as keyswitching, release samples, automatic alternation of up and down picking, chromatic slides, legatos, effects and stacato stopping.

No sampler required.

Hardcore Bass software comes as a virtual instrument which includes a high-performance Native Instruments interface powered by the efficient KONTAKT audio engine, including Direct-from-Disk*, for Mac and PC (*With freely-downloadable Direct-from-Disk extension).

The audio engine functions as a plug-in instrument, without the need for a sampler.

For the sonically adventureous, many sound shaping tools have been built into the interface. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give a wealth of creative possibilities. Integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects are also provided.

Professional sound quality with advanced 32-bit processing; eight-part multitimbrality and 256 voice polyphony allow for lush arrangements. The clean and intuitive interface of Hardcore Bass software never lets the technology get in the way of your creativity. All important instrument parameters can be immediately adjusted without the need to page, scroll, or fumble through a manual.

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Quality: 9
I bought the Quantum Leap Hardcore Bass XP in the summer of 2006. I've used it on numerous projects. I have to say that when the programming is good, this bass sample package sound AWESOME. I also have to say that programming bass is HARD! I don't know what it is about programming with this thing, but I never seem to be able to get the quality out of that I know is in there.

For example, head to Quantum Leap Hardcore Bass XP :: East West/Quantum Leap :: Developers :: Sounds Online and listen to their audio samples. It's clear this thing is a very mean sounding bass sound. However, I'm either doing something terrible wrong with my MIDI programming or these guys are taking tons of time programming these things.

I attribute my inability to squeeze the awesome out of this thing at my own lack of MIDI programming skill. So I think it's safe to say that if you are a beginner MIDI guy you may have trouble getting the same awesomeness out of this that you hear on the sound samples on the website.


Reliability: 10
I've had absolutely no trouble with Quantum Leap Hardcore Bass XP. It's been very reliable and doesn't use up much RAM or CPU power when compared to other sample libraries I own.

Overall Rating: 9
If you are awesome at MIDI sequencing and need a MEAN, aggressive sounding bass sample library buy it in a second. Don't hesitate. If you aren't so skilled at MIDI sequencing, it's a toss up. You won't be able to sound as mean as they do on the samples, but you'll still have a bass sample library that you can grow into.