EastWest Fab Four Virtual Instrument

Now Available!

FAB FOUR is a virtual instrument inspired by the sounds of the Beatles, using the same kind of instruments and recording equipment the Beatles used to create their music.

"The Beatles had a profound impact on me musically," said FAB FOUR producer DOUG ROGERS, "and were the influence for my fascination with sound. They were musical geniuses that never rested on their laurels, always producing exciting new music and sounds with each new record, much of it ground-breaking! Putting this project together took well over a year of research, equipment procurement (much of it from collectors), and putting together a team that could pull off such a feat; but it was a labor of love for us all, and the result is truly worth it."

FAB FOUR sound engineer KEN SCOTT worked on five Beatles albums, including "A Hard Days Night", "Help", "Rubber Soul", "Magical Mystery Tour" (engineer), and "The Beatles" (engineer) - also known as the "White Album". Drummer DENNY SEIWELL and Guitarist LAURENCE JUBER were both members of Paul McCartney and Wings.

No expense was spared finding the same kind of equipment the Beatles used to create their sounds to produce this collection, much of which, ironically, will end up in EASTWEST Studio 3, where the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" was recorded, the inspiration for the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, according to Paul McCartney.

Well over a million dollars worth of rare period instruments, amplifiers, microphones, recording desks (including very rare EMI REDD tube and TG12345 desks), outboard equipment (including Fairchild limiters and EMI RS124 modified Altec compressors), and Studer J-37 tube multi-tracks were used in this production. If you are a film/tv/game composer, or musician/producer looking for some truly unique sounds with attitude to create with, this is it!

KEY FACTS:
Produced by DOUG ROGERS
Engineered by KEN SCOTT (Beatles/David Bowie/Elton John/Supertramp etc.)
Includes authentic rare period guitars (acoustic and electric), basses, drums, keyboards, stringed and other misc instruments
The same kind of microphones were used to record all instruments (Neumann/AKG/Cole/STC)
The same kind of period amplifiers - Vox AC30 (1963), Fender Showman (1967), Fender DeLuxe (1967), Fender Tan Showman (1963), Vox Defiant (1966), Vox 730 (1966), Vox 7120 (1966), Fender Bassman (1963) - were used with the electric guitars
The same kind of recording desks and preamps, including a very rare EMI REDD tube desk, EMI TG12345 desk (the same kind of desk used to record Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"), and EMI REDD47 preamps, were used to record all instruments
The same kind of limiters (Fairchild) and compressors (rare EMI RS124 modified Altec) were used for dynamics control
The same kind of Studer J-37 tube 4-track was used to record everything

INSTRUMENTS:

Guitars (some costing over $200,000 each) played by LAURENCE JUBER (Paul McCartney and Wings) include Gretsch Firebird (1959), Gretsch Tennessean (1963), Rickenbacker 360-12 (1965), Martin D-28 (1966), Fender Stratocaster (1956), Epiphone Casino (1956), Fender Telecaster (1951), Gibson SG (1960), Les Paul Goldtop (1957), Gibson J200 (1966), Hofner Bass (1963) and Rickenbacker Bass (1964).
Guitars were sampled with up and down strokes, multiple velocities and picking styles, some with chords and effects
Most of the sounds would be impossible to create without all of the above equipment. For example, the "revostortion" guitar sound was created by feeding a Epiphone Casino guitar into one EMI REDD 47 preamp, and the output into a second EMI REDD 47 preamp, which is exactly how it was created originally by the EMI/Abbey Road engineers
Drums played by DENNY SEIWELL (Paul McCartney and Wings) include a rare 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit with Zildjian cymbals (snare 5 x 14/toms 9 x 13/16 x 16/kick 22 x 14/zildjan 20" crash ride/18" crash medium/14" Hi-Hat)
Drums are all multi-sampled with up to 16 velocity layers, left and right hand. The sounds were all matched to a particular style (e.g. A Day in the Drums, Ticket to Drums, Yer Drums). We even recorded some heavily modulated cymbals through a Fairchild limiter for authenticity
Keyboards include Baldwin Electric Harpsichord (Because I'm a Harpsichord), Clavioline (Baby I'm a Clavioline), Birthday Piano (through VOX Defiant guitar amp), Lucy in the Lowery, Strawberry Flutes, We Can Work a Harmonium, and other stringed instruments including Swarmandel Forever

EFFECTS:

Includes a software version of ADT (artificial double tracking) with built-in tape simulator, created and programmed specially for this project

INSTRUMENT LIST:

Baby I'm A Clavioline (Clavioline/Baldwin Amp)
Bass Tripper (1963 Hofner Bass)
Because I'm A Harpsichord (Baldwin Electric Harpsichord/Baldwin Amp)
Birthday Piano (Steinway B Piano through 1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
Come To Bass (1963 Hofner Bass)
Come To Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Come To Rhythm Guitar (1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1967 Fender DeLuxe Amp)
Come To Guitar Solo (1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
Day In The Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Everybody's Got Guitar (1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
Fixing A Guitar Solo (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
Getting A Better Guitar (1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar/1966 Vox 730)
Get Guitar (1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1967 Fender Showman Amp)
Help I'm A Snare (plus kit) (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Help I'm A Lead Guitar 1963 Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar/1963 Vox AC30)
Here Comes The Guitar 1966 Gibson J200 Acoustic picked)
I'm Only A Backward Guitar (1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1966 Vox 7120 Amp)
I Want Guitar (Epiphone Casino/Fender DeLuxe and Fender Strat/Fender Tan Showman)
I Will Need A Guitar (1966 Martin D28 with ADT)
I'm A Blackbird (1966 Martin D28 Acoustic Guitar fingered and picked)
In The End Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Lucy In The Lowery (Lowery Heritage Deluxe Organ)
Lucy Lead Guitar (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker)
Michele Guitar Solo (1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
Modulated Fairchild Cymbals (Zildjian Cymbals)
Nowhere Guitar (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar/1963 Vox AC30)
Penny Snare (plus kit) (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Pepper Guitar (Gibson SG Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
Revostortion Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/2 x REDD 47 Preamps)
Roll Over Guitar (1959 Gretsch Firebird Electric Guitar (Roc-Jet)/1963 Vox AC30 Amp)
Something Is A Guitar Solo (57 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
Something Is A Rhythm Guitar (1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker)
Something Is A Rhythm Guitar Chords (1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker)
Strawberry Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Strawberry Flutes (Mellotron Flutes)
Swarmandel Forever (Swarmandel)
Ticket To Guitar (Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar/1963 Vox AC30)
Ticket To Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
We Can Work A Harmonium (Harmonium)
With a Little Help From My Bass (1965 Rickenbacker 360-12 Bass)
Within A Sitar (Sitar)
Within A Tabla (Tabla)
What You're Drumming (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
Yer Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)

All instruments are newly recorded multi-samples for this collection and none of the sounds came from any Beatles music or records (Beatles is a registered trademark of Apple Corp, Ltd. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders.)

(PLEASE NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH, OR ENDORSED BY APPLE CORP, LTD.)

PLAY Advanced Sample Engine:
PLAY is a 64-bit Advanced Sample Engine with built-in Network Control (plug-in or standalone).  PLAY is included with all new EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Virtual (software) Instruments.

PLAY isn't just a sampler, the PLAY SYSTEM is a professional fully integrated sample playback software solution for those with the most demanding production requirements:
-Offers native support for more platforms than any other software engine
-Network support for large studios, expandable systems
-The latest in technology (64-bit, next generation operating systems, plus lossless compression to increase
  efficiency and lower storage requirements)
-The highest sound quality (ground-up effects, highest quality interpolation)
-The best virtual instruments from the multiple award-winning EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP producers
-The most intuitive controls, custom designed for each library
-Complete portability
-Try and buy new instruments any time, anywhere with an internet connection

PLAY includes custom designed virtual instruments that look as beautiful as they sound
-Interface designed to eliminate clutter, including only the controls needed for each individual virtual instrument
-Designed to be played like an instrument, not programmed like a sampler

Load MORE thanks to 64-bit support**
-64-bit support** allows you to load many more instruments and voices, limited only by your system
  RAM (32-bit support is included also)
-While most high-end computers will support 16Gb (8 times as much memory is now usable), a very small
  set of high-performance enterprise computers (with Microsoft Vista Ultimate) can already use 128Gb of
  RAM. As hardware develops, the theoretical limit is 17,179,869,184 gigabytes = 16 exabytes, or 17
  billion gigabytes!

Networking Support*
-If you still need more power, our built-in NETWORK CONTROL allows you to load instruments on other
  machines controlled from your host computer
-No more trips back and forth between computers, no more KVM switching when loading projects
-No need to buy additional software
-The PLAY system is a professional fully integrated solution for those with the most demanding
  production requirements

All instruments are listed in one browser
-Easy to use browser displays all of your instruments, and allows you to audition other collections before purchase
-Access our online server from the PLAY software, audition individual instruments in your track, and purchase
  the instruments 24/7*
-Load and audition other collections, and purchase at any time with an authorization code (or purchase
  codes from EASTWEST authorized resellers)*.
-Favorites section to group the instruments you use most
-Preview your instrument of choice in an easy-to-use column viewer
-Load instruments into one instance to take advantage of your sequencer's "instrument tracks", or many
  if you so desire.
-Interface automatically changes to display current instrument

Articulations
-Forget browsing through complicated patch names: pick the instrument and play
-Turn on/off articulations as you wish
-Articulations list also serves as reference for all expressions within the instrument (no need to look up
  key-switches in charts)
-Save your favorite configuration for quick retrieval

Legato Detection
-PLAY senses legato and repetitive playing and responds accordingly

Stereo Handling
-PLAY allows the user to manipulate stereo samples in very useful ways
-Stereo Swap allows the user to instantly swap the left and right channels
-Mono from left , Mono from right, or Mono Sum allow for instant conversion from stereo to mono

Mic Mixer
-Control all mic positions for the orchestra, choirs, pianos, and other instruments with multiple mic
  positions with the built-in mic mixer (currently included in the QL PIANOS virtual instrument)
-Now taken a step further, do it right in the patch
-Load, unload, adjust, pan, mute mic positions as you wish
-Pick your instrument, and PLAY!

Effects Engine
-The best sounding and most powerful effects engine out there, built from the ground up for the
  highest possible quality
-SPACE CONTROL includes multiple impulse responses from halls, and the famous EASTWEST studios
  and live chambers (more RIAA certified Platinum and Gold records awarded than any other studio)
-The smoothest filters you'll ever hear
-Specialized effects for individual products included the first Artificial Double Tracking (ADT) software
  available (included in the FAB FOUR virtual instrument)

Playback Engine
-Highest quality resampling engine
-Advanced sample storage and streaming technology saves RAM, speeds up load times, and reduces disk
  load without reducing sample quality
-Built from the ground up to create the most intuitive instruments possible. Allowed us to design instruments
  every step of the way without compromise
-Support for future developments such as QControl, offering the ultimate in playability without requiring any
  additional performance tool or midi interpreter

Security system
-Authorize purchased instruments easily, and audition other instruments before purchasing them using
  the industry-standard iLok security system
-Offers complete portability, take your plugin anywhere you want, use it on any computer
-Easy to authorize and manage (up to 100 authorizations on one key)

RTAS, AU, VST, Standalone, Intel Mac, PPC Mac, Windows XP and Vista, 64-bit, 32-bit, multilingual
-Natively supported in all major hosts on all major operating systems - PLAY no matter what your platform
-More native support than any other plug-in
-Standalone: PLAY as many instruments as your computer can handle in one application
-Speaks your language - PLAY no matter what language you speak (major languages included)

*This feature will be available after release as a free download for all registered users.
**MAC 64 BIT SUPPORT REQUIRES UPDATE AFTER RELEASE OF APPLE's 64-BIT LEOPARD OS)

System Requirements:
8 GB Free Hard Disc Space
DVD Drive
iLok Security Key (a free soundsonline.com account is required for retrieving and managing iLok licenses) 

WINDOWS XP, VISTA (32 and 64-bit), PIV, 1 GIG of RAM,
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher , POWER PC or INTEL MAC

WIN: VST, RTAS, ASIO, DirectSound
MAC: VST, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS