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1. Fab Four Virtual Instrument Users Manual FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of East West Productions L L C The software and sounds described in this document are subject to License Agreements and may not be copied to other media No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or other wise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by East West Productions LLC All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners PLAYTM is a trademark of East West Sounds Inc East West Sounds Inc 2010 All rights reserved East West Sounds Inc 6000 Sunset Blvd Hollywood CA 90028 USA 1 323 957 6969 voice 1 323 957 6966 fax For questions about licensing of products licensing eastwestsounds com For more general information about products info eastwestsounds com http support soundsonline com Version of July 2010 c o o RN FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PLAY Producer Doug Rogers Engineer Ken Scott Credits How to Use This and the Other Manuals Online Documentation and Other Resources Click on this textto open the MasterNavigationDocument 1 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Producer Doug Rogers Doug Rogers has over 30 years experience in the audio industry and is the recipient of many recording industry awards including Reco
2. tive l m hoping they re going to use it to make new music These are just great sounds The vintage tube equip ment developed with the finest audio components provide a character to these sounds that cannot be produced with today s digital equipment Recording for the project finished De cember 12 2006 followed by five months of post production to create the virtual instrument and although it was never planned the Fab Four virtual In Sen was ak June 1 2007 the same day 40 years ago the Beatles released Sgt Pepper probably the most innovative album of the century Enjoy Doug Rogers Producer Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 15 FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT What s Included This EastWest Fab Four library you purchased includes all the following a complete set of sample based instruments enumerated later in this manual approximately 13 Gigabytes of 24 bit 88 2 kHz samples the EastWest PLAY Advanced Sample Engine the unique authorization code that identifies the license you bought manuals in Adobe Acrobat format for both the EastWest PLAY System and the East West Fab Four Virtual Instrument e an installation program to set up the library software and documentation on your computer e an Authorization Wizard for registering your license in an online database One required item not usually included is an iLok security key If you already have one from an earlier purchase of software y
3. 1966 Martin 028 Acoustic Guitar fingered and picked C0 Fingered C 0 Sustained Pick RR DO Fingered Leg D 0 Sustained Pick RR Leg E0 Slide UP WS Vibrato FO Slide UP HS Vibrato F 0 4ths RR GO 7ths RR G 0 9ths RR A0 Maj RR A 0 Min RR B0 Sus4 RR Cl Short Scrapes CH FX I m Only A Backward Guitar 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1966 Vox 7120 Amp C0 Reverse Sustained C 0 Reverse Sustained Slide DO Sustained Quick D 0 Sustained Slie Quick Lucy Lead Guitar 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker Leslie Michelle Is A Guitar Solo 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1963 Fender Bassman Amp C0 Sustained C 0 Staccato Nowhere Guitar 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar 1963 Vox AC30 Amp Sustained RRx4 Party Guitar Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar 1963 AC50 Amp continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 36 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAB FOUR GUITARS Keyswitch Notes C0 C 0 Articulations Sustained RRx4 Sustained RRx4 Leg Pepper Guitar Gibson SG Guitar 1966 Vox Defiant Amp C0 C 0 DO D 0 E0 FO F 0 Sustained RRx4 Sustained RRx4 Leg Staccato RRx4 1 5 Sec Falloff 3 Sec Falloff Power Chords RRx4 Power Chords Staccato RRx4 Revostortion Guitar 1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 2 x REDD 47 Preamps For this patch you have the option to either use CC1 or Legato playing mode to switch between Short amp Long Staccato Chords and R
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6. Stick Rimshot C1 Bass Drum 1 CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH DAL Snare Drag Ghosting El Snare RH FI 16 Tom LH HH Hi Hat RR Gl 16 Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open Al 13 Tom LH 1 Hi Hat Open Bl 13 Tom RH 2 18 Zildjian Crash D 2 18 Ride F2 18 Ride Bell B2 18 Zildjian A Crash Roll Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM54 top KM56 under Hi Hat 14 D19c 2 overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 U67 D19c 2 overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 U67 D19c 2 overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 33 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Notes A0 0 B0 C1 CH D1 D 1 El FI HH Gl G 1 Al NH Bl 2 2 F2 Guitars Articulations Bass Drum Beater On Head Bass Drum Pedal Snare Rimshot Bass Drum Mallet Snare Cross Stick Snare LH Snare Ghost Roll Snare RH Floor Tom LH Hi Hat RR Floor Tom RH Hi Hat Slightly Open RR Tom 1 LH Hi Hat Open RR Tom 1 RH Crash Left Side Ride Ride Bell FAB FOUR GUITARS Keyswitch Notes Articulations Come To Guitar Rhythm 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1967 Fender DeLuxe Amp For this patch you have the option to either use CC1 or Legato playing mode to switch between Long and Mute articulations C0 C40 DO D 0 continued oths 6ths 7ths 8ths Long Mute Leg Long Mute Leg Long Mute Leg I Lo
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9. instruments Basses Keyswitch Notes Articulations Bass Tripper 1963 Hofner 500 Bass C5 Fingered Leg C 5 Fingered Staccato RRx4 D5 Neck RRx4 D 5 Mid RRx4 E5 Bridge RRx4 F5 Muted RRx4 F 5 Slide UP HS G5 Slide DN HS G 5 FX Come To Bass 1963 Hofner 500 Bass C5 Fingered Leg C 5 Fingered Staccato RRx4 D5 Muted RRx4 D 5 Picked RRx4 E5 Slide Up HS F5 FX With A Little Help From My Bass 1964 Rickenbacker 40018 Bass C5 Sustained RRx8 C 5 __Sustained RRx8 Leg D5 Staccato RRx8 D 5 Slide DN HS 5 Slide UP HS F5 Harmonics F 5 FX Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 24 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Drums Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM54 Top KM56 bottom Hi Hat 14 Cole 4038 2 overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 U67 Cole 4038 2 overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 U67 Cole 4038 2 overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Tea towel on all drums Notes Articulations A0 Crash Fairchild R LT 2 BO Snare Rimshot RR C1 Bass Drum A C 1 Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI Floor Tom LH HH Hi Hat Rim Closed RR Gl Floor Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Rim RH Al Tom 2 LH Nr Hi Hat Open B1 Tom 2 RH 2 Crash Fairchild R LT 1 D2 Tom 1 RH D 2 Crash Left Side Bell G2 Crash Left Side Choke A2 Crash Right Side Choke B2 Crash Left Side Roll continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 25 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMEN
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12. 6 D19c Cole 4038 2 overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Notes Articulations B0 Bass Drum Mallet C1 Bass Drum Resting Beater CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI Floor Tom LH Fil Hi Hat RR Gl Floor Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open LH Al Tom 1 LH continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 29 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PENNY SNARE PLUS KIT Notes Articulations 1 Hi Hat Slight Open RH B1 Tom 1 RH 2 Crash Left Side D 2 Crash Bell G2 Crash Right Side STRAWBERRY DRUMS Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM56 under Hi Hat 14 D19c overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 D19c overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Notes Articulations B0 Bass Drum Mallet C1 Bass Drum Resting Beater CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI Floor Tom LH HH Hi Hat RR Gl Floor Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open LH Al Tom 1 LH 1 Hi Hat Slight Open RH B1 Tom 1 RH C 2 Crash Left Side D 2 Crash Bell G2 Crash Right Side Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 30 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT TICKET TO DRUMS Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM56 under Hi Hat 14 D19c overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 D19c overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash me
13. Editing Rhys Moody Nick Pavey Justin Harris Art Direction Doug Rogers Shaun Ellwood Software Sam Fischmann Klaus Voltmer Patrick Stinson Stefan Kersten Klaus Lebk cher Toine Diepstraten Stefan Podell Albert Ortega Doug Rogers Nick Phoenix Rhys Moody Stefan Leiste Manual John Philpit Chapter 1 Welcome 6 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Special Thanks to Stefan Leiste Gary Meyerberg Swarmandel and for keeping all the old gear going John Hinson J J Blair Mark Linett Jim Elyea Lon Cohen Michael Lloyd Jim Wilson Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan Recording The Beatles Brian Gibson Strawberry Flutes licensed from Mellotron www mellotron com Screaming Girls licensed from BBC Harmonium sampled by Lars Weston Lowery Organ sampled by David Jacques Sitar Hammond B3 sampled by Nick Phoenix Enhanced with Transonics EAST WEST PRODUCTIONS L L C Chapter 1 Welcome 7 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT How to Use This and the Other Manuals All documentation for the EastWest PLAY Advanced Sample System and its libraries is provided as a collection of Adobe Acrobat files also called PDFs They can be viewed on the computer screen or printed to paper Each time you install one of the PLAY System libraries two manuals are copied to the file system on your computer e The manual that describes the whole PLAY System This the largest of the manuals addresses how to install and use all aspects of the software
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15. IRTUAL INSTRUMENT e Michelle Is A Guitar Solo 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1963 Fender Bassman Amp Madonna Piano Steinway B Piano Miscellaneous Claps Tambourine Cowbell Screaming Girls e Nowhere Guitar 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar 1963 Vox AC30 Amp e Party Guitar Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar 1963 Vox AC50 Amp e Penny Snare plus kit 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit e Pepper Guitar Gibson SG Guitar 1966 Vox Defiant Amp e Revostortion Guitar 1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 2 x REDD 47 Preamps Roll Over Guitar 1959 Gretsch Country Gentleman Electric Guitar 1964 Vox AC100 Amp e Something Is A Guitar Solo 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar 1963 Fender Bassman Amp e Something Is A Rhythm Guitar 1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker e Strawherry Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit e Strawherry Flutes original sound licensed from www mellotron com e Swarmandel Forever Swarmandel e Ticket To Guitar Rickenbacker 360 12 Electric Guitar 1965 Vox AC50 Amp e Ticket To Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit e We Can Work A Harmonium Harmonium e With a Little Help From My Bass 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S Bass e Within A Sitar Love You Sitar Sitar e Within A Tabla Tabla e What You re Drumming 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit e Yer Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit in Small Room Explaining the Instrument Sub types For some instruments in Fab Four there may be two or
16. T COME TO DRUMS C3 Crash Right Side Roll H3 Hi Hat Open Close Fast G 3 Hi Hat Open Close A 3 Hi Hat Less Slow Close Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM56 Under Hi Hat 14 D19c overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 D19c overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Detuned a whole tone Notes Articulations A0 Bass Drum Beater Head B0 Bass Drum Mallet C1 Bass Drum Pedal CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI Floor Tom LH HH Hi Hat Closed LH Gl Floor Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Closed RH Al Tom 1 LH 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open LH B1 Tom 1 RH 2 Crash Left Side D 2 Ride F2 Ride Bell G2 Crash Bell Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 26 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAIRCHILD MODULATED CYMBALS Instruments Mic Zildjian Cymbals D19c Notes Articulations C1 Crash 01 D1 Crash 02 El Crash 03 FI Crash 04 Gl Crash 05 Al Crash 06 Bl Crash 07 HELP I M A SNARE PLUS KIT Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 Snare 5 x 14 KM56 top and bottom Hi Hat 14 Cole 4038 2 overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c Cole 4038 2 overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 D19c Cole 4038 2 overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Notes Articulations FO Bass Drum Mallet A G0 Bass Drum Mallet B A0 Bass Drum Beater On Head RR B0 Bass Drum 2 C1 Bass Drum RR CH Snare C
17. ame level on both signals higher or lower gives preference to one of the signals The overall effect depends on their combination The On Off button allows you to kill the ADT effect instantly and then reinstate it with the same settings as needed The Browser View The Browser behaves identically among all PLAY System libraries Read the main PLAY System manual for information about how to use that view Chapter 3 The EastWest Fab Four User Interface 20 22 23 24 39 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PLAY 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches Descriptions of the Fab Four Instruments Explaining the Instrument Sub types A Table of the Instruments Abbreviations Used in Articulation Names Click on this textto open the MasterNavigationDocument 21 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Instruments Articulations Keyswitches This chapter provides specific information about each of the instruments in the Fab Four library First is a section that briefly describes which physical instrument was recorded and sometimes with what amp when appropriate This is followed by a table that lists for each instrument the available articulations together with the keyswitch note that initiates each one You might want to print out the pages containing this table as a reference Descriptions of the Fab Four Instruments The collection includes the following sounds Baby I m Clavioline Clavioline Baldwin Amp Bass Tripper 1963 Hofn
18. and Keyboard Magazine Key Buy Award He persuaded audio legend Prof Keith Johnson to record EWQLSO and EWQLSC and came up with the revolutionary idea of recording all instruments and voices with 3 simultaneous stereo mic setups so users can control the tone of the performances and the acoustics of the concert hall as well as create surround sound mixes His latest productions include Quantum Leap Pianos another 3 mic setup and the most detailed virtual piano collection ever produced and Fab Four inspired by the sounds of the Beatles featuring the same kind of vintage instruments and original EMI Abbey Road recording equipment as the Beatles used to create their music He persuaded audio legend Ken Scott who was involved in the recording of five Beatles albums and engineer for Magical Mystery Tour and The Beatles also known as the White Album to work with him on Fab Four He also acquired one of Hollywood s most famous recording studio complexes in 2006 formally United Western now EastWest Studios recipient of more engineering awards and RIAA certified Gold and Platinum recordings than any other studios worldwide He persuaded top international design superstar Philippe Starck to redesign the non techni cal areas of the studios Over the last decade he has partnered with producer composer Nick Phoenix and set up the Quantum Leap imprint a subsidiary of EastWest to pro duce high quality no compromise sample libra
19. at was actually invented at Abbey Road for them and first used on Revolver ADT works well over a series of notes but doesn t work properly on the individual notes required to create multi sampled instruments so had our software team observe and recreate the process in software which wasn t easy as ADT relies on the speed fluctuations of two tape machines to work properly and digital does not have these fluctuations so we had to create a digital tape simulator in the software Of course the other benefit of having the effect created in software is the ability to turn it off to increase the variety of sounds available or turn it on on sounds the Beatles never used ADT with We also recorded lots of articulations unless the instrument was heavily compressed For example McCartney used mainly two bass guitars with the Beatles a Hofner and a Rickenbacker so we provided many different articulations for these For those unfamiliar Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 14 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT with using articulations triggered by keyswitches they are the blue notes on the virtual keyboard that you use to change articulations on the fly Experiment until you find one that works with your track It s also a good idea to learn them Expert composers some times use many articulations during the creation of a track don t imagine that people are going to use this virtual instrument to make Beatles music that wasn t my objec
20. col Harum The Radha Krshna Temple The Radha Krshna Temple Madman Across The Water Elton John Thankyou Duran Duran L the P Scaffold A Saucerful Of Secrets Pink Floyd Like To Teach The World To Sing The New Seekers Post Card Mary Hopkin S F Sorrow The Pretty Things The Six Wives Of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman Hunky Dory David Bowie Night Of The Living Dregs Dixie Dregs Young And Rich The Tubes Spring Session M Missing Persons Crisis What Crisis Supertramp Schooldays Stanley Clarke Crafty Hands Happy The Man True Colours Level 42 The Lost Trident Sessions Mahavishnu Orchestra The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie Spectrum Billy Cobham Inside Whiteheart The Witching Hour Hellion Crime Of The Century Supertramp There And Back Jeff Beck What If Dixie Dregs Visions Of The Emerald Beyond Mahavishnu Orchestra Gamma 1 Gamma Duty Now For The Future Devo Journey To Love Stanley Clarke Aladdin Sane David Bowie Crosswinds Billy Cobham Vinyl Confessions Kansas Puzzle Dada Pinups David Bowie Happy The Man Happy The Man Like Children Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer Missing Persons Missing Persons Chapter 1 Welcome 5 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Credits Producer Doug Rogers Engineer Ken Scott Assistant Engineer Rhys Moody Musicians Drums Denny Seiwell Guitars Laurence Juber Keyboards John Sawoski Production Assistance Nick Phoenix Programming Pacemaker Sound
21. compressors used Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview I FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT for dynamics control As with many of the Beatles recording sessions a Studer J 37 4 track tube tape machine was used to record everything Guitars some costing over 200 000 each were played by Juber include a 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 500 Bass 1963 and Rickenbacker 4001S Bass 1964 the same kind as Paul McCartney played on the Beatles recordings Guitars were sampled with up and down strokes mul tiple velocities and picking styles some with chords and effects Drums played by Seiwell include a rare 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit with Zildjian cym bals snare 5 x 14 toms 9 x 13 and 16 x 16 kick 22 x 14 Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium 14 hi hat Additionally 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 Even some heavily modulated cymbals recorded through a Fairchild limiter for authenticity were recorded as an alternative cymbal sound Keyboards include Baldwin Electric Harpsichord Because I m a Harpsichord Clavi oline Baby I m a Clavioline Lo
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23. dium Notes Articulations FO Bass Drum Mallet A F 0 Snare Alt Rimshot G0 Bass Drum Mallet B G 0 Snare Alt Rimshot 2 AQ Bass Drum Beater On Head RR 0 Snare Cross Stick Rimshot B0 Bass Drum 2 C1 Bass Drum A CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Drag Ghosting El Snare RH FI 16 Tom LH HH Hi Hat RR Gl 16 Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open Al 13 Tom LH 1 Hi Hat Open Bl 13 Tom RH C 2 18 Zildjian A Crash D 2 18 Ride F2 18 Ride Bell B2 18 Zildjian A Crash Roll C 3 Snare Rim continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 31 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT TICKET TO DRUMS Notes D3 D 3 E3 F3 F 3 G 3 A 3 Articulations Snare Double Shot Snare Press Rolls Snare Double Rimshot Snare Rimshot Flam Hi Hat Bell Hi Hat Open amp Closed 1 Hi Hat Open amp Closed 2 5 Sec Snare Rolls 1 5 Sec Snare Rolls 2 7 Sec Snare Rolls 1 7 Sec Snare Rolls 2 9 Sec Snare Rolls 1 9 Sec Snare Rolls 2 WHAT YOU RE DRUMMING Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 beater side STC 4033 A front Snare 5 x 14 KM56 under Hi Hat 14 D19c overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c overhead Floor Tom 16 x 16 D19c overhead Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 32 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT WHAT YOU RE DRUMMING Notes Articulations F 0 Snare Alt Rimshot G 0 Snare Alt RImshot 2 0 Snare Cross
24. dress of the forums is http www soundsonline forums com Chapter 1 Welcome 9 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PLAY 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 11 The Design Point For the Fab Four Library 13 Project Background 16 What s Included 16 Notes from the Producer 17 Hardware Requirements Click on this text to open the MasterNavigationDocument 10 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT EastWest Fab Four An Overview The Design Point For the Fab Four Library Fab Four Virtual Instruments is the result of more than a year of research equipment acquisition and recording It presents a faithfully executed incredibly accurate and comprehensive collection featuring the same kind of instruments and recording equip ment used by the Beatles The Beatles had a profound impact on me musically said Fab Four producer Doug Rogers They were the influence for my fascination with sounds 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 gathering a team that could pull off such a feat Rogers adds But it was a labor of love for us all and the result is truly worth it The Fab Four Virtual Instruments project involved several people intimately involved with the Beatles Engineer Ken Scott who worked o
25. e and Super tramp became superstars once again leading to millions of sales and still more Grammy nominations When Frank Zappa brought a band to Ken s attention Missing Persons the decision was made to be their engineer producer and manager Once again expanding Ken s area of expertise this time looking after the band s entire career The success continued a first album with sales exceeding 800 000 units sell out concerts at such Chapter 1 Welcome 4 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT places as Long Beach Arena and a performance in front of 190 000 people at the last US Festival Over the last few years Ken has received still more gold and platinum awards from around the world with acts such as Level 42 and Duran Duran as well as working with George Harrison and the George Harrison Estate and broadening his scope with music production for major motion pictures Ken s body of work since he started at Abbey Road at 16 speaks for itself Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles Honky Chateau Elton John Truth Jeff Beck Fog On The Tyne Lindisfarne Apples And Oranges Pink Floyd The Man Who Sold The World David Bowie Lord Sitar Lord Sitar Birds Of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra All Things Must Pass George Harrison Transformer Lou Reed New York City Al Kooper America America The Beatles The Beatles Son Of Schmilsson Harry Nilsson Don t Shoot Me I m Only The Piano Player Elton John Wonderwall George Harrison A Salty Dog Pro
26. ecided to purchase a rather expensive Bechstein piano The Bechstein was the piano used to record many of my favorite rock piano sounds including Supertramp and came up with the idea of ask ing Ken Scott who recorded ji Crime Of The Century and oth er Supertramp albums to try to recreate that famous sound for M our virtual instrument Fortunately Ken lives in Angeles and agreed to come to the studio to check out the piano before committing to the project He agreed the piano was great and we recorded it for the Quantum Leap Pianos collection Once Ken got an eyeful of the gear was assembling for Fab Four he got interested in lending his experi ence as the engineer on The Beatles White Album and Magical Mystery Tour and as the assistant on earlier albums such as A Hard Day s Night Help and Rubber Soul was originally going to engineer the project myself but having an engineer that was involved in five Beatle s albums was too tempting was also extremely lucky to get Denny Seiwell and Laurence Juber both former mem bers of Paul McCartney and Wings to join the project as musicians With this kind of expertise on hand felt had a good chance of success The recordings took months even though had the same type of recording equipment and instruments the Beatles used to create their sounds We faced many technical chal lenges one of the biggest being the Beatle s use of ADT Automatic Double Tracking th
27. ent are found on the title page of each chapter in each document From there you can open any other document in the collection For example if you re reading something in this documentation for the EastWest Fab Four library and need to open the manual for the PLAY System as well go to any chapter title page and click on the link that says Click on this text to open the Master Naviga tion Document It will open in a new window on the screen In that document click on the icon for the PLAY System and its manual will open in the same window hiding the MND You now have both the Fab Four library manual and the PLAY System manual open in separate windows so you can refer to them both Chapter 1 Welcome 8 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Online Documentation and Other Resources For the most up to date information visit the support pages at EastWest s web site There you can find information made available after these manuals were written FAQ pages that may already list answers to questions you have suggestions from EastWest and other users of the EastWest PLAY System news about upcoming releases The address is http support soundsonline com You can also visit the EastWest online forums There you can read comments and ques tions from others who use EastWest products and post your own The many forum par ticipants are a good source of helpful information about both the technical and musical aspects of this software The ad
28. er 500 Bass Because I m A Harpsichord Baldwin Electric Harpsichord Baldwin Amp Come To Bass 1963 Hofner Bass Come To Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit Come To Guitar Rhythm 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 Fairchild Modulated Cymbals Zildjian Cymbals Fixing Guitar Solo 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar 1966 Vox Defiant Amp Getting A Better Guitar 1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar 1966 Vox 730 Amp Get Back My Guitar 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1967 Fender Showman Amp Help I m A Snare plus kit 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit Here Comes The Guitar 1966 Gibson J200 Acoustic picked f 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 doubled I Will Play A Guitar Solo 1966 Martin D28 with ADT I m A Blackbird 1966 Martin D28 Acoustic Guitar fingered and picked In The End There Will Be Drums 1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit Let it Be Organ Hammond Organ Lucy In The Lowery Lowery Heritage Deluxe Organ Lucy Lead Guitar 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 22 FAB FOUR V
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30. go to Chapter 6 in the PLAY System manual for a complete explanation If you understand keyswitches read on Master and Elements Patches Master and Elements patches are both patches that contain all the sampled articulations of an instrument the different manners of playing the instrument An Articulations list in the Player View displays the names As a general rule articulations range from general to specific ascending through the range of key Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 16 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT switch notes For example starting from fingered or sustained up to staccato to slides to chords to harmonics or FX All begin at CO three octaves below Middle C with the exception of the Basses which start at C5 two octaves above Middle C A Master instrument opens with all articulations loaded and active ready to play a key switch allows the user to select one articulation at a time to sound The corresponding Elements instrument opens with only the articulation on the first lowest keyswitch note loaded and active Others must be loaded and activated manually in the Articulations list Elements patches have no keyswitch so they are most useful when you only want to load one articulation and use it exclusively Or you can load two or more articulations for a layered sound but you cannot easily switch from one articulaion to another in the middle of a performance Legato Mode The Leg patches contain two art
31. iculations in one keyswitch They com bine an articulation with the most basic playing style of each instrument e fingered sustained open etc with a Hammer On legato style articulation You can switch between these by playing legato or detached on your MIDI keyboard or sequencer When you play legato you trigger the Hammer On articulation when you play detached you trigger the basic articulation The Leg patch allows you to play faster runs and maxi mize fluidity of performance at faster tempos The Come To Guitar Rhythm Master patch demonstrates a special case of how Leg mode is used in action in Fab Four For each keyswitch you have one interval and two articulations Long and Mute For the first four keyswitches when you play detached you trigger the Long articulation when you play legato you trigger the Mute articulation The remaining four key switches of this patch have the identical structure except that they use CC1 the Mod Wheel to toggle between Long and Mute articulations This same concept is applied in the Revostortion Guitar but in reverse order The third through seventh keyswitches use CC1 to select Short and Long articulations and the eighth through twelfth keyswitches use legato detection to switch between Short and Long Doug Rogers Producer Hardware Requirements See the PLAY System manual for a complete list of the Hardware and Software Require ments for installing and running any PLAY Sys
32. iff articulations C0 C 0 DO D 0 E0 FO F 0 GO G O A0 0 BO Sustained Sustained Leg Staccato RRx4 Short Long CC1 5ths RRx4 Short Long CC1 6ths RRx4 Short Long 1 7ths RRx4 Short Long CC1 Riff Fast Slow CC1 Staccato RRx4 Short Long Leg 5ths RRx4 Short Long Leg 6ths RRx4 Short Long Leg 7ths RRx4 Short Long Leg Riff Fast Slow Leg Roll Over Guitar 1959 Gretsch Country Gentleman Electric Guitar 1964 Vox AC100 Amp C0 C 0 DO D 0 E0 FO Sustained Non Vibrato Slide DN HS Slow 4 Fast 2 CC1 Slide UP HS Slow Fast CC1 Aths Sliding Maj Sliding Min Something Is A Guitar Solo 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar 1963 Fender Bassman Amp continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 37 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAB FOUR GUITARS Keyswitch Notes Articulations C0 Sustained RR C 0 Sustained RR Leg DO Staccato RR D 0 Bend Light Vibrato Something Is A Rhythm Guitar 1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker C0 Sustained RR C40 Maj RR DO Min RR D40 Sus2 RR E0 Sus4 RR FO 7ths RR F 0 9ths RR Ticket To Guitar Rickenbacker 360 12 Electric Guitar 1965 Vox AC50 Amp Sustained RR Keyboards FAB FOUR KEYBOARDS Baby l m A Clavioline Clavioline Baldwin Amp Long Short Blip Short Because I m A Harpsichord Baldwin Electric Harpsichord Baldwin Amp Full Sus continued Let It Be Orga
33. itions the output differently and is the equivalent of turning off the controls with the button A value of 100 call for the maximum spread available ADT Controls Artificial Double Tracking is a technique invented at Abbey Road when the Beatles were recording there that approximates the effect of double tracking re cording two nearly identical takes of a vocalist or in strument on the same part and laying one on top of the other without actually taking the time to record two takes And some would say ADT improves on actual double tracking even beyond the savings in time The original ADT process was based on magnetic tape in the PLAY Engine the effect is created digitally The software programmers however added a tape simulator to mimic the slight speed variations of the two analog tape machines that created the ADT effect The Delay knob specifies in milliseconds the delay between the original signal and the secondary signal A delay of around 40 ms is typical so is often a good starting point when crafting a specific effect The Depth knob specifies the amount by which that delay is modulated You don t want a exactly consistent delay the delay of the secondary signal will vary forward and back ward in time by this much The Speed knob varies the speed at which that delay is modulated The Level knob specifies the relative loudness of the secondary signal Set it to 0 0 dB to hear the effect at its strongest with the s
34. ived and it didn t work was pretty devastated that day purchasing vintage equipment from around the globe where you have to take the seller s word as to its condition is pretty risky at the best of times but occurring so close to the start of the project with everyone in place created a real problem Then during another desperate search got a lucky break and found another J37 in the UK Unbelievably the seller turned out to be an old friend of mine from New Zealand who had since decided to keep it after restoring it literally begged him to sell it to me you do a lot of begging when there is only one option available and he finally caved in Fortunately since knew the seller knew the condition would be good and sure enough when it arrived in L A we only had to do an alignment before we could use it However all of this equipment is very old and the equipment with moving parts like the Studer J37 breaks down periodi cally so it actually worked out in the end that we had spare parts from the first Studer to Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview I3 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT keep the second one going Our studio has a lot of the same mics Abbey Road had at the time so we only had to obtain a few and they all came from Collectors The instruments and amplifiers were also mainly obtained from collectors A few months before the proj ect started got another lucky break was working on a piano project and d
35. more ewi files listed in the Browser View Examples are Get Guitar Master ewi and Get Guitar Elements ewi both listed under Get Guitar Here is an explanation of what the various sub types in the instrument name mean A Master patch includes a keyswitch containing all articulations of the instrument Once a Master patch is loaded all articulations as well as the keyswitch notes that trigger them can be found in the Articulations control near the bottom right hand corner of the Player View In a Master patch all the articulations are loaded and active when it is first opened Articulations can be freely loaded or unloaded as needed An Elements patch is the same as a Master patch except that only the default articula tion usually the first one in the list is loaded and active You can manually load and activate any other articulations as needed There s no keyswitch so it s not easy to Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 23 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT change articulations in the middle of a performance An Elements patch opens faster and may be a better choice when only a single articulation or the layering or two or more articulations will be used for an entire piece A Table of the Instruments The following table lists all the articulations available in each instrument ewi file As is mentioned in the previous section on Instrument Sub types there may be more than one instrument file for some physical
36. n Hammond B3 Organ Sus Lucy In The Lowery Lowery Heritage Deluxe Organ Sus W Reverb Madonna Piano Steinway B Piano Sus Strawberry Flutes Mellotron Flutes Sus Vib Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 38 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAB FOUR KEYBOARDS We Can Work A Harmonium Harmonium Full Solo Miscellaneous FAB FOUR MISCELLANEOUS Percussion Claps Cowbell Tambourine Screaming Girls Screaming Girls Swarmandel Forever Swarmandel Swarmandel Master Swarmandel Elements gt Sus Tabla Tabla gt Within A Tabla Funky gt Within A Tabla Tabla and Baya Sitar Sitar gt Love You Sitar gt Within A Sitar Abbreviations Used in Articulation Names The names of articulations are often shortened to fit in the Articulations list in the Player View The following table provides a way to look up any unfamiliar abbreviations until you become familiar with the shortcuts You will find that there is a lot of overlap among the libraries because most of these are standard musical terms ABBREVIATIONS IN ARTICULATION NAMES Abbreviations Full Words CCl MIDI Control Code 1 Mod Wheel Dim Diminished continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 39 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT ABBREVIATIONS IN ARTICULATION NAMES Abbreviations Dn Leg Full Words Down Legato Left hand Major Marcato Minor Controlled by Mod Wheel Non vibrato Perfect Pizzicato Right
37. n Beatles albums including A Hard Days Night Help Rubber Soul Magical Mystery Tour and The Beatles engineered the recordings Guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Denny Seiwell both of whom were members of Paul McCartney and Wings played the same kind of period instruments as those used by the Beatles in the 60 s No expense was spared in acquiring the equipment used to produce this collection Much of that equipment fittingly is now housed in EASTWEST Studio 3 where the Beach Boys legendary Pet Sounds the inspiration for Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band according to Paul McCartney was recorded Well over one million dollars worth of rare period instruments including authentic gui tars basses drums and keyboards as well as amplifiers microphones recording con soles outboard equipment and tape recorders were used in this production Neumann AKG Cole and STC microphones as used at EMI Abbey Road Studios were used to capture the sounds while identical amplifiers including a Fender Tan Showman 1963 Fender Bassman 1963 Vox AC30 1963 Vox AC50 1965 Vox Defiant 1966 Vox 730 1966 Vox 7120 1966 Fender Showman 1967 Fender DeLuxe 1967 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 and EMI REDD47 preamps were used to record all instru ments through Fairchild limiters and rare EMI RS124 modified Altec
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39. ng Mute Leg Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 34 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAB FOUR GUITARS Keyswitch Notes Articulations 0 5ths Long Mute 1 FO 6ths Long Mute CC1 F 0 7ths Long Mute CC1 GO 8ths Long Mute CC1 Come To Guitar Solo 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar 1963 Fender Bassman Amp C0 Fingered Light Vibrato C 0 Fingered Light Vibrato Leg DO Staccato D 0 Slide UP HS Everybody s Got Guitar 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1966 Vox Defiant Amp C0 Sustained RRx8 C 0 Sustained RRx8 Leg DO Staccato Fixing A Guitar Solo 1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar 1966 Vox Defiant Amp C0 Sustained RR C 0 Heavy Vibrato F Get Back My Guitar 1956 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar 1967 Fender Showman Amp C0 Solo RRx4 C 0 Sustained Hard RRx4 DO 8va Staccato RRx4 D 0 Maj RRx4 0 Min RRx4 Getting A Better Guitar 1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar 1966 Vox 730 Amp C0 8va Staccato RRx4 C 0 Maj Staccato RRx4 D Min Staccato RRx4 Here Comes The Guitar 1966 Gibson J200 Acoustic picked Sustained RR Want Guitar Epiphone Casino Fender Deluxe and Fender Strat Fender Tan Showman doubled Layered Casino Deluxe RR continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches 25 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FAB FOUR GUITARS Keyswitch Notes Articulations Layered Stratocaster Showman RR Will Play A Guitar Solo 1966 Martin D28 with ADT Solo RR I m A Blackbird
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41. ou can use it Otherwise you need to acquire one They are available from many retailers that sell EastWest and Quantum Leap products or you can buy one online at www soundsonline com Notes from the Producer Please read the following programming information to get the most enjoyment and cre ative use out of your Fab Four Virtual Instrument Volume Automation Throughout Fab Four MIDI Control Code 11 can be used to automate dynamics You can read more about this and other control codes in Chapter 10 of the PLAY System manual ADT The Fab Four Virtual Instrument recreates a signature effect used in many Beatles albums Artificial Double Tracking or ADT It is a technique invented at Abbey Road when the Beatles were recording there that approximates the effect of double tracking recording two nearly identical takes of a vocalist or instrument on the same part and laying one on top of the other without actually taking the time to record two takes And some would say ADT improves on actual double tracking even beyond the savings in time EastWest programmers have built ADT into the effects available in Fab Four and the results are impressive enough that some other virtual instruments built on the EastWest PLAY Engine also employ this effect Read more about it in the next chapter Drums All drum programs in Fab Four are constructed to the GM standard mapping for drum kits Keyswitches If you are not familiar with using keyswitches
42. rding Engineer of the Year In 2005 The Art of Digital Music named him one of 56 Visionary Artists amp Insiders in the book of the same name In 1988 he founded EastWest the most critically acclaimed sound developer in the world and recipient of over 50 industry awards more than any other sound developer His uncompromising approach to quality and innovative ideas have enabled EastWest to lead the sound ware business for 20 years In the late eighties he released the very first commercial drum sample CD and followed it with the multiple award winning Bob Clearmountain Drums sample collection In the years that followed he practically reinvented the sound ware industry EastWest introduced loop sample libraries to the market in the early nineties followed closely by the first midi driven loops Dance Industrial He released the first sample library to include multiple dynamics followed by the first sample library to stream from hard disk an innovation that led to the detailed collections available today His recent productions of Symphonic Orchestra awarded a Keyboard Magazine Key Buy Award EQ Maga zine Exceptional Quality Award Computer Music Magazine Performance Award and G A N G Game Audio Network Guild Best Sound Library Award and Symphonic Choirs awarded Electronic Musician 2006 Editor s Choice Award G A N G Best Chapter 1 Welcome 2 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Sound Library Award
43. ries and virtual instruments EastWest Quantum Leap virtual instruments are considered the best available and are in daily use by the who s who of the industry His latest technical achievement was unveiled at the 2007 NAMM convention the world s first 64 bit audio engine named PLAY which powers EastWest Quantum Leap s latest suite of virtual software instruments Chapter 1 Welcome 3 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Engineer Ken Scott Throughout his forty years in the recording industry Ken Scott has had a reputation as being one of the best His start at the age of 16 came from the world renowned Ab bey Road studios where he initially worked in the tape library Within a very short time he had worked his way up to the position of recording engineer and found himself working with the elite of the popular music world including The Beatles Jeff Beck Pink Floyd the Hollies Procol Harum and many more Ken s desire to work with as many types of artists as possible limited by EMI Records ownership of Abbey Road led him to one of the fastest growing independent studios At Trident Studios he garnered two Grammy nominations a Clio award and millions of record sales with such artists as Elton John George Harrison Harry Nilsson the Rolling Stones and America The need to grow led Ken to production and more artistic say in the way projects turned out It was through his knowledge and foresight that artists like David Bowi
44. ross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI 16 Tom LH continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Kevswitches 27 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT HELP I M A SNARE PLUS KIT Notes Articulations HH Hi Hat RR Gl 16 Tom RH G 1 Hi Hat Slightly Open Al 13 Tom LH 1 Hi Hat Open Bl 13 Tom RH 2 18 Zildjian Crash D 2 18 Ride F2 18 Ride Bell B2 18 Zildjian A Crash Roll IN THE END THERE WILL BE DRUMS Instruments 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22x 14 Snare 5 x 14 Hi Hat 14 Rack Tom 9 x 13 Floor Tom 16 x 16 Cymbals Zildjian 20 crash ride 18 crash medium Notes Articulations C1 Bass Drum A CH Snare Cross Stick D1 Snare LH D 1 Snare Ghost Roll El Snare RH FI 16 Tom LH HH Hi Hat LH Gl 16 Tom RH continued Chapter 4 Instruments Articulations Keyswitches Mics D20 KM54 top KM56 bottom Cole 4038 2 Overhead D19c top and bottom Cole 4038 2 overhead D19c top and bottom Cole 4038 2 overhead 28 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Notes Articulations G l Hi Hat Rim Closed Al 13 Tom LH 1 Hi Hat Open Bl 13 Tom RH 2 Crash Left Side D 2 Ride F2 Crash Bell G2 Crash Right Side PENNY SNARE PLUS KIT Instruments Mics 1960 Ludwig downbeat kit Bass Drum 22 x 14 D20 beater side STC 4033 A front Snare 5 x 14 KM56 top and bottom Hi Hat 14 Cole 4038 2 overhead Rack Tom 9 x 13 D19c Cole 4038 2 overhead Floor Tom 16 x 1
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46. tem library In addition the available space on the hard drive required for a full installation of the Fab Four Virtual Instrument is approximately 13 GB Gigabytes Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 17 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PLAY 3 The EastWest Fab Four User Interface 20 Stereo Spread Controls 20 ADT Controls 20 The Browser View Click on this text to open the MasterNavigationDocument 18 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT The EastWest Fab Four User Interface Each library presents its own interface when one of its instruments is the current one as specified in the Instruments drop down in the upper right corner The image at the bot tom of the page provides an overview of the entire window when in Player View Much of this interface is shared by all PLAY System libraries and the common features are described in the PLAY System manual The controls described here are e Stereo Spread e ADT Chapter 3 The EastWest Fab Four User Interface 19 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Stereo Spread Controls This knob with its on off button allows the user to customize the stereo spread of the sound All the Fab Four instruments were recorded in mono and this control creates a stereo image if you want it The knob lets the user determine the spread of the signals how far apart the ear perceives the stereo channels to be A value of 0 brings the two channels together at the center unless the Pan knob pos
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48. wery Heritage Organ Lucy in the Lowery Mellotron Strawberry Flutes Harmonium We Can Work a Harmonium as well as other stringed instruments including Swarmandel Swarmandel Forever and Sitar Within A Sitar Even a Screaming Girls sound effect was licensed from the BBC to include in the col lection 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 an Epiphone Casino into one EMI REDD 47 preamp and the output into a second EMI REDD 47 preamp exactly as originally created by the EMI Abbey Road engineers Fab Four Virtual Instruments also includes a software version of ADT artificial double tracking with built in tape simulator created and programmed specially for this project All instruments are newly recorded multi samples for this collection no sounds came from any Beatles music or recordings Musicians producers and film TV game composers looking for truly unique sounds with loads of attitude to create with will find Fab Four Virtual Instruments an invaluable and inspiring collection Chapter 2 EastWest Fab Four An Overview 12 FAB FOUR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Project Background The idea of doing the Fab Four virtual in strument had been circling in my head for many years but the catalyst for the project actually happening was buying the studio last year Cello Studios on Sunset Boule vard Holly
49. wood since renamed EastWest Studios was always seen as America s Ab bey Road so when we acquired that facil ity kind of put two and two together and things began to take shape Being a huge Beatles fan did not want to start this project without having the right tools avail able These sounds are so well known that we needed everything working for us to pull off such a feat So in order to recreate the sounds as closely as possible knew had to start with getting the original recording equipment instruments and amps together How hard could that be Well much harder than you think For a start the recording equipment was only ever used in EMI studios and mainly during the 60s plus EMI never made any for sale to outside facili ties so even then there were only a small number produced and can tell you who owns every piece For example was only able to track down six tube EMI REDD consoles after months of search ing Needless to say persuading these owners to sell such rare equipment with such a famous heri tage was not easy and it was expensive Likewise only found a small number of EMI TG12345 desks worldwide but managed to persuade one owner to sell it to me The tube Studer J37 4 track recorder used to record Sgt Pepper proved to be elusive until a few weeks before the project was scheduled to start found one in Paris eventually It was a great day had the final piece of the puzzle until it arr

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