The Producer Collection Plug-In Library from EastWest is a complete tool kit for producers, songwriters, composers, and sound designers—12 plug-ins with instruments and processors to help you craft chart-ready tracks, cinematic textures, hybrid scores, vocal productions, electronic grooves, and much more.
Included plug-ins like Goliath, ProDrummer Vol. 1, and Forbidden Planet allow your sound canvas to be painted with a variety of classic, modern, retro, and futuristic audio creations, with intuitive and extensive user control. Every title runs in the Opus engine and maps straight to NKS hardware—browse, preview, and play thousands of sounds with your controller, with every parameter premapped. VST3, VST, AU, and AAX are supported in every major DAW.
Developed in collaboration with legendary producer and songwriter Jimmy Jam, the DrumX Virtual Groove Machine from EastWest delivers a fresh approach to drum programming built around one essential element: groove. Combining Jimmy Jam’s iconic rhythmic sensibility with EastWest’s acclaimed sound design expertise, DrumX provides producers with a powerful collection of classic drum machine sounds, exclusive grooves, and deep sound-shaping tools designed to inspire new musical ideas. This virtual instrument runs on the included Opus engine and is compatible with Mac and Windows machines via the VST 2/3, AU, and AAX platforms. It can be used as a standalone instrument or as a plug-in within your preferred DAW.
Journey to the outer reaches of the sonic universe with EastWest Forbidden Planet, a hybrid-synth plug-in that offers a vast collection of cinematic and heavy-hitting synths with futuristic sounds, perfect for soundtracks, EDM, hip hop, and more. Forbidden Planet features a premier collection of sampled analog synthesizers (both modern and vintage), acoustic instruments from rock, orchestral, choir, to world-music genres, plus other sound-design elements. Freely morph between electronic- and acoustic-instrument layers, or choose from 650 curated instruments that are playable out of the box—including Bass, Drones, FX, Leads, Pads, and Poly Synths.
Featuring an impressive suite of postprocessing and mixing tools, advanced filter modulation, dual arpeggiator, and an extensive rack of effects, all powered by the critically acclaimed OPUS engine. Forbidden Planet gives you a deep level of sound-manipulation possibilities for unprecedented sonic-shaping power with presets that you can customize.
This EastWest Iconic Synth Collection Features 138GB of samples from six different classic synthesizers. With a user interface designed around an XY pad with four Macro effects with multiple parameters that can be simultaneously adjusted. Blending a vintage knob-per-function design, adjustments are quick and easy, as all controls are accessible from a single page, so you don't have to flip through pages to tweak your settings. An advanced 16-step arpeggiator, multimode portamento (glide), and a bevy of effects allow you to widen, pulse, distort, delay, and spatialize the final sound.
Supporting VST 2, VST 3, AU, and AAX plug-in protocols, so it works with most standard DAWs. The software requires Opus 1.5.4 to run on Windows 10 or macOS 10.15 and later.
EastWest Hollywood Backup Singers is a virtual instrument that lets you type in any word and have it sung by the industry's top backup singers. Performed in a variety of styles such as Pop, Soul, and Gospel, this collection offers composers and producers over 220 WordBuilder-editable phrases and words sung using vowels and consonants and captured with realistic true legato transitions. It's well-suited for bringing the expressiveness of rich solo lines and background vocal harmonies to your music, film, TV, or game productions.
Singers recorded for this library performed with the biggest names in the industry. Durga McBroom and Lorelei McBroom toured with Pink Floyd as backup singers for many years. C.C. White has worked with many iconic artists. She is also the star vocalist of EastWest's Voices of Soul.
Hollywood Backup Singers was produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix. It gives you over 9GB of content, with 87 vocal instruments and 588 expressive solo phrases in total. Samples are triggered and played through the accompanying Opus software, a playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. This software is compatible with Mac and Windows platforms, and operates in AU, AAX, and VST formats. It is also NKS-ready and runs as standalone software.
- Vowels includes regular and expressive vowel instruments and sustain expressive vowel instruments, which combine two vowel types. The expressive vowels also have LES versions, which contain additional samples of the vocals recorded through a Leslie speaker cabinet, something Pink Floyd did on many backing vocal tracks. Each instrument is programmed to crossfade between multiple dynamic layers using the Mod Wheel (CC1).
- Consonants includes pitched and unpitched consonant instruments. Each are programmed to crossfade between multiple dynamic layers using the Mod Wheel (CC1).
- Combo MOD includes a variety of instruments that use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to switch between multiple layers of regular and expressive vowel types, or in the case of the Xfde sub-folder, use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to crossfade between these layers. The expressive vowels also have LES versions, which contain additional samples of the vocals recorded through a Leslie speaker cabinet.
- Solo Phrases includes instruments that feature solo phrases and sub-phrases that were recorded in multiple root note positions for use in a variety of keys and modes. There are 'LES' versions available, which contain additional samples of the vocals recorded through a Leslie speaker cabinet. Each vocalist was recorded as a soloist, whereas the rest of the collection features the 3 vocalists recorded together.
- Keyswitch includes instruments that combine multiple articulations into a single instrument that uses blue-colored keyswitches to activate a given articulation. There are keyswitch instruments available for vowels, consonants, and solo phrases, including LES versions where available.
- WB Multi contains a specially designed multi-instrument that is preconfigured for use with WordBuilder. Simply load the WB Multi containing all the necessary phonetic sounds required to build words, type a phrase in the Text Editor (or choose from over 220 phrase and word presets) and the backup singers will sing the words.
- Hollywood Backup Singers features 3 microphone mixes.
- The Close microphone mix features 3 microphones in front of each singer that include a Neumann U47, a Telefunken 251, and a Shure SM7.
- The Rear microphone mix features a stereo Neumann KU100 Binaural Dummy Head, a pair of vintage RCA 77's, and a pair of Sennheiser MKH800s.
- The Room microphone mix features 3 vintage Neumann M50 tube condenser microphones in a Decca-Tree configuration, and a pair of Neumann U67s.
- The recording console was a classic Trident A Range (40 Channels with Neve Flying Faders Automatic), the original and one of six surviving in the world, which has been used on some of the most famous recordings in music history.
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Hollywood Backup Singers library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
Go beyond the traditional bounds of hip-hop and EDM with LO-FI from EastWest. This plug-in is a distorted, gritty, mangled, producer toolkit that enables creatively reshaping your sound through pitch shifting, distortion, and degradation. Use it on any input sound, from synths to orchestral textures, to craft hip-hop beats, soundtracks, or electronic music. This plug-in supports most DAWs that support VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX plug-in formats on Windows and Mac systems.
- EW Opus Stand-Alone 1.5.0+
- Ableton Live 10.1.2+
- Apple Logic Pro 10.7.9+ (Mac only)
- Apple Garageband 10.4.9+ (Mac only)
- Avid Pro Tools 2019.12+
- Bitwig Studio 3.1.3+
- Cockos Reaper 6.0+
- Image-Line FL Studio 20.6+
- Motu Digital Performer 10.11+
- Steinberg Cubase 10.0.5+
- Steinberg Nuendo 10.2+
- Presonus Studio One 4.5.4+
- VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro 7.0+
ProDrummer Volume 1 from EastWest is a virtual drum instrument with sounds produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Doug Rogers, and the drums played by Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, etc.). Included are pre-mixed drum kits that can be extensively processed using the included effects, and over 14,000 MIDI drum grooves in different styles. Searching for the right grooves is easy with a groove 'search engine', and song assembly is possible right inside the built-in sequencer, or drag them into a DAW. A velocity processor controls the dynamics of the drums. Finally export the song to a preferred DAW to build the rest of the track.
The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. It is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, or AAX formats.
- Includes Craviotto, Ludwig, Tama, Slingerland, Gretsch, Istanbul and Zildjian, drums, hi-hats and cymbals, recorded in three different rooms
- Sound-shaping options
- Effects include Solid State Logic EQ and Dynamics, Transient Shaper, SSL Stereo Bus Compressor, and Ohmicide multiband distortion, compression, EQ and filter
- Amp Simulator with 80 amp presets, and expanded convolution reverb with 726 additional reverb presets
- All drums have their own channels with individual processing and routing
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Voices of the ProDrummer Volume 1 library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
Available for download and produced by the force between Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, and a string of successful solo albums, Steven Wilson's Ghostwriter from EastWest is a virtual instrument featuring over 60GB of eccentric sounds, some familiar, others mutated beyond recognition. Produced by the titular songsmith/engineer in conjunction with Doug Rogers, this collection comprises innovative sounds, replications of recognizably classic timbres originated by pioneer producers/engineers. As such, this download enables you to create complex music productions, and similarly, can be used as the basis for cinematic soundtrack-based music.
Recognizable sounds include basses, drums, ethnic instruments, guitars, keyboards, and vocals. These along with the other sounds are complimented by an effects section, featuring an SSL EQ and dynamics channel strip, a transient shaper, SSL's well-regarded stereo bus compressor, the Echoplex EP-1 delay, an amp simulator, and a stereo convolution reverb from EastWest. The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. It is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, or AAX formats.
- Over 60GB of eccentric instruments, many of which have been mutated or processed beyond recognition
- Includes basses, drums, ethnic instruments, guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Effects section includes an SSL EQ and dynamics channel strip, transient shaper, and SSL's stereo bus compressor, Echoplex EP-1 delay, amp simulator, and a stereo reverb from EastWest
- Original samples recorded in EastWest's studios
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Steven Wilson's Ghostwriter library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
The Dark Side from EastWest is a virtual instrument created and produced by Doug Rogers (EastWest) and David Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips). It is an unconventional and exciting collection of instruments, some dark and eerie, and some which have been purposely and skillfully mangled, distorted, or processed out of all recognition.
The 40GB collection includes highly processed drums and percussion, basses, guitars, ethnic, keyboard, strings and effected instruments, all organized into instrumental groups, making it easier to create complete tracks. Many individual instruments were originally processed through 5 or 6 effects units, some of the vintage and esoteric tube variety owned by the producers.
The distorted and mangled instruments are designed to stand out in a mix, and/or disturb the senses. It will provide inspiration for all composers and artists looking for something unique and different, whether working in music, film, TV, or game music production. The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. It is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, or AAX formats.
- Produced by award-winning producers Doug Rogers and David Fridmann (MGMT, Flaming Lips)
- 40GB of highly processed drums and percussion, basses, guitars, ethnic, keyboard, strings, and FX instruments and sounds, all organized into instrumental groups
- Many instruments have been purposely and skillfully mangled, distorted, or processed out of all recognition (plus a selection of dark and eerie instruments)
- Easy-to-use browser displays all of your instruments
- Interface automatically changes to display current instrument
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers The Dark Side library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument
Quantum Leap Goliath from EastWest is a virtual instrument featuring 40GB of content, including 180 instruments and over 600 patches of instruments, soundscapes and textures, all powered by the integrated EastWest Opus player. The sound content includes the entire 32GB library from Quantum Leap's Colossus, perfectly suited to songwriting, film scoring, multimedia production, in the studio or on stage, and covers all the basic needs of audio production.
The additional 8GB comes from other EastWest libraries, including the full version of the PMI Bösendorfer 290 Piano. In all, the entire collection includes drums and percussion, guitars, basses, acoustic and electric pianos, keyboards and mallets, pop brass, orchestral instruments, choirs and vocals, ethnic instruments, new age ensembles, morphing atmospheres, synthesizer basses, leads and pads.
- Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Quantum Leap Goliath library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
- Custom Congas
- Distorted Beatbox
- EW Studio 2 Ludwig Kit
- Radiostatic Anamoly
- Rhythmic Synth FX
- Tong Zi
- Tambourines
- Tibetan Bells
- Country Drum Kits
- Electronic Drum Kits
- Ethnic Percussion
- Funk Drum Kits
- Hip Hop Kits
- Jazz Drum Kits
- Rock Drum Kits
- StandardPercussion
- Studio Drum Kits
- Old Skool Electronic Kit
- Taiko Drums
- Concert Guitar
- Fender Telecaster
- Hard Rock Rhythm Guitar
- Les Paul Guitar
- Nylon Guitar
- PRS Guitars
- Rockabilly Guitar
- Surf Guitar
- Ska Guitar
- Acoustic Guitars
- Blues Guitars
- Distorted Guitars
- Hawaiian Guitar
- Jazz Guitars
- Banjo
- Electric Sitar
- Lapsteel
- Mandolin
- Ukelele
- Lakland Rock Bass
- Fender 5 String Bass
- Fender Bass
- 66 Silvertone Bass
- 72 Rickenbacker Bass
- Fretless Bass
- Slap Bass
- Stingray Bass
- Upright Basses
- PMI Bösendorfer 290
- Steinway B Grand Piano
- Fazioli F308 Grand Piano
- CP-80, Honky Tonk
- Clavinet
- DX-7
- GS-1 EP1
- GS-1 EP-2
- GS-1 Boosted Tine EP
- GS-1 Percussive Piano
- Rhodes MKV
- Chuck Monte
- B3 Organs
- Farfisa Organs
- Vox Continental Organs
- Church Organ
- Reed Organ
- Celeste
- Concertina
- Glockenspiel
- Harpsichord
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
- Tango Accordion
- Italian Accordion
- Accordion
- Music Box
- 3 Trumpets
- Alto Saxes
- Bari Saxes
- Flugel Horn
- Pop/Jazz Trumpets
- Salsa Trumpets
- Soprano Saxes
- Tenor Saxes
- Trombones
- Tubas
- New Flute
- Staccato Flute
- 6 French Horns
- Legato Violins and Cellos
- Marcato Violins and Cellos
- Orchestral Percussion Kit
- Trumpet
- Staccato Trumpet
- Solo Violin
- Bassoon
- Brass Section
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Concert Harp
- Contrabass
- English Horn
- Flute
- French Horn
- Oboe
- Orchestra Hits
- Orchestral Strings
- Piccolo
- Pizzicato Strings
- String Ensembles
- Timpani
- Tremolo Strings
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Tubular Bells
- Viola
- Violin
- Basses
- Tenors
- Altos
- Sopranos and Boys Choir
- Solo Boy
- Solo Female Vocals
- Men's Choir
- Women's Choir (extensive vowels with cross-fading)
- Agogo Bells
- Bagpipes
- Cora
- Didjeridoo
- Duduk
- Dulcimer
- Erhu
- Fiddle
- Irish Low Whistle
- Kalimba
- Koto
- Mid-East Strings
- NeyFlute
- Ocarina
- Pan Flute
- Sarangi
- Shakuhachi
- Shamisen
- Shehnai
- Sitar
- Thai Gong
- Uilleann Pipes
- New Age Ensembles – inspiring ethno ethereal soundscapes
- Stormdrones – 3GB of dark atmospheres with morphing
- Synthesizer Basses – with morphing
- Synthesizer Leads – with morphing
- Synthesizer Pads – with morphing
Add a slice of vintage flavor to your productions with the EastWest String Machine, a virtual instrument plug-in that's inspired by vintage string machines such as the Arp Solina, Oberheim OBX, Roland RS-505, and Roland Jupiter 6. String Machine also features the classic ensemble chorus found on most vintage string synthesizers. The included ensemble chorus features three modes, each with distinctive characteristics.
The user interface is designed to emulate a classic string machine, adorned with tons of switches and sliders. The instrument is broken into four color-coded sections including string machines and pads (red), section strings (green), solo woodwinds and brass (teal), and choirs and soloist (orange). The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine, which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds. It is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VS2, VST3, or AAX formats.
EastWest Voices of Soul is a virtual instrument plug-in that features the soulful voice of female singer C.C. White, known for singing with many of the greatest and most iconic artists in the music industry. Blending Funk, Reggae, Southern Blues, Gospel, Soul, R&B, Jazz, with a bit of Latin vocal flavors, this collection offers composers and producers multisampled phrases and ad libs sung using vowels and consonants, and captured with realistic true legato transitions. With vocal performances ranging from soft and angelic to powerful and earth-shattering, this instrument is well-suited for bringing the expressiveness of Soul to your film, TV, and game music productions.
Voices of Soul comprises approximately 13GB of 24-bit / 44.1 kHz samples, captured with three microphone mixes. Seventy-six solo vocal instruments with 604 unique phrases and ad libs in every key are offered across a variety of categories, including Sustain, Legato, Combo, Phrases, and Keyswitch. For a more realistic performance, the software enables you to crossfade between dynamic layers or switch between multiple articulations on the fly. The Mod Xfade Chords instruments come with polyphonic, single syllables, great for adding backing vocal harmonies to your music.
The software utilizes a dedicated Opus playback engine which provides a searchable browser and the ability for users to customize their sounds.
- Virtual instrument featuring renowned female vocalist C.C. White
- Blend of soulful Funk, Reggae, Southern Blues, Gospel, Soul, R&B, Jazz, and Latin vocal flavors
- 76 multisampled solo vocal instruments
- Vowel and consonants sung across a variety of categories with 604 unique phrases and ad libs in every key
- Highly realistic true legato transitions
- Switch between multiple articulations on the fly with Combo instruments
- Play chords to create vocal harmonies with Mod Xfade Chords instruments
- Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix
- Approximately 13GB of 24-bit / 44.1 kHz samples,
- Three, user-controlled microphone positions
- Includes the Opus sample playback engine
- Contains a variety of single syllable vocal instrument types, including Ah, Doo, Ee, Eh, Ha, Hm, Ho, Ho Expressive, Hoo, La, Mm, Oh, Oh Expressive, Oo, So Expressive, Wo, and Wo Expressive
- Most contain multiple velocity-sensitive dynamic layers, and a few contain additional expressive versions
- Contains instruments that play back true legato intervals when playing notes in a connected fashion (legato), for every interval up to an octave in either direction
- Contains sustain layers that play back when playing staccato (separated)
- Contains instruments that combine multiple articulations and use the Mod Wheel (MOD) or Velocity Sensitivity (VS) to determine which one plays back
- Contains instruments that combine multiple articulations by using round-robin programming to cycle through articulations
- Contains polyphonic, single-syllable vocal instruments that use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to crossfade between dynamic layers
- Contains over 600 phrases and ad libs sung in a soulful style, spread across 12 instruments, one for each of the 12 root-note positions
- Contains instruments that combine multiple articulations into a single instrument, and use keyswitches to activate the desired articulation
- Contains the phrases of keyswitch instruments saved with a variety of FX Rack presets
- The FX Rack includes the SSL Channel Strip and Bus Compressor, OhmForce Ohmicide, as well as EastWest EP-1 Delay, ADT, Amp Simulator, and Convolution Reverb
EastWest Spaces II is a 24-bit, true stereo convolution reverb plug-in. It comes with 1020 reverbs recorded in spectacular locations worldwide from stunning concert venues: from Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Reynolds Hall in Las Vegas, and the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, to exquisite-sounding churches like St. Patrick's and St. Dominic's, to unique and extraordinary sounding locations like catacombs and Union Station in Los Angeles, and many more. Also included is a collection of 372 instrument-specific reverbs plus all the reverbs from Space I. Space II's high-resolution, convolution engine delivers realistic spaces at a very low CPU load, allowing engineers and sound designers to place their instruments in the precise acoustic environments of their choice.
Producers Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix employed the best gear from Fairchild, Manley, Meitner, Neumann, Neve, Sennheiser, Sony, Telefunken, and TG to meticulously capture the impulse response library. ATC monitors were used in each space to emulate the real-world sound projection properties of various instruments. Most impulses are in 8-channel format, so surround mixes can be created.
The instrument-specific reverbs are designed to take the guesswork out of instrument reverb selection. Recorded in six locations, they were captured in the exact position an instrument would be on stage to closely emulate the sound-projection patterns of the instrument. You can create a mixing template with unique reverb settings for the strings, brass, winds, percussion, and choir and hear the instruments as they would sound playing together in the same space.
- Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix
- 1020 high-resolution reverbs recorded in locations worldwide
- Includes 372 instrument-specific reverbs recorded in 6 locations
- Film score, rock, pop, jazz, classical, esoteric, and dreamy reverbs
- New convolution engine
- Low CPU usage, with clean signal path
- New Decay Time control feature
- New user interface with visuals representing each space
- New Next / Previous buttons for fast navigation
- 24-bit, true stereo, with surround capability
- ATC, Neumann, Telefunken, Neve, Meitner signal path
- Abandoned Abbey
- Angels Cathedral (true stereo)
- Berlin Church (true stereo)
- Grace Church (true stereo)
- Hamburg Cathedral (true stereo)
- LA Cathedral
- LA Church
- NY Church
- Sacred Heart (true stereo)
- Santa Barbara Temple
- St. Dominic (true stereo)
- St. Patrick (true stereo)
- Malibu Stone Courtyard
- Classic Digital
- Digital Hollywood Hall
- Gated Room Reverb
- Planetary Manifestations
- Vocal Digital
- War Memorial Opera House (true stereo)
- Classic Rock Plate
- EW Vintage Plates
- Solo Vocal
- EastWest Studios
- SM Concrete Tank
- SM Water Tank
- Long Tunnel
- Union Station
- Abravanel Hall (true stereo)
- Ace Hall
- Davies Hall (true stereo)
- Dortmund Concert Hall (true stereo)
- LA Guitar Venue
- LA Piano Hall
- Northwest Orchestral Hall
- NY Piano Hall
- NY String Hall
- Pasadena Taiko Hall
- Reynolds Hall (true stereo)
- San Francisco Hall
- So. Cal. Orchestral Hall
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Hamburg Forest
- Hamburg Lake Forest
- SM Parking Garage
- WLA Parking Garage
- LA Big Drum Rooms
- LA Small Drum Rooms
- LA Studio Drum Rooms
- LA Scoring Stages
- Berlin Swimming Hall (true stereo)
- The Catacombs
- 544 Mateo (true stereo)
- ACME Storage
- Compton Warehouse
- WLA Loading Dock