EastWest Hollywood Iconic - Downloadable Product

Unveil the magic behind the world's most beloved songs with the brand new synth collection ICONIC. Programmed by the synth mastermind behind Michael Jackson's Thriller, ICONIC celebrates the synths and keys that shaped the soundtracks of our lives. Sampling rare synthesizers like the ARP 2600, Minimoog Model D, Oberheim OB-X, Sequential Prophet 5, Yamaha CS-80 and the Synclavier II, Eastwest have skillfully recreated some of the most iconic sounds in music history and turned them into playable instruments, supercharged with incredible new features that will allow you to transform these historic sounds into modern masterpieces.

Classic Synth Design Modernized For A New Era
ICONIC's user interface centers around an XY Pad with 4 selectable Macro Effects that modulate multiple parameters simultaneously. Blending a vintage knob-per-function design, with sleek modern styling, all of ICONIC's controls are easily accessible in a single page. Shape these ICONIC synth sounds from the dual filters that can be modulated, an advanced 16-step arpeggiator, multi-mode portamento (glide), and a bevy of effects to widen, pulse, distort, delay, and spatialize the final sound.

Classic Sounds Reimagined For The Future
While ICONIC features synths and sounds used in classic songs that have sold hundreds of millions of copies, it's not stuck in any time period. After recording these rare synthesizers in EastWest Studio 1, the producers also sent the sounds to analog tape machines (include a tube Studer J37) and pushed them to levels to create tape saturation and harmonic distortion for an alternative modern sound. The instruments were also re-amped into EastWest Studio 2, using multiple mic positions so the studio sound could be added to the direct sounds, a technique that was often used by Thriller recording and mixing engineer Bruce Swedien.

Features

• An all-in-one resource for every keyboard and synth sound imaginable, featuring 524 instruments made for pop, hip hop, EDM, and more.
• Legendary lineup of the most beloved and revolutionary keyboards and synthesizers of all time, sampled meticulously, and totalling a massive 138 GB of samples.
• Features original recreations of the most iconic keyboard and synthesizer sounds in the history of music, created by Michael Jacksons Thriller synth programmer Anthony Marinelli, with additional programming from Ryan Thomas and Marco Iodice, perfectly recreated by the production team.
• Modern tape saturation drips from these instruments by pushing analog tape machines (including the tube Studer J37) to their limits to produce rich harmonic distortion.
• Reamping techniques add stereo space to the keyboards and synths using multiple mic positions recorded in EastWest Studio 2. This technique was often used by Thriller recording and mixing engineer Bruce Swedien.
• Cutting-edge effects in Iconic transform these legendary synths into contemporary masterpieces. Filter, drive, modulate, and use the MacroFX Pad to manipulate multiple parameters simultaneously for ultimate creative control.