East West Quantum Leap The Dark Side

Created and produced by Doug Rogers (EastWest) and David Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips etc.), THE DARK SIDE is the first of its kind: an unconventional, 40 Gigabyte, hip and exciting collection of virtual instruments, some dark and eerie, and some which have been purposely—and skillfully!—mangled, distorted, or effected out of all recognition.

THE DARK SIDE provides inspiration for all composers and artists looking for something unique and different, and of course, if you work in film, TV, and game music production, this will give you an edge to separate you from your competitors.

THE DARK SIDE includes a vast, 40 Gigabyte collection, including dark and eerie instruments, and highly processed drums and percussion, basses, guitars, ethnic, keyboard, strings, and effected instruments, all organized into instrumental groups so you can create complete tracks.


To produce THE DARK SIDE, Rogers partnered with Grammy Award-Winning record producer David Fridmann, whose unconventional (and successful) work with the likes of MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Weezer, Mercury Rev, Saxon Shore, Ammonia, Ed Harcourt, Sparklehorse, Café Tacuba, Elf Power, Mogwai, Thursday, The Delgados, Low, Phantom Planet, Gemma Hayes, Goldrush, Tapes 'n Tapes, Hopewell, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Number Girl, Zazen Boys, Sleater-Kinney, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, OK Go, and Tame Impala etc. he had long admired.

Producer DOUG ROGERS was awarded the 2011 MIPA Award for THE DARK SIDE at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. Over 100 international magazines selected the winner. This is the second MIPA Award for Rogers in the last 4 years, having won it for FAB FOUR in 2008. The MIPA Award has become the "Grammy" of the Musical Instrument industry.

• Produced by multiple Award-Winning producer DOUG ROGERS and Grammy Award-Winning producer DAVID FRIDMANN (MGMT, Flaming Lips etc.)
• Many instruments have been purposely—and skillfully!—mangled, distorted, or effected 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.
• Included are 40GBs of highly processed drums and percussion, basses, guitars, ethnic, keyboard, strings, and FX instruments and sounds, all organized into instrumental groups
• Includes PLAY 2 32-bit and 64-bit sample player, plug-in and standalone (*64-bit is PC only at this time)
• Easy authorization system puts licenses on hardware iLok, allowing you to use the software on any computer.
• AU, VST, Standalone, Intel Mac, Windows XP, Vista and 7

System Requirements

• 40 GB Free Hard Disc Space; DVD Drive
• iLok Security Key, not included (a free soundsonline.com account is required for retrieving and managing iLok licenses). If you do not own an iLok Security Key you can purchase one here.

Mac Minimum Requirements
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.1GHz or higher
• 2GB RAM
• Mac OSX 10.5 or later
• 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming

Mac Recommended System
• Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz or higher
• 4GB RAM
• Mac OSX 10.5 or later
• 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming

PC Minimum Requirements
• Intel Core 2 Duo, or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz or higher
• 2GB RAM
• Windows XP SP2, Vista, or Windows 7
• Sound card with ASIO drivers
• 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming

PC Recommended System
• Intel Core 2 Quad, or AMD Quad Core 2.66GHz or higher
• 4GB RAM
• 64-bit Windows/Host Sequencer
• Sound card with ASIO drivers
• 7200 RPM or faster (non energy saving) hard drive for sample streaming