Eastwest — Gypsy [win]

: The "hero" of the library was the Gypsy Violin. Producers used "interval sampling"—capturing the actual slide between two notes—to ensure that when you played a melody, it didn't sound like a robot, but like a performer’s fingers sliding across a fretboard. The Sound of the Underground

: Before this, most high-end libraries lived inside Native Instruments' Kontakt. EastWest gambled on their own 64-bit engine to provide a more tailored interface, including built-in convolution reverb sampled from real LA studios. EastWest Gypsy [WiN]

: It included a cimbalom (a hammered dulcimer from Eastern Europe) and a bandoneon (the heart of tango music), instruments that were extremely rare in the virtual world at the time. A Legacy of Inspiration : The "hero" of the library was the Gypsy Violin

For Windows (WiN) users, Gypsy was a landmark release because it was one of the first major libraries to debut on EastWest’s proprietary . EastWest gambled on their own 64-bit engine to