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A ghostwriter is a composer who writes music that will be officially credited to another person. The concept of ghostwriting goes back centuries: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a well-known composer paid to ghostwrite music for wealthy patrons. These days the sound design aspect of composing music has become as important as the notes, chords & rhythms, particularly in the creation of film, game & television soundtracks. While Ghostwriter won`t write the music for you, it has been designed to be a “ghost” collaborator in the compositional process, an invaluable inspirational tool for creating your music.
Produced by STEVEN WILSON & DOUG ROGERS
Includes over 800 Multi-Sampled Instruments & Presets (60 GB)
Includes Basses, Drums, Guitars, Keyboards, Misc & Vocals
Designed for Music, Film, Games & TV Composers
Includes many “live” presets that can be adjusted by the user in the software
Musicians: Steven Wilson, Marco Minnemann & Laurence Juber
Recorded in the world famous EASTWEST studios
Includes PLAY 4 64-bit/32-bit software on both MAC PC
The software includes many new advanced sound shaping tools, a new EastWest AMP Simulator with 80 Amp Presets, classic Echoplex EP-1 Delay, Solid State Logic EQ & Dynamics Channel, consisting of: Filter, EQ, Compressor & Noise Gate/Expander, Solid State Logic Transient Shaper, the legendary Solid State Logic Stereo Compressor, EastWest Expanded Convolution Reverb with 726 Additional Reverb Presets.
One of the most eclectic & prolific artists in rock music, Steven Wilson has been writing, recording & producing music continuously since the early nineties. Album releases touring as leader of his band Porcupine Tree & more recently as a solo artist, saw him gain a reputation for his songwriting, experimentation & sonic excellence, resulting in many invitations to work with other artists. Among many things, he has produced several albums for Grammy Award-winning Swedish metal band Opeth & he sung on UK drum & bass band Pendulum`s UK number one album “Immersion”. He started a solo career in 2009 & his most recent solo album “The Raven that Refused to Sing” was recorded at EASTWEST Studios with legendary recording engineer Alan Parsons at the helm. Wilson has become known for his 5.1 surround sound mixes, starting with his own projects, but more recently for remixing the catalogues of King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Roxy Music, XTC & Yes, among others. His surround sound mixes have been Grammy nominated on four occasions & he has twice won “Album of the Year” at the Surround Music Awards. Wilson is seen by many as the predominant progressive rock musician in the world today & in 2012 he won “Guiding Light” at the “Progressive Music Awards” 2012, following this in 2013 with another win for best album for “The Raven that Refused to Sing”.
Features
Produced by STEVEN WILSON and DOUG ROGERS
Includes over 800 Multi-Sampled Instruments and Presets (60 GB)
Includes Basses, Drums, Guitars, Keyboards, Misc, and Vocals
Designed for Music, Film, Games, and TV Composers
Includes many “live” presets that can be adjusted by the user in the software
Musicians: Steven Wilson, Marco Minnemann, and Laurence Juber
Recorded in the world famous EASTWEST studios
The software includes many new advanced sound shaping tools, a new EastWest AMP Simulator with 80 Amp Presets, Ohm Force’s Ohmicide Multi-band Distortion software, classic Echoplex EP-1 Delay, Solid State Logic EQ & Dynamics Channel, consisting of: Filter, EQ, Compressor and Noise Gate/Expander, Solid State Logic Transient Shaper, the legendary Solid State Logic Stereo Compressor, and EastWest Expanded Convolution Reverb with 726 Additional Reverb Preset
Below are the minimum and recommended hardware and software specifications for using Opus on Windows and MacOS systems.
MINIMUM SYSTEM
CPU: Quad-core (four cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
RAM: 16 GB
OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
Drive: HDD (7200 rpm, non-energy saving)
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
CPU: Octa-core (eight cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
RAM: 32 GB or more
OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
Drive: SSD (SATA or PCIe)
The chart below outlines the MacOS and Windows 64-bit operating systems and sequencers that are officially supported and fully tested with the latest version of Opus. Please note that while most Sequencers / DAWs are VST 2, VST 3, AU and AAX plug-in format compatible, only those listed in the chart below are officially supported.
Product
Version
MacOS (10.13+)
Windows 10
EW Play 6 Stand-Alone
6.0+
YES
YES
EW Opus Stand-Alone
1.0+
YES
YES
Ableton Live
10.0+
YES
YES
Apple Logic Pro
10.0+
YES
–
Apple Garageband
10.3+
YES
–
Avid Pro Tools
2018.1+
YES
YES
Bitwig Studio
3.0+
YES
YES
Cockos Reaper
6.0+
YES
YES
Image-Line FL Studio
20+
YES
YES
Motu Digital Performer
9.0+
YES
YES
Steinberg Cubase(1)
9.0+
YES
YES
Steinberg Nuendo(1)
8.0+
YES
YES
Presonus Studio One
4.0+
YES
YES
VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro
6.0+
YES
YES
Notation Software(2)
Version
Avid Sibelius
2018.1+
YES
YES
MakeMusic Finale
25.0+
YES
YES
Steinberg Dorico
3.0+
YES
YES
(1) VST3 usage is recommended
(2) Sibelius / Finale / Dorico notation programs work with Opus, but do not support the full feature set of some Opus/Play Libraries, such as those that use WordBuilder. Please contact support for details.
