Let’s do a review of the new Kontakt Choir Sample Library Chorus by Audio Imperia. Review of Audio Imperia Chorus Audio Imperia presents the all-new Chorus library, recorded in collaboration with Performance Samples. This comprehensive collection contains 24 women’s and 24 men’s voices, with four mic positions and three ready-to-go mixes: Classic, Modern, and Scott…
Atelier Series Fauxgorian Musical Sampling finally releases Atelier Series Fauxgorian – a lush legato male vocal library intended for cinematic and electronic contexts. Atelier Series Fauxgorian Patches Fauxgorian Legato – Ooo Fauxgorian Legato – Ahh Fauxgorian Legato – Mmm Fauxgorian Solo Legato – Ooo Fauxgorian Solo Legato – Mmm Perpetuum – Keyswitch Pagan Ritual The…
Two Steps from Hell – Chaos Theory – Another day Let’s talk about Choirs in trailer music. In this video, I want to explain my method on how to implement choirs and come up with a dense arrangement in an already dense musical environment. As an example, I am using the track Another Day from…
50% OFF Eduardo Tarilonte Voices Bundle by Best Service For only $199, get the Eduardo Tarilonte Voices Bundle (Affiliate Link) featuring 2 extremely powerful and versatile vocal libraries: Cantus and Mystica! Cantus and Mystica are two beautiful choir libraries from Eduardo Tarilonte and Best Service. Far from your typical male and female choir libraries, Cantus…
ETHERA Gold Intimate Vocals by Zero-G Ethera Gold Intimate Vocals is a new chapter of the Ethera Gold series. It includes two amazing new Vocal True Legatos that offer a distinctive and different vocal timbre from the one included in Ethera Gold 2.5 and is an ideal addition to that library. Intimate Vocals is not…
Aanaa – The Unfinished Christmas Gift The Unfinished Christmas gift to everybody. Aanaa – The Unfinished Choir is a pleasant little vocal library, featuring synthetic choirs and drones, that Matt from The Unfinished completely created by mistake! It requires the full version of Kontakt 6 to run. This free library is a Christmas gift to all The Unfinished customers…
Aanaa – The Unfinished Choir Walkthrough A little look at The Unfinished sample library Christmas present to you, Aanaa – The Unfinished Choir.
Oceania II Overview Oceania II is a choir built for thematic writing and improves upon original Oceania (See our Oceania by Performance Samples Review) with twice the ensemble size, more syllables, and two speeds of releases (the faster of which helps for fast phrases).
Oceania II by Performance Samples Oceania II is a choir built for thematic writing and improves upon original Oceania (See our Oceania by Performance Samples Review) with twice the ensemble size, more syllables, and two speeds of releases (the faster of which helps for fast phrases). The library was created using phrases chopped out of connected performances…
THE MEYER CHOIR – Free Since we’re all stuck at home together, Joe Meyer took the opportunity to turn his family into a choir. The result is a perfectly imperfect snapshot of his family’s voices in May of 2020. The virtual instrument requires the full version of Kontakt. Enjoy!
Heavyocity Mosaic Voices Sale Mosaic Keys (Affiliate Link) and Mosaic Voices (Affiliate Link) targets professional composers who are working Ad, film, and gaming scores. Producing music both libraries are an excellent addition to your loops and samples. Expectations in the composer’s community are always high when Heavyocity releases a new unique cinematic instrument and sound library. Mosaic Keys…
Cory’s Library Spotlight – Dominus Choir Pro by FluffyAudio Dominus Choir Pro by FluffyAudio is the follow-up of FluffyAudio’s flagship Dominus choir library (See also our Dominus by FluffyAudio Review). “Dominus” in Latin means “Lord” or “Master”. This word can be heard in many examples of sacred Christian music. Despite its noble origins, the choice of the name “Dominus” was actually…
Soundiron Releases Olympus Choir Elements Preset Pack Download this FREE preset pack for Olympus Choir Elements. From sweeping beautiful legatos to haunting reversed choir chants, this free preset expansion will be a perfect addition to your orchestral writing palette. The Preset Pack is only available to existing owners of Olympus Choir Elements. You can order…
Bela D Media Releases NATIVE VOICE SORA Broken into a four-part series, Bela D Media has reinvented a classic vocal library and released NATIVE VOICE SORA. Originally recorded in 2009 by producer Rishabh Rajan Native Voice – with advanced scripting control and remastered audio – is ready for prime time once again. NATIVE VOICE SORA. featuring a…
Cory’s Library Spotlight – Stormchoir Ultimate by Strezov Sampling Storm Choir Ultimate a 20-piece chamber choir recorded with three microphone positions in Sofia Session Studio (the same hall where we recorded our Afflatus and Next Gen choir series).
Soniccouture Released All Saints Choir Update Soniccouture worked with their customers and inspired by some feedback they release of All Saints Choir update which you can find in your user account. All Saints Choir Update Section level control Vowel gain trim Keyswitch display option EQ gain readout This update has a few bug fixes and…
ETHERA is a beautiful vocal instrument for Kontakt. The voice of every ETHERA release is Clara Sorace, a ridiculous and proficient vocalist from Italy. As well as including beautiful voicebanks. ETHERA titles come with a host of in-built features, including phrase builders, arpeggiators, core synths, and action synths, drums, and effects – everything you need for your…
ALL SAINTS CHOIR by Soniccouture All Saints Church in Tooting, London, has a distinguished recording history. In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s it was a famed traditional recording venue, its rich, bright acoustic attracting, for example, Deutsche Grammophon. It was once so busy as a recording venue that a dedicated ‘control room’ outbuilding was constructed.…
Audio Plugin Deals decided to extend the Aurora Choir sale until Sunday, April 12th, 2020 due to the huge interest is shown. This should give more customers an opportunity to take advantage of this amazing offer. Weighing in at 11GB, this massive vocal library contains both Sopranos and Altos (separate instruments for maximum control), and has an absolutely…
V CHOIR BY DESIGN A Youthful Gathering of Voices Enlisting a youthful chamber group made up of male & female vocalists, V CHOIR by design is a creative and affordable add-on to any composer’s audio toolbox. With creative and artistic licenses, Bela D Media has employed youth samples from previously unreleased recordings and combined them…
Soniccouture Previews All Saints Choir Soniccouture is going ahead with the future release of a new choir library. Today the company released a preview video of their upcoming All Saints Choir Kontakt Library. All Saints Church in Tooting, London, has a distinguished recording history. In the 1970s,80s, and 90s it was a famed classical recording…
83% off “The Orchestral Bundle” by Impact Soundworks – Normally €467 Now Only €79! “The Orchestral Bundle” (Affiliate Link) is a spectacular collection of five deeply sampled libraries that cover a wide range of orchestral instruments and vocal styles including Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Strings and a Slavic Women’s Choir! Featuring over 33GB+ of content, these libraries are perfect for Film, TV…
Aurora Choir by ARIA SOUNDS The Aurora Choir (Affiliate Link) is an elegant and powerful choir sample library for Kontakt (full version 4 or higher required). Weighing in at 11GB, this massive vocal library contains both Sopranos and Altos (separate instruments for maximum control) and has an absolutely stunning legato tone. On top of this,…
MYSTERIA a Cinematic Vocal Textures Aleatory Instrument We are reviewing MYSTERIA today, this release is a unique aleatory instrument for media scoring where you need that dark fearful tension. If you are familiar with Thrill, MYSTERIA follows the same concept, this time with voices. Aleatory Techniques The use of random elements in the production process,…
NADA, Meditation & New Age Sounds by Eduardo Tarilonte Nada is the primal sound or the first vibration out of which the whole creation has sprung NADA is a fascinating collection of sounds for Meditation, New Age, and Relaxation Music. In NADA you will find inspiring instruments such as Strings, Winds, Percussions, Pianos, Eternal Sounding…
PRE-OCEANIA II SALE – THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2020 In advance of Oceania II’s release (release date and pricing TBA), Oceania I is going on sale at $79 (full price: $269). (There will be a significant loyalty discount for current Oceania I owners, which will be valid during (but not beyond) Oceania II’s intro period.) Oceania…
8Dio’s Bundle of The Bible of Salsa includes Vol I, II, and III The Bible of Salsa is a unique collection you will ever need to dive deep into this masterpiece and rich style of Latin music. Every single instrument throughout the collection was recorded by the same players, at the same studio, with the…
StormChoir Ultimate – First Demo Playthrough The first playthrough of the Storm Choir Ultimate demo “Temple in the Mountains” by Nathan Einhorn. Storm Choir Ultimate will be out in December 2019.
Strezov Sampling’s StormChoir Ultimate – Pre Order STORM CHOIR Ultimate is now available for pre-order. Recorded at Sofia Session Studio StormChoir Ultimate is a 20-piece chamber choir recorded with three microphone positions in Sofia Session Studio (the same hall where Strezov Sampling recorded their Afflatus and NextGen choir series). Completely new recordings ported within the…
Dominus Choir Pro if the follow-up of FluffyAudio’s flagship Dominus choir library (See also our Dominus by FluffyAudio Review). “Dominus” in Latin means “Lord” or “Master”. This word can be heard in many examples of sacred Christian music. Despite its noble origins, the choice of the name “Dominus” was actually inspired by Dominoes, the popular game that…
Haunted Choir by FluffyAudio Following an established Halloween tradition, FluffyAudio launched in 2019 Haunted Choir. This is a little mini Dominus, with the female singing UUU and MMMs which happen to be a very cool way to create Halloween style soundtracks. FluffyAudio has a story to tell how Haunted Choir did surface from the dark: It…
Hadziha – West African Choir Library Hadziha means “singers”, and that’s what it is – a simple virtual choir recorded in Ghana, with a sound that’s full of character and energy. It was created by Karoryfer in partnership with Pj Daauthor, a rapper who recruited the singers, recorded them, did much of the sample editing and took…
SALE on Palette – Symphonic Sketchpad by Red Room Audio The flagship of the Red Room Audio’s Palette line! Palette – Symphonic Sketchpad (Affiliate Link) is an extensive set of orchestral instruments to bring your cinematic ideas to life. Introducing True Ensemble Recording for strings, brass and woodwinds ensembles – each recorded in 2 different sizes with up…
CHRONO CHAMBER STRUCTURES – TIME MICRO Experience a new collection of sounds inspired by paradigms of time, both physical and philosophical. As with its predecessor TIME macro, inspiration takes center stage at all times, spurring on users to merge and layer sounds in search of new sonic ground. The sense of shifting time that gives…
Stefano Maccarelli who developed and produced Ethera Gold, see also our review of Ethera Gold – a Leading Epic Collection by Zero-G shared now templates for Cubase and Logic when you use Ethera Gold – Ethera Evi. The Cubase tracks are deactivated which reduces the RAM footprint. CUBASE PRO – HYBRID SCORING TEMPLATE Download the…
Mosaic Keys & Mosaic Voices by Heavyocity Review We are reviewing today two inspirational and energetic instruments for scoring to Picture, Ads, Games and music creation. With Mosaic Keys & Mosaic Voices both produced and developed by Heavyocity, we are looking at the start of a new instruments series from Heavyocity. About Heavyocity Heavyocity is…
Heavyocity Media announces the release of Mosaic Keys and Mosaic Voices, the first two installments in Heavyocity’s new Mosaic Series line of virtual instruments. Mosaic Keys and Mosaic Voices were conceived to keep composers creative: with each instrument featuring a unique set of foundational elements, designed to be combined and layered into lush, cinematic textures.…
Ethera Gold by Zero-G Review Stefano Maccarelli, Sound Designer, Composer & Sound Technician has created Ethera Gold an amazing products and at such affordable price. Ethera EVI, Ethera Soundscapes, and Ethera Gold are developed by Stefano as one consistent series, each product (library) fills the gaps of the others. The three True Legato of EVI,…
Ethera Gold has been released is an amazing all-new, powerful set of instruments. The perfect new tool for creating soundtracks, cinematic music, epic music trailers and any music requiring fantastic solo vocals and powerful, inspirational, hybrid wavetable synth sounds. The samples included in this Ethera Gold Kontakt library are completely new and unique to this…
Ethera Gold is an amazing all-new, powerful set of instruments. The perfect new tool for creating soundtracks, cinematic music, epic music trailers and any music requiring fantastic solo vocals and powerful, inspirational, hybrid wavetable synth sounds. I do have currently a review copy on hand and can confirm that this is really a perfect tool…
Liberis 2.0 is 8Dio’s new-generation choir library featuring the professional 45-Piece Multi-Award Winning Piedmont’s Children’s Choir lead by choral conductor, Bob Geary. The library represents the most accurate and detailed deep-sampled Symphonic Children’s Choir on the market, including Full Ensemble Choir and 3 Deep-Sampled Soloists. Currently it is available for a very short time frame…
Mimi Page Light & Shadow by Soundiron Review Mimi Page Light & Shadow is a celestial and beautifully flexible female solo vocal and atmospheric sound-design library. It’s Made For Kontakt Player and compatible with Komplete Kontrol and S-Series hardware. About Mimi Page Mimi Page is a singer, songwriter, and composer born and raised in Los Angeles,…
Voice of Wind: Adey by Soundiron Now Available Voice Of Wind: Adey version 1.1 is now available for Native Instruments’ free Kontakt Player 6, Komplete Kontrol and S-Series Keyboards. Adey is the first volume in our modular female solo vocal series Voice Of Wind. This library is the perfect addition for songwriters and musicians wanting new colors to…
Dark ERA produced by Eduardo Tarilonte guides us into the dark age where old northern gods determined the fate of mankind. Dark ERA discovers the Vikings and other tribes’ sounds and myths. Eduardo Tarilonte is a name synonymous with quality libraries. It has taken me some time to get around to reviewing his latest offering,…
CHOIRPOOL is an in-human choir sample library cunningly constructed from 90s voice modeling, vocoding and chaotic tape warble. She’s not going to win awards for vocal authenticity – but so what, she sounds great – a little bit robot, a little bit human. The fun starts with the modwheel, you can scan through the Choir Bots…
Mimi Page Light & Shadow is a celestial and beautifully flexible female solo vocal and atmospheric sound-design library. It’s Made For Kontakt Player and compatible with Komplete Kontrol and S-Series hardware. At 4,413 samples, this library includes a full package of vital chromatic and melodic lead vocal articulations, featuring sustain, staccato, vocal SFX and true…
Balkan Ethnic Orchestra by Strezov Sampling Review The Kontakt-based Balkan Ethnic Orchestra library which is under review today is a huge collection of samples of Eastern European instruments. The Balkan Ethnic Orchestra library from Strezov Sampling is an impressively comprehensive collection of samples of Eastern European instruments. It features a wide range of instruments from…
Jaeger by Audio Imperia Review Orchestral all-in-one packages have become handy tools for working composers to use, with libraries like Symphobia 2, Albion and Metropolis Ark becoming popular examples. We’ll be having a look at Jaeger from Audio Imperia today to see how it fairs in the all-in-one orchestral package game. Audio Imperia hasn’t been…
A free update for all Jaeger owners is coming, Audio Imperia plans to release it as a free update. The update includes: Content update:– Added new legato repetition samples– Added new non-vibrato sustained samples (+ vibrato controller)– Ensemble patches + samples – Denoising on release samples Patches/Engine update:– Polyphonic legato– Lite, super resource-friendly patches (no big…
You can buy Dominus at the lowest price ever, Rinascimento and all of the FluffyAudio products are on sale! If you do have Dominus yet, now it a excelent time to get it while discounted. Our Review of Dominus can be found here. Dominus is a magnificent, inspirational, and emotive virtual choir instrument. It is easy to use and grants fantastic singing right out…
Solo Voice: Kat Waverunner Audio is releasing seven sample libraries each one per day for seven days. Each Library is just £10 each for the fundraising period. For every sale, Hometree plant a tree. Each library part of the Seven Days will be £10 until the 18th of November, after which they’ll go up to £25.…
TIME macro by Orchestral Tools Review TIME macro is in its character a comprehensive compilation of inciting orchestral and choral textures, exceptional articulations. Orchestral Tools delivers unprocessed recordings at the Telex scoring stage. ORCHESTRAL TOOLS the Symphonic Sampling Project of Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH We all refer to ORCHESTRAL TOOLS (OT) as the producing company. ORCHESTRAL TOOLS has…
Voice of Wind: Adey Voice Of Wind: Adey is the first volume in Soundiron’s modular female solo vocal series Voices Of Wind. Each volume focuses on a new vocalist with a distinct creative style and comes complete with a full package of vital chromatic and melodic articulations that are designed to be comfortable and convenient to…
Silka (Choir) by 8Dio Review Silka is released after 8Dio published Insolidus Choir some months earlier. Silka promises to hold an astounding lead position in a stand-alone choir library. There’s a new kid on the block, and her name is Silka. Created by 8Dio, Silka is a smooth and creamy choir library that has surprised the market…
STORM CHOIR 2 Complete by Strezov Sampling We are taking a look at an older choir library from Strezov Sampling. STORM CHOIR 2: Complete has been out for a while and to cut it short should be considered as one of the earlier products from Strezov Sampling. It was an update of Storm Choir 1.5 and priced as…
Ethera EVI by Zero-G Review Ethera EVI is aiming at a composer who needs new content when composing cinematic music. If you own one of the other Ethera libraries, the samples are entirely Fresh. Ethera EVI is produced by Sound Designer & Composer Stefano Maccarelli and features Clara Sorace. ETHERA EVI is built to fit the demands of the contemporary…
Oceania by Performance Samples Review Every year another sampled choir walks to the stage and shows off its “next-gen” features. But what if the realism and playability of such next-gen offerings could be supplied with old-gen simplicity? We’ll discuss this concept by looking at Oceania – an effectively simple choir library from Performance Samples. For…
Hollywood Choirs by East West and Quantum Leap Review Today we are having a close look at Hollywood Choirs – a cinematic choir library developed by East West and Quantum Leap. I’ll be covering the library’s look, sound and usability to give you an overall idea of what to expect from the library. EastWest/Quantum Leap…
FluffyAudio worked intensely focused after the release of Rinascimento on a more ambitious project. Dominus is FluffyAudio’s Latin choir, which serves adequately for composing for movies, trailer, and video games. Dominus is, in a nutshell, a classical, sacred, ecclesiastical, realistic sounding choir library able to perform productive musical lines (singing words) with a natural interface. FluffyAudio did send me a…
Is Solidus a good choice for you? We’ll give you the lowdown. It’s free, easy to use, and allows you to write fantastic choral music quickly. It can be a gentle, far-off glow on a quiet snowy night. An epic and moving score with a contemporary scoring choir. This may be the gentle and drowsy…
