These are very nice samples [:D] . Totally agree though on having an option for different legati speeds (althought the one included is nothing short of expectations - for choir - simply ground breaking!!!).

The perf trill option would also be VERY nice. Can't wait to hear the rest of the SATB and all the various programming options. Any time line on this complete?

Rob

My guess would be next summer or spring seeing as they did not announce the choir along with the new collections coming later this year.

For oooh, aaaah stuff the legato is most welcome. You hear sing like this in scores like Empire of the Sun and Minority Report if I'm not mistaken. This choir will come very handy for that stuff.

Word building. Well - I doubt it would be feasible with the current VI player. It's possible, but it may take far too much programming. I did however mix a Sfz sample with the the RA sample with a slight delay on the Sfz sample. Made a nice and articulated "rrRRRaaaaaaaa" sound. Sounded great, but far too much trouble if you want it to sing a passage.

But as I said, for oooh and aaaah stuff it would still come really handy, even without a wordbuilding utility. And iven if such a utility isent made upon release it look slike the material to do it eventually is there.

Hi Herb,

that was it! It works now. And sounds teriffic.

Thanks Herb for the fast response, you really care for your customers!

Best

Oliver

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

hehe...looks like my summer estimate was way off [[:)]]

Good thing is that more money may be in the piggy bank [[:)]]

@Jack Weaver said:

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

I'm sure that Dietz has some Warp Tool that he can use on them to fend off puberty until the Collection is finished. [:D]

DG

Yeah, sure! [H]

@Jack Weaver said:

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

I'm sure that Dietz has some Warp Tool that he can use on them to fend off puberty until the Collection is finished. [:D]

DG

Nothing a few rubber bands, a bit of tissue and a scissor can't handle.

Why a year and half (at least) away??? It would seem to me that if the SOP's are recorded that they would have recorded the ATB's as well at the same time - or group of sessions. Can programming really take 18-20 months?

Rob

A guess could be that special software has to be created... If not - well then I'm curious to [:)]

@Jack Weaver said:

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

I'm sure that Dietz has some Warp Tool that he can use on them to fend off puberty until the Collection is finished. [:D]

DG

Nothing a few rubber bands, a bit of tissue and a scissor and can't handle.

Ouch!!! [[[[:|]]]] [[[[:|]]]] [[[[:|]]]]

@Jack Weaver said:

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

I'm sure that Dietz has some Warp Tool that he can use on them to fend off puberty until the Collection is finished. [:D]

DG

Nothing a few rubber bands, a bit of tissue and a scissor can't handle.
You sound as if you're talking from experience. [[:|]]

DG

@Christian Marcussen said:

A guess could be that special software has to be created... If not - well then I'm curious to [:)]

Can you imagine the recording sessions for Performance Legato using every possible combination of interval and vowel etc.? Actually, the sheer boredom factor doesn't bear thinking about.

DG

HA!

made me laugh...

@Jack Weaver said:

Uhh... it's not due until 2008?

If we wait that long we'll be in danger of having the Boys Choir's voices change!

I'm sure that Dietz has some Warp Tool that he can use on them to fend off puberty until the Collection is finished. [:D]

DG

Nothing a few rubber bands, a bit of tissue and a scissor can't handle.
You sound as if you're talking from experience. [[:|]]

DG

Nah - I had no tissues or rubberbands last time. [6]

Sounds a bit messy. Ah well, it's all a load of b*llocks anyway.

DG

-herb, the leg perf are really nice!

@mathis said:

The high a' near the end sounds louder recorded than played back and since I'm currently learning my first lessons about choir I wonder if this high a' is a good idea anyway in a soft context? Can anybody elaborate who has some more significant choir experience?

no, your intuition is right. the group just isn't getting it done up high yet. a soft a is tricky but perfectly fine with a good choir. but most singers can't manage it at any dynamic/vowel (although they'll all insist they can) so it might best be considered the beginning of a "professional" range that can continue up to c (allegri miserere for example).

Thanks, Martin.

Sopranos demo (just the 'ahhs')

8 Bars, 2 soprano parts, 3-part strings playing whole notes so as not to get in the way.

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This is a really special product and I'm grateful to be able to download the beginnings of it for free. I look forward to using it on a regular basis.
My short experience with it makes me want to add some hopefully useful commentary.

Even though the library is very small as of now it really is a handful to work with. It may take me a while to get a hold on using all the dynamics that the VSL team has put into some of the patches. I only wonder if their editors really appreciate how quickly some of the seemingly simple decrescendi and crescendi advance?

I found that when to use the legato and various sustain patches was counterintuitive. Some of the lines you hear in the demo which sound legato are the sustains and vice-versa. Some lines were a combination of individual sustains and legatos in an effort to restrain the dynamics.

It's on its way to being a great new library. Once again you are maintaining the characteristic VSL lively sound. Thanks for the new and very usable tool!