As with other Cinesamples libraries, Voxos was a little disappointing. Over the holidays it went on sale so I decided to give it a try. Because of that I was a little reluctant to purchase Voxos.
It only works with the full Kontakt player. You can use the full choir, just the men or just the women. Phrases can be put together with the phrase builder or via automation.
It comes with three Mic positions (Mixed, Decca and Far).
In the Insolidus walkthrough video it is mentioned that 8Dio will go back and update previous choirs with this functionality, however, I wouldn’t hold my breathe. This choir was created prior to Insolidus so it is missing some of 8Dio’s newer features such as polyphonic legato and tempo synchronization. The following is a short cue in which I use Lacrimosa: The best thing about this choir is the sound. This library can also be fully automated. It has Arcs, Phrases (Multi-Vowels), Shorts, and Sustains. This is the choir you use when you want that big, large, epic sound.
This is a 200 voice choir with 70 Basses, 60 Tenors, 40 Altos and 30 Sopranos. The CPU% in Kontakt spikes up when just simultaneously playing 4 or 5 notes.Īs stated above, in my opinion, 8Dio makes the best choir sample libraries. 8Dio is notorious for never updating their libraries.Many different Mic positions to get just the right blend.Advanced techniques such as polyphonic legato.Works well within a large film template (configurable, automation).The library only works with the full Kontakt player. This library sounds unbelievable, especially with a nice reverb added to give it some tail. It comes with eight Mic positions (Mixed, Decca, Wide, Far and Spot x4). You can play either the full choir, just the men or just the women.
Any patch that uses phrases is tempo-synced with your DAW and can be played at normal tempo, half tempo, double tempo and triplet. Also, if moving to different notes during the playing of a phrase, the new note(s) will start from wherever you are in the phrase rather than triggering the beginning of the phrase. This choir comes with polyphonic legato which allows you to play as many notes as desired and transition between them. Everything in Insolidus can be fully automated. The blend of the men and women can be changed. Different phrases can be put together using their phrase sequencer or via automation. It comes with the ability to play phrases which they call “Multi-Vowels”, arcs, legatos, shorts and sustains. Insolidus is a 65 voice choir (40 men and 25 women). As opposed to a very large boisterous choir, this choir is for when you really want to create emotion with the voices.
They refer to Insolidus as a “lyrical choir”. Insolidus is the latest choir created by 8Dio. Their choirs sound very realistic, the cross fading between layers is seamless and the options are just what you need. Out of all the companies I evaluated, 8Dio is the best. I must be able to automate most if not all of the options so that I can use it better in my template.įor each library I will provide the following:.
Some of the things that were important to me when evaluating choirs were: After using these libraries for awhile I wanted to provide my thoughts on each one of them in hopes that it might help others make choir sample library choices. Eventually I purchased several choir sample libraries. I read through forums and watched several videos.
I recently wanted to enhance my ability to add choir voices to my film and TV compositions.