KVR Audio

Xleth · Post by **Xleth** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:33 am

Hello,

Is there a consensus as to what is currently considered the best sample virtual instrument for vocals?

I'm looking for one that meets the following criteria:

- 1 sample every 1-2 notes at maximum (e.g. 1 sample for C1 and C#1, another sample for D1 and D#2 etc. or one for each semitone, but not one sample for three or more semitones).

- Solo voices (a single person singing)

- Choir (multiple people singing in unison)

- All natural pitch ranges

- Children (ideally both girls and boys) and adults

- Round-robin samples

- Short vowel sounds as well as long loops (ideally with Loop-Until-Release)

- Separate banks for soft/moderate timbres (or, alternatively, decent velocity layers).

Is there such a plugin?

Thank you.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:20 pm

Kontakt has a very nice choir and vocal section. Also, Tone2 released a Vocalic soundset for Saurus which sounds great, but's more modern.

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:35 pm

For choir the best are:
Voxos http://cinesamples.com/products/voxos/
Mars / Venus / Requim light http://www.soundiron.com/instruments/choirs/
Liberis http://8dio.com/?btp_product=liberis

For children's choir the only one I can think of is:
Giovani http://www.beladmedia.com/giovani-edition/

For solo voices the best is probably:
Realivox http://realitone.com/

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:30 pm

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spirit · Post by **spirit** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:00 am

Voices of Passion has been flogged to death and is mostly phrases. Not much use to the OP I think.

gabebrunogarza1021 · Post by **gabebrunogarza1021** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:28 am

Armadillo wrote: For children's choir the only one I can think of is:
Giovani http://www.beladmedia.com/giovani-edition/

Don't forget Native Voices
http://www.beladmedia.com/vt-native/

But also use it with Melodyne and/or Antares Mutator Evo (which I picked up for $15 on a no-brain deal from audiomidi.com)

With Melodyne you can change the original phrase to match your song, as in Scale and Key.
With a light adjustment with Mutator, you can change the sound of the voice.

These two open the possiblity of different vocals and phrases being sung, from the original phrase.

I'll create a video to show what I mean.

gabebrunogarza1021 · Post by **gabebrunogarza1021** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:24 am

Using Mutator Evo and Melodyne to increase your phrases on your vocal library, in this example, Native Voice from BelaD.

o0Ampy0o · Post by **o0Ampy0o** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:44 am

8dio Forgotten Voices is one of the best series for solos but it is limited/specialized.

I would like to see something more soulful along the lines of Great Gig In The Sky.

Choirs from children to monks are a dime a dozen it seems.

Xleth · Post by **Xleth** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:24 pm

Thanks for the replies.

What's currently the best virtual instrument for vocals?