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Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:02 am

http://www.soundsonline.com/sophtml/det ... sku=EW-165

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:38 pm

BTW there is still 30% pre-release discount on this
library untill it is released on 31-5-05

Here is a post by Doug Rogers that is relative to these demos (from his Soundsonline forum )

I think it's a real credit to the demo composers that they were able to put together 13 demos in a little over two weeks while we were still beta testing SC and WordBuilder and making changes almost every day.

Before we started this, we listened to a lot of choral recordings, and quite honestly, apart from a few words here and there, you can't understand a word most choirs are singing, and many are in latin - it's more of a tonal blend of voices or chants than anything else. However, you can now create the intelligible words, instead of what we used to have to work with. Prior choir libraries offered you "ooooo", "aaaaa". "eeeee" and not much else, so we're making good progress.

As expected, the first round of demos that came in reflected our experience with choral recordings. However, we also knew we had to include a demo that showed what the new WordBuilder was capable of, so we asked for one. The result is Anton's "Glory to the Knight" which has very clear English (not bad for an Italian!). Incidently, both Anton's parents are opera singers and they thought what he did was simply "amazing"!

Once SC is released next week there will be tracks of almost any type you can think of created. The 3 mic positions provide a wide range of sounds to choose from. However, SC is more like an instrument you learn (especially WB) than a sample library. The more skilled you get with it, the better the results.

We also intend to set up "WordBuilder Central" here after release, where users can upload and download WordBuilder words and phrases - thereby creating a database to save all users time.

So, a very special thanks to our talented demo composers who worked so hard to get these demos done before the products release. This product, more than any other product we have ever created, is going to be the most interesting, and we think the most fun!

- Doug

No name · Post by **No name** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:56 pm

Is it good? Yes it sounds decent. Does it sound like it is worth nearly 1000 dollars? no. Jusy my opinion though.

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:09 pm

Can someone loan me $995.00?

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:29 pm

hmmmmmmm...I have to admit that I've expected more.
I mean...sure ...it's good...but not outstanding. dunno...sounds somehow as what it is...a conglomerate of vowels and consonants. I can't explain why...but the human factor is missing...

just my thoughts

too high expectations probably...

griels · Post by **griels** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:37 pm

TrekStar wrote:hmmmmmmm...I have to admit that I've expected more.
I mean...sure ...it's good...but not outstanding. dunno...sounds somehow as what it is...a conglomerate of vowels and consonants. I can't explain why...but the human factor is missing...

just my thoughts

too high expectations probably...

Yeah, the demos certainly have their moments, but there are too many telltale signs that the voices are sampled... Too rigid maybe, like Trekstar says.. Which doesn't mean it isn't a great instrument in its own right.. Just nowhere near a replacement for the real McCoy.

Tonmann · Post by **Tonmann** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:40 pm

I agree, the qualitiy does not justify the price IMO. I came across choir sample libs that cost a quarter of this and sounded way nicer (at least to MY ears

).

cheers,
Chris

Vitaly · Post by **Vitaly** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:19 pm

Tonmann wrote:I came across choir sample libs that cost a quarter of this and sounded way nicer (at least to MY ears ).

Any examples and links, please?

flex42 · Post by **flex42** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:10 pm

Left Headphone wrote:Can someone loan me $995.00?

you'd need 1100..."hdd available seperately"

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:14 pm

flex42 wrote:
Left Headphone wrote:Can someone loan me $995.00?
you'd need 1100..."hdd available seperately"

That really sucks... oh well, back to

Tonmann · Post by **Tonmann** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:32 pm

Vitaly wrote:
Tonmann wrote:I came across choir sample libs that cost a quarter of this and sounded way nicer (at least to MY ears ).
Any examples and links, please?

Spectrasonic's "Symphony of voices" for example. Ok, this is not a quarter of the price, but at least the half: http://www.ilio.com/spectrasonics/symph ... index.html

This one here is of course not comparable by the features Quantum Leap's package offers, but the choir samples they offer sound more realistic to my ears as they seem to be recorded from a closer distance. And, yes, the VFM is unbeatable there, too

http://www.papelmedia.de/english/produkte/index.htm

There was another choir samplepackage I used to use in a studio, but I can't remember the name right now... I only remember that it was abt. $250 and AKAI format.

cheers,
Chris

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:48 pm

has anyone actually bought these papelmedia soundsets? just interests me

Tonmann · Post by **Tonmann** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:33 pm

I bought them a few days ago after I had played around with the freebies there for some time and really liked the sound and VFM. I had no time yet to test the whole package completely but I'll do so asap.

cheers,
Chris

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:37 am

watch the movie

http://www.soundsonline.com/sophtml/mov ... sku=EW-165

dusted william · Post by **dusted william** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:54 am

I don't think SoV even compares to this.

dw

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