KVR Audio

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Wed May 12, 2010 5:16 pm

Sounds sweet, but is it insanely hard to create those convincing vocal lines in the demo like Symphonic Choirs is? Way out of my pricerange unfortunately.

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Wed May 12, 2010 5:19 pm

It will be interesting to compare this with the choir from BelaD that is just around the corner. They also have an excellent track record of quality product.

FrankT · Post by **FrankT** » Thu May 13, 2010 7:06 am

tonehammer wrote:+1 hour podcast on the concept and creation of Requiem:

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/requiem_podcast.mp3

Great listen. Can we also have a workflow video ?

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Thu May 13, 2010 3:21 pm

FrankT wrote:
tonehammer wrote:+1 hour podcast on the concept and creation of Requiem:

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/requiem_podcast.mp3
Great listen. Can we also have a workflow video ?

+1 on the podcast and +1 on a quickie workflow demo... I'm teetering on the edge of heightened curiosity, if you know what I mean...

Plus some answers to some of the other questions would be appreciated, specifically:

* library size

* footprint/CPU for different production setups (choir sizes, layering, etc.)

I would expect CPU and memory requirements to be relatively modest, compared to say a big piano or whatever, but who knows...

tonehammer · Post by **tonehammer** » Thu May 13, 2010 7:39 pm

Gentlemen,

Please check out our first technical video. The video provides a glimpse into the workins of Requiem. This video shows a simple 7 track composition and how the different articulations (extended sustains for divisi females / males, male & female solo vocalists, FX etc)

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:12 am

Excellent! Thanks so much for that video... which is like Viagra for my heightened curiosity, BTW.

Is it me or is there a major warbly artifact in the encoding of that video? At all resolutions te audio gets really warbly, especially toward the end. Sounds like an encoder run amok...

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:14 am

kbaccki wrote:Is it me or is there a major warbly artifact in the encoding of that video? At all resolutions te audio gets really warbly, especially toward the end. Sounds like an encoder run amok...

That's Youtube for ya.

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:20 am

I guess... I've never heard it so warbly though... sounds like a MySpace MP3...

Then again, I guess when you're scrounging around YT at 3AM looking for old cuts of Dio and Maiden the warbly doesn't really cut through, as it were...

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:24 am

tonehammer wrote:+1 hour podcast on the concept and creation of Requiem:

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/requiem_podcast.mp3

The end of that podcast is f**king priceless!!!

tonehammer · Post by **tonehammer** » Sun May 23, 2010 2:21 am

We will release a variety of technical demos in the coming days, but lets start out with one of the most requested items namely, legato. Requiem features a variety of different legato types including single note legato, polyphonic legato, legato speed control (3 speed levels), legato morph between different vowels and legato at different dynamics ranges.

The following technical demo is a very simple composition, but specifically designed to put the legato feature to its hardest test. All our legato was recorded across the entire interval of the full choir, so you can play legato all the way from the deepest basses to the highest sopranos. This demo is playing up and down the entire interval of the choir, so you can get a feeling for what single legato "ooh" articulation can sound like.

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/toneham ... legato.mp3

For more information please visit:

http://www.tonehammer.com/?page_id=4276

tonehammer · Post by **tonehammer** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:38 am

I just created a quick little FX demo displaying a variety of more alternative and percussive choral effects. We recorded a variety of sounds to emulate rain and thunder with the choir. Check out how the rain gets more intensive and how thunder breaks through in the end. Its made by combining a variety of different effects like hand... rubbing, claps, snaps, chest slap, teeth clacks, ensemble stomps etc.

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/toneham ... der_fx.mp3

Isn't cute?

Polyphonic legato, legato crossfade, staccato/marcato, solo singers coming in next couple of days.

tonehammer · Post by **tonehammer** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:04 am

A more hardcore demo showing Requiems more epic qualities - using staccato, marcato and extended sustains in combination. Whats super nice about the choir is that it can be so soft and emotional - and so brutally big and disturbing. Enjoy.

Roids by T. B. Folmann

http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/toneham ... _roids.mp3

Ps. Technical demos of polyphonic legato, staccato/marcato, solo singers coming later this week.

More information at: http://www.tonehammer.com/?page_id=4276

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:10 am

Any plans for a gospel choir? I'd love to have one with this kind of playability.

/Yoss

tonehammer · Post by **tonehammer** » Tue May 25, 2010 9:46 pm

Good idea, actually. Lets do it.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Tue May 25, 2010 9:56 pm

tonehammer wrote:Good idea, actually. Lets do it.

/Yoss

Tonehammer announces Requiem - Cinematic Choir (Update: New Technical Demo)