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SOULTREE AUDIO Ariana and Artenor=======================
Looking for a Kontakt Sample library that actually sings lyrics? Meet Ariana and Artenor, your digital singer buddies!
I published the Beta versions last October. After listening to feedback, I have totally revamped the sounds and added / improved many features. The instruments now sound much more natural and they are more functional - for example you can take lyrics directly from a notation software (if it exports MIDI with lyrics).
What's the idea and who benefits from these instruments? Basically, you can skip all the text in this post and jump directly to the website where you hear samples and see many videos:
https://www.sielunpuu.net/en/st-instruments (https://www.sielunpuu.net/en/st-instruments)
Soultree Audio Ariana and Artenor (Singer version) enable you to actually write lyrics and have a high quality female or male voice sing them for you. This way you can edit songs with lyrics exactly as you would any other sampled instrument. This is especially useful for people who compose or arrange for vocal groups or choirs.
If you don't need full lyrics, The Dolce versions are fine for adding background choirs or vocal harmonies to your productions.
The Singer instruments come with three small applications: LyrixMaster, LyrixMelodizer and LyrixNotes.
* LyrixMaster is mainly meant for playing lyrics live.
* LyrixMelodizer combines a text file and a MIDI melody file into a MIDI file that can be read by the Ariana and Artenor instruments.
* LyrixNotes translates a MIDI file with lyrics (exported from a notation software like Sibelius) into a similar MIDI file
* SylBuilder is included straight in the Kontakt instument user interface: Build syllables and learn the phonetic syntax
With LyrixMelodizer and LyrixNotes you get a MIDI file that has CC control messages attached to each note - these determine the syllable. Each syllable can have up to two vowels and up to six consonants. When you move or scale the notes, the syllable data moves along.
Additionally, these sample instruments come with a sophisticated 5 part auto harmonizer and lots of controls for voice color, softness, vibrato and humanize functions - and a realistic voice dynamics simulator.
You will find that these are available at much lower prices than similar competing products from big companies.
There are also the freely downloadable Ariana Intro and Artenor Intro instruments. They have lots less features but are still completely usable.