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politcat · Post by **politcat** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:53 pm

i've been using a mix of 2 patches, one from wusikstation and the other from choir heaven, on a song but i've never really been happy with this mix.

does anyone know if there's a nice vocal choir patch among the 1000s made for zehbra?

it doesn't have to be totally realistic, but warm (ah or oh vowel, not oo) and just enough in it to hint a choir of singers.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:52 am

I remember there was a thread about choir sounds in Z2... maybe a year ago... I think there were even some patches.... hmmm...

Urs

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:05 am

One thing I found is this patch from the Oldskool Set:

http://www.u-he.com/music/MK2_Choral.mp3

It's all one patch, the brightness depends on the velocity.

Is that what you're looking for?

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:20 am

i'll check that out later today. I need to hear it on decent speakers.

with all the great sounding patches I already have I can't imagine that a nice sounding choir patch is not possible in zebra. my patch-making ability is poor so I have to ask.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:39 pm

politcat wrote:with all the great sounding patches I already have I can't imagine that a nice sounding choir patch is not possible in zebra.

Could you post a link to the kind of sound you want (preferably in isolation)?

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:36 pm

when i get home tonight i'll post a clip of the track from my song.

thx!

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:00 am

so here's the link. The things I don't like, even though they get masked by other elements in the song, will become immediately apparent. The body of the sound the 2 patches together make is kind of what i'm after, just less shrill.

http://www.box.net/shared/9z1r0yelbk

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:08 am

Urs wrote:One thing I found is this patch from the Oldskool Set:

http://www.u-he.com/music/MK2_Choral.mp3

It's all one patch, the brightness depends on the velocity.

Is that what you're looking for?

that's getting there, needs more "vocal" sound. Check out my link above.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:20 am

politcat wrote:
Urs wrote:http://www.u-he.com/music/MK2_Choral.mp3
that's getting there, needs more "vocal" sound. Check out my link above.

Yes, they're very different. Interesting challenge - I'll give it a go tomorrow (may take several sessions to get right).

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:52 am

Howard wrote:Yes, they're very different. Interesting challenge - I'll give it a go tomorrow (may take several sessions to get right).

oh

blurk · Post by **blurk** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:57 am

politcat wrote:does anyone know if there's a nice vocal choir patch among the 1000s made for zehbra?

Yeah, this is the one big area that I think is missing from all the Z2 patch sets. There are some patches that have a bit of a vocal element to them, but I have yet to hear (and have had difficulty creating myself) a real killer choir pad that sounds more vocally than stringy.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:06 am

Actually... I think here's an idea:

Load one of Zebralette's "UH Bad Vocal Sample" into Zebra. Slow down the MSEG modulation of the vowels. Apply some filtering...

I might try that myself later...

Urs

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:36 pm

Urs wrote: I might try that myself later...

Urs

me 2. thx!

tasmaniandevil · Post by **tasmaniandevil** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:39 am

Just made a short demo with four of my presets that went to CM magazine for the synth-award-special, there's a choir sound involved: http://www.tasmodia.com/demos/tas/cmspecial-demo.mp3

But it's more a softchoir thing rather than a hardchoir so it might not be the kind of sound you're looking for.

Anyway, enjoy the demo, there's also a string, an arp and a lead preset in it.

Cheers,
Thomas

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:56 am

tas,
I don't know what you mean by soft/hard choir, but I couldn't make out a choir sound in your demo. Could you post a demo of the patch by itself?