Choir for new age ambient ?
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Jaap
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Actually Omnisphere 2 is great for this, it has a large section with vocals/choirs which are very suited for new age and ambient music
And though it is a solo voice library in its basic, Shevannai Voices of the Elves, is a great library to consider. It has some outstanding voice soundscapes which could be very suited.
https://www.bestservice.com/shevannai.html
And though it is a solo voice library in its basic, Shevannai Voices of the Elves, is a great library to consider. It has some outstanding voice soundscapes which could be very suited.
https://www.bestservice.com/shevannai.html
TomislavEP
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I'm a big new age music fan and often compose music in that particular style. I think that larger dedicated choir libraries may even be an overkill for the new age genre, so my choice would be something that is more reminiscent to the choir and voice sounds found on traditional keyboard workstations and modules, especially those from Roland and Korg. Not a realistic choir per se, but something that is choir-like.
As a Kontakt and Komplete user, my personal favorites and obvious choices would be Phoenix from FrozenPlain, all the libraries from Sound Aesthetic Sampling, Iron Pack Bundle and Holy Ambiances from Soundiron and last, but certainly not the least, the choir sounds found in Kontakt Factory Library which are IMHO very adequate for new age music. In addition to those, I also have Olympus Elements choir and Clara's Vocal Library (the free version), but as I've wrote before, those may even be bit out of scope for more traditional new age sound.
As a Kontakt and Komplete user, my personal favorites and obvious choices would be Phoenix from FrozenPlain, all the libraries from Sound Aesthetic Sampling, Iron Pack Bundle and Holy Ambiances from Soundiron and last, but certainly not the least, the choir sounds found in Kontakt Factory Library which are IMHO very adequate for new age music. In addition to those, I also have Olympus Elements choir and Clara's Vocal Library (the free version), but as I've wrote before, those may even be bit out of scope for more traditional new age sound.
Will Blackburn
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Cant go wrong slapping a bit of Cantus in the mix as well.
InLight-Tone
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Heavyocity Vocalise 1 & 2...
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Fredeke
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As a matter of fact, I am considering purchasing the "vocal" sound expansion card for my JV-1080
That was my first impulse anyway. Then I thought: "wait a minute... these are the 2010s... There might be software solutions"
But maybe you're right, and that would be the way to go. I certainly would love it, except... it wouldn't be very portable.You see, my (half-thought through) plan is to churn up new age music (at 432Hz
) as fast as I can and flood youtube and spotify with it - not that I'm the first one to think of that apparently. So being able to do this from my laptop would also be an advantage. No more getting bored in waiting room: just take out the laptop and make a couple of tracks. Four chords, one patch, tons of reverb, and tadaa: one album.I don't mean to be dismissive of the genre: there's excellent new age music out there, but as with every genre there's also a lot of trash. I aim for the latter. (I just composed one hour-long track already, using the whole hardware studio and a lot of modular synth: it took me 5 days, for an unnecessarily good result. I'd like to bring that down to 5 minutes, for a merely passable result)
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Bluemount Score
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Thumbs up for that! Everybody should have checked the KFL Choir patches out, great for some ambient pads and almost "free".
TomislavEP
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I must also mention Xpand2 from AIR Music Technology. Plenty of sounds suitable for new age music and with the organization that is very close to that of the traditional hardware workstations, which is what most of the composers from golden era of the genre were using on their works. But you'll also found more than enough sounds in all the categories of the Kontakt Factory Library. As for the 3rd party Kontakt developers, from my personal experience, you should definitely check out the whole portfolio from FrozenPlain, Sound Aesthetic Sampling and CL-Projects. All of them have that sound and credo in mind and their libraries are also relatively affordable, yet of high quality.
Bluemount Score
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That's basically my whole sample and VST collection in a nutshell.
They're in the original Omnisphere as well.
You might also like Realivox Blue or Ladies, of course.
Or Audiobro https://audiobro.com/genesis-childrens-choir/ (Genesis).
Or EastWest Voices of Passion.
The choir in the Kurzweil K2000 and K2500 is also great.
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Fredeke
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I remember the revolution that synth was
I wasn't fond of its sounds back then, but they've aged well.
Both fluid and etheral, I'm sure they would do!
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