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So I am looking for something that can do some background vocals for simple yet time consuming things in the studio, such as OOOh, and Ahhh...do Wops...etc.

I write and record material that require these kinds of BG vocals...

I can do them myself, but I find that everything then just sounds like me singing to myself.

I have tried the vocal harmony thing in Real Band and was less than impressed it sounded kinda fake and obviously NOT real harmonies etc.

I have tons of Choir like BG vocals but their use is limited...

So some suggestions as to what to use, get, buy, try would be appreciated.

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Check out fivrr.com. You can hire singers and tell them exactly what you want them to sing.


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Wow really...ok...

So just checked it out...looks like it's unbelievably cheap...starting at $5 or $6 Canadian (as I am)...

That's insane...

Seems like it could be a good place for me to also post for my own song writing and recording business too..

Have you used it, how did you find it worked, if you did?

Thanks Keith...

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If you're into keyboards, Kurzweil, Korg and Roland all have great vocal libraries in their high end synths. I know there are vocal lib's available for the big name softsynths too.

Here's a live recording I did 7-8 years ago using my Kurzweil PC2X. My vocal scat keyboard solo starts at about 2:50.

https://soundcloud.com/jazzmammal/04-track-4

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You might expect to pay a little more than a fiver depending on what you need. Fiver is the starting price, but I see that they have a great range of artists.


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Originally Posted By: Antho1965
Wow really...ok...

Have you used it, how did you find it worked, if you did?

Thanks Keith...



I've used it a couple of times with a female vocalist. I needed a bit more than oohs and ahhs and the lady I used charged extra if you wanted to publish the work so the couple of times I used her I spent about 80 bucks. She was very professional and expected me to provide a score and lyrics for what I wanted her to sing.

I would have recommended a keyboard solution first but it sounded to me like that was something you already tried and found less than satisfactory.


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Fiver is OK if all you need is 30 seconds of recorded vox.... by the time you get the entire song, it's closer to $80 or so..... per track.


Ohhs and Ahhhs are available in KONTAKT by Native Instruments. You can hear them here, starting at 3:10 http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10977017

You can also check to see if anyone has made some User Real Tracks with Ohhhs and Ahhhhs in them. I think Floyd did something like that a while back. Check with him. And , yes, you could always make your own if no one has exactly what you need.


For demos and personal projects, Kontakt will be the least costly way to go unless you can get the user real tracks. The quality of the URT's will depend on the singer as well as the recording method and quality. Kontakt comes out of the box perfect.


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Tony, I just googled female oohs and ahhs vsti and there are a lot listened, some were even free. You might want to try some of them.

PS - I have no experience with any of them. I use Kontakt and some third party patches.


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I don't know if it is still available, but Spectrasonics made a vocal collection of these kinds of sounds for various synths. I know that many Roland synths offered these sounds including the JV series. Here is an example of the vocal collection used to produce a doo-[*****] cover:

https://soundcloud.com/cxp-2/blue-moon

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You might want to check out Realivox Ladies, which is aimed at exactly what you're asking about. For sale in July for... well, I guess a couple hours more.


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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