Spent sometime today looking for a good low priced choir VST. Wow, some beautiful stuff to be found but the prices must be based on the number of folks in the choir. Nothing cheap, even in the ~$100 price range, to be found.
Then I found this for free. It requires the Full version of Kontack. But it has:
2 GB ncw compressed sample pool Polyphonic Legato 4 mic positions 2+ octaves note range (C2 > E5) Uuu and mmm female articulation Custom convolution reverbs Sampled in a warm concert hall
and it sounds lovely. It was a good day of hunting.
They have a fair number of very good libraries. Their Kontakt synths (TimeDrops and Aurora) have flown under the radar for a while and are very cool with character. Aurorror, a free lite version of Aurora is available and there are other Kontakt freebies on the website.
Speaking of freebies for Kontakt full/retail: You may have already known that 8DIO has offered a dozen of its libraries for free but it just recently added one you should not pass up: The New Hybrid Rhythms. VERY full-featured with a lot of grooves (950+) and a LOT of features to let you tweak and freak them. Just click on the "FREE" tab to find it and the other 8DIO freebies.
Never heard of FluffyAudio. Bookmarked. I just bought their DigHybridoo. I've been looking for a nice Didj for a while. Their free log drum, similar.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. Kawai MP6, Korg M50, Ui24R, Saffire Pro 40. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11; Win8.1: Scarletts BIAB2022 UltraPAK, Reaper, a bunch of stuff.
I think I have found it! The most beautiful choir I have yet to hear. I have looked hard for weeks to find these. Why did I not find this sooner? Because, this was just released a few days ago! But before you go any further, I have to warn you. This choir is not free. Although, it is on Sale but still way above my comfort zone.
These are the sounds I am hearing in my head, based on the great choirs I have heard over my life. These are the sound I want to get into my music. Heck, even if my music does not make it out of the confines of my home studio, these sounds are so beautiful that it is worth it just to be able to arrange them, control them and hear them.
Sales ends today. I bought it yesterday. Could be the most expensive VST I have ever purchased. But between yesterday and today I am loving the sounds.
That is impressive! Always looking for background vocals but I need more along the lines of pop, rock, or country. But this might be close. Hope that they make some with less than full choirs.
Ever come across with something along the lines of 2 to 4 backup harmonies for pop, rock or country?
Not just the superb quality of what they produce, but also the attitude ... it really feels like they're more about the music/sound and the tools, rather than just about making money.
It also seems to me that the people demonstrating the tools really do like what they're demonstrating. It's a sales pitch Jim, but not as we know it.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. Kawai MP6, Korg M50, Ui24R, Saffire Pro 40. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11; Win8.1: Scarletts BIAB2022 UltraPAK, Reaper, a bunch of stuff.
Spitfire's Originals are so good they would still be a bargain if they cost three times as much.
Byron Dickens
BIAB. CbB. Mixbus 32C 8 HP Envy. Intel core i7. 16GB RAM W10. Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20. Various instruments played with varying degrees of proficiency.
User Video: Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box®
The Bob Doyle Media YouTube channel is known for demonstrating how you can creatively incorporate AI into your projects - from your song projects to avatar building to face swapping, and more!
His latest video, Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box, he explains in detail how you can use the Melodist feature in Band-in-a-Box with ACE Studio. Follow along as he goes from "nothing" to "something" with his Band-in-a-Box MIDI Melodist track, using ACE Studio to turn it into a vocal track (or tracks, you'll see) by adding lyrics for those notes that will trigger some amazing AI vocals!
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Download and install this to your RealBand 2024 for updated print options, streamlined loading and saving of .SGU & MGU (BB) files, and to add a number of program adjustments that address user-reported bugs and concerns.
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Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows® Today!
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows for free with build 1111!
With this update, there's more control when saving images from the Print Preview window, we've added defaults to the MultiPicker for sorting and font size, updated printing options, updated RealTracks and other content, and addressed user-reported issues with the StylePicker, MIDI Soloists, key signature changes, and more!
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