Silka allows you to change the note you are playing, in the middle of the phrase, without actually interrupting the phrase itself. One of my biggest complaints with EWQL’s World Builder, was how every time you pressed a new key, or performed the next note of your sequence or phrases, the choir immediately started singing the next syllable, and did not allow you to shift between notes while continuing to sing the same syllable, which ends up giving it that choppy quality. (I’m going to compare again to EWQL Word Builder again, so bare with me). This library allows for polyphonic legato, and melisma singing. I think it’s worth pointing out some of the amazing scripting that goes into these Arcs. Check out this examples below, as the results speak for themselves. In the past these dynamic swells have always been done simply by automating the CC01 (or dynamics) of the library, but having this already baked into the recordings themselves, as performed by the actual singers, takes things to a new level of realism. I believe this is one of the key factors in Silka to getting this library to sound so instantly realistic and expressive: recording the singers naturally starting at low dynamics, building up louder to the middle of the pre-recorded phrase, and then slowly fading back to sing softly again to finish the phrase, or “arc”. I own 8Dio’s Century Strings and Brass, and their “arc” articulations have been invaluable to me and make their way into almost every single track I make. The Arcs are absolutely amazing, and could quite possibly bring a tear to someones eye with the angelic nature of these samples. The first few hours playing around with this were incredibly fun and satisfying.
Metropolis ark 1 choir syllable full#
For this reason, and the high praise for the previous choir libraries from 8dio from users across the internet, I was eager to dive in and check out the new Silka Choir (I even spent days trying different phrases and tweaking the multitude of settings in Hollywood Choirs word builder, just trying to get it to sound similar to the Silka demos, in order to determine if I should really spend the money on another choir library.) The SoundĪfter purchasing, downloading, and installing, I loaded up one of the “4 Syllable Soft Arc” patches featuring the full choir (Male and Female combined), and just went to town.
However, it can sound very choppy, in fact it cam sound the opposite of “gentle and flowing”.
The aforementioned Hollywood Choirs from EWQL is entirely built around an amazing feature, the Word Builder, which allows the choir to, in theory, sing any words or phrase you can think of, just by typing it out. According to their marketing, Silka means “Gentle, Flowing”, and that is exactly the vibe you get from listening to the demos.