Cinematic Solo Vocal collection focused on ethnic bulgarian singing as known from Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir.
A voice every project can benefit from - be it trailer, documentary, period piece, drama; you name it!
Just close your eyes, and you will travel across the Rhodope mountains in an instant.
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Approximately 16GB - ~7.5GB for the archive files, and ~7.5 GB for the unpacked library
min. of 2GB RAM
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About Voices of Rhodope - Anna
One of the most requested collections over the years from us has been a cinematic solo vocal collection focusing on ethnic bulgarian singing. With Voices of Rhodope - Anna we finally set out to deliver such a collection to you and made sure it is as playable and easy to use as possible.
Comprising expressive true legato for all vowels as well as Mm and various ornamentations you can trigger directly from your keyboard allows you to create an authentic bulgarian singing performance within seconds.
Anna was recorded in a medium sized hall with the standard ambient room configuration you would expect from soundtrack recordings as well as a close mic position. This allows for smooth blending into orchestral arrangements as well as Pop or EDM productions.
The library features one dynamic layer (forte) to preserve a realistic non phasing sound inside the sampler. However, due to the character of the different vowels it is still possible to get highly dynamic sounding performances. "Ah" has a considerably more dramatic quality to it than "Mm" for example.
On top of that we recorded three different types of sustains (normal sustain, ornamented sustain, shake/"trésene" [in Bulgarian] sustain), two types of legato (normal and ornamented) and two types of releases (normal and rises/"trésene" releases).
All of those can be accessed just by playing the keyboard (and using the CC64 - Sustain Pedal) as our goal was to have these sounds available immediately as you use the library, without the need to tweak controls in the GUI.
TRUE LEGATO WITH EXTENDED SUSTAINS
We have captured Anna's vocal range and kept the "landing" sustain as long as possible, meaning that you will get a different sustain sound for every note if used in melodic context.
ORNAMENTS
The entire library was recored with ornaments as well - use a higher velocity to trigger those and define the value above which the instrument will trigger the ornaments.
SHAKE/TRÉSENE
Sustain pedal (CC#64) will trigger a different type of sustain and release - an otherworldly guttural sound.
Tech Specs
SINGING TYPES 5
- Ah (vowel)
- Eh (vowel)
- Ee (vowel)
- Oh (vowel)
- Mm (sonorant)
What our community shares
Being a lifelong fan of the Eastern European music tradition, I am so grateful to George for making parts of that rich vocabulary available as sampling libraries and instrument designs. They are made with the 'working composer' in mind, and have a unique, direct sound character.
Paul Haslinger
"Underworld", "Crank"
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