Good Choir/Strings vst

[LeSedna]

Hello,

I've been searching some ways to get some good choirs. I'm one of those who dig string/choir sounds in between natural ones and pure synth ones, because that fits better in a metal song imo (assuming it's for a metal song of course).

Just check this to see which ones I dig :

Basically, it's more or less the type of sounds you can find in a good numeric key/synthetiser. But I don't know where to find that type of sounds, I would dig a good expander but there are SO many, and simple vst don't often sound good (I know the Magnus Choir but it doesn't sound so good, maybe with a little tweak, dunno).

Do you have some ideas ?

 

[ParsonsMatt]

EWQLSO Silver sounds great for what it costs. It might be a bit more realistic than what you want.

The EW library Voices of the Apocalypse sounds AWESOME for metal choir... Check out "The Talent of Deceit" in my sig.

 

[Yhanthlei]

afaik the roland jv1080 is perfect for that, and can be found relatively
cheap...
as far as vst goes, i dig nanotron (mtron if you want some more sounds,
but nanotron is free)
both are sampled mellotrons which imo sound quite nice for metal

 

[Jaymz]

Yeah Eraser's choir sounds fucking perfect! Im also interested in these suggestions.

 

[oscillat0r]

haven't tried these yet but there's a big thread about them @ KVR. One of them models a vintage string machine...

and another models a mellotron...

to find the sound you're looking forward i'd recommend running 2 or 3 instrument tracks w/various samples and emulators and blending to taste.

good luck!

(i'll post samples if they sound like what you're looking for)

jesse

 

[lordcthulhu]

I believe you need Syntheway Magnus Choir - has "metal" choirs nailed.

 

[grywolf627]

I believe you need Syntheway Magnus Choir - has "metal" choirs nailed.

I second that. It just takes a few minor tweaks. It's a really cost effective way for simple choir sounds...as long as your fine with just ooohs and ahhhs.

 

[Anaon]

haven't tried these yet but there's a big thread about them @ KVR. One of them models a vintage string machine...

How does it sound? I was looking for a good string machine VST...

 

[Damphire]

East West is the way to go ;-)

 

[oscillat0r]

How does it sound? I was looking for a good string machine VST...

emulates an arp solina and it sounds very nice actually.

though the other suggestions here are all good - these are FREE!

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

EWQLSO Silver sounds great for what it costs. It might be a bit more realistic than what you want.

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+1

 

[Sean in Silence]

you guys have any suggestions for macs?

 

[LeSedna]

Magnus choir seems to me to have bad sounds but maybe you're true, its about tweaking and for the price ($35 I think) I should give it a shot.

 

[jrt12]

i just picked up magnus choir, decent sounds for the price i think (i didnt have $500 to drop on the east west stuff). anyways, i've never really messed with choirs and stuff before. should these choir sounds be brought in mono or stereo?

 

[grywolf627]

I guess that just depends on what you're after. But I usually want a big, stereo sound. I've found that the width control on Magnus just doesn't get it as large and wide sounding as commercial releases. So, I'd put a put a stereo chorus on the choir (as an insert), but turn the mix from anywhere to 75% - 100% wet - I don't want much of an obvious chorus effect, just mainly the width (with maybe a touch of the chorus). Then I turn off Magnus' reverb and use a good quality, lush sounding reverb. That got me much closer. And with a little twiddling with the attack and release settings, it got me pretty close to the sounds I wanted.

Now I'm using commercial releases, but I wouldn't even hesitate about using Magnus Choir in a pinch. With some tweaking, and put in a mix (where it's not the main focus), it really does okay.

 

[jrt12]

great info, thanks so much. you even answered another question i had (should i turn off the reverb in magnus choir and use the one in the mix instead). yes, i'm definitely using this stuff as background, so i dont need the mormon tabernacle choir perfectly recreated.