The Quiet Choir
A soft choir and swells recorded from one voice layered multiple times.
The story
I created a choir with just my voice. I used Shure KSM32 up close as I wanted it very soft and intimate sounding. I used a Neve 1073 pre, with U.A. 1176. I recorded similarly to how some are recording the piano (using the cycle of fifths) .My range vocally is a LOT less than the piano obviously, so it did not take long! I did this process several times and layered until it sounded close to a choir. The idea was that it would be more a choir pad for a track . It will NOT be Eric Whitacre’s go to library!! Haha Besides the main Quiet Choir I also included Swells and one combining both, “The Quiet Choir GRAND” . Start with that one to get the full effect!
Reviews
Beautiful
This, once installed, inspired me from the first key press. It's getting used in my scoring for sure!
Heavenly calm and healing pad
I absolutely love the sound!! Gorgeous healing sound. Calming long pad, easy to play. I will definitely be using this in my composition!!!
Utterly beautiful.
Even though I've done plenty of sampling in my time I had no idea it would be possible to make a choir THIS good from a single voice - it kind of bakes my noodle. Depth, width, atmosphere - this has it all in spades. If this is the mood you're after it's perfect. Despite what others have said I wouldn't say it's technically quiet either - 4 notes held at full velocity gives -15dbfs on the single patch and considerably more on the multi, depending where you play obviously; plenty loud enough quiet choir for me.