Musical Sampling – Atelier Series: Amy

A legato vocal release intended for emotional and cinematic contexts.

For this we needed a tone that would be somewhere between classical and pop. As luck would have it, our co-producer knew someone who not only fit the description, but also had the vocal stamina needed for this project.

We have included two carefully recorded legato sections, played “long style.” This means that after the legato interval is played, there are no programmed transitions into the target sustain. This requires much more recording time (in this case 12 hours) than traditional legato sampling, but produces a flawless performance that also preserves the natural progression of Amy’s vibrato; musically unique for each interval across the entire range.

Also included is Everlasting, a collection of beautiful, vowel-emphasizing sustains processed by a variety of hardware pedals. Each sample ebbs and flows; each note is unique in its progression and cycle. This keyswitch pack includes six presets: Beauty, Tundra, Celestial, Elysium, The Signal, and Creation.