Starting July 20, we are proud to announce that all of our Next Generation Choir series products will be encoded for Free Kontakt Player and will also be supported by the NKS control standard. In addition, each Chorus will receive one major free update that adds performance fixes, as well as new features and minor improvements over the coming weeks. Each week a different choir will be in the spotlight.
After the men’s choir WOTAN, it’s time for the women.
Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v5.7.1 and higher!
What’s News
Changelog:
– Full NKS and Kontakt Player Support
– Update to the latest version of Syllabuilder engine with the latest functions
– Powerful Performance patch based on the engine of the one in Storm Choir Ultimate
– Velocity Dynamic Influencer
– Panning and stereo spread controls on each microphone position
– Advanced options for the Legato patches (niente, sustain pedal notes, remapping of controls)
– GUI changes
– Updated in-patch Manual
– Minor tweaks and improvements
– Full NKS and Kontakt Player Support
– Update to the latest version of Syllabuilder engine with the latest functions
– Powerful Performance patch based on the engine of the one in Storm Choir Ultimate
– Velocity Dynamic Influencer
– Panning and stereo spread controls on each microphone position
– Advanced options for the Legato patches (niente, sustain pedal notes, remapping of controls)
– GUI changes
– Updated in-patch Manual
– Minor tweaks and improvements
Additional Information
About FREYJA
After the apocalyptic StormChoir, the mighty WOTAN Male Choir and the unique Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir, FREYJA Female Choir marks a new milestone in the renowned choral series of Strezov Sampling focusing on the soft and emotional sounds of the female choir.
Comprised of ten altos and ten sopranos, all part of many choir recording sessions for artists like Two Steps from Hell, and recorded in the Sofia Session Studio FREYJA sets a new standard in choral introducing sampling the brand new agile legato sampling technique allowing the user to seamlessly play polyphonic legato with every syllable in the library.
Revolutionary Agile Legato
Although there are many reasons FREYJA justifies to be called a next-gen library the biggest of them all is the brand new Agile Legato. Uncountable hours of work went into creating this brand new technique of combining true legato sampling with our Syllabuilding approach. Agile Legato not only allows the user to play legato with every syllable availabe in the library, but also features intelligent voice leading enabling polyphonic writing within just one patch. In other words: Hold down a chord in the left, play a melody with your right hand and have it all connected with legato transitions. This powerful feature is controllable by the most common of all midi cc controllers, the sustain pedal.
In addition to the Agile Legato FREYJA also features polyphonic true legato patches (Ah, Mm and MmAh) for both altos and sopranos with two different legato speeds, which gives you tons of flexibility when it comes to writing legato lines.
Syllabuilder Engine 3.5
When it comes to virtual choirs there are basically two approaches: Phrasebuilding (StormChoir series) and Wordbuilding (Rhodope series). Freyja combines the simplicity and sample recording of phrasebuilding with the advanced editing functions of wordbuilding. This allows you to have amazing sounding results within seconds, but also to build and create new sample content with only a few mouse-clicks. Create complete choral patterns inside the GUI or connect different syllables and morph them to add motion to your choir arrangements. Save and Load complete lyric presets to quickly get yourself into the actual composition or enhance your setup with predefined quick words.
All samples have their natural attacks included. However if you want to tighten them up the Syllabuilder Engine allows you to set custom attack, release, volume and offset values for each field independently. Something first introduced by WOTAN Male Choir and before that greatly missed in all phrasebuilding choir libraries.
Overview:
– Emotional and mystical sounding female choir
– Completely separate recordings of ten altos and ten sopranos (additonal mixed women ensemble)
– 26 polyphonic legato combinations (agile and true legato)
– Ah, Mm, MmAh polyphonic true legato recordings (slow and fast speed patches)
– Altos range (c2-f4), Sopranos range (c3 – c5)
– 8 powerful syllables recorded within 3 dynamic layers
– Sustain (1xRR) and Staccato (2xRR) samples
– 3 mic positions – Close, Decca, Hall + custom convolution reverb
– Whispers with multiple RRs recorded for all syllables
– The powerful Syllabuilder engine with CONNECT and MORPH modes that allow you to create your own sample content within Kontakt
– Ability to Load and Save your lyrics, built-in preset manager
After the apocalyptic StormChoir, the mighty WOTAN Male Choir and the unique Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir, FREYJA Female Choir marks a new milestone in the renowned choral series of Strezov Sampling focusing on the soft and emotional sounds of the female choir.
Comprised of ten altos and ten sopranos, all part of many choir recording sessions for artists like Two Steps from Hell, and recorded in the Sofia Session Studio FREYJA sets a new standard in choral introducing sampling the brand new agile legato sampling technique allowing the user to seamlessly play polyphonic legato with every syllable in the library.
Revolutionary Agile Legato
Although there are many reasons FREYJA justifies to be called a next-gen library the biggest of them all is the brand new Agile Legato. Uncountable hours of work went into creating this brand new technique of combining true legato sampling with our Syllabuilding approach. Agile Legato not only allows the user to play legato with every syllable availabe in the library, but also features intelligent voice leading enabling polyphonic writing within just one patch. In other words: Hold down a chord in the left, play a melody with your right hand and have it all connected with legato transitions. This powerful feature is controllable by the most common of all midi cc controllers, the sustain pedal.
In addition to the Agile Legato FREYJA also features polyphonic true legato patches (Ah, Mm and MmAh) for both altos and sopranos with two different legato speeds, which gives you tons of flexibility when it comes to writing legato lines.
Syllabuilder Engine 3.5
When it comes to virtual choirs there are basically two approaches: Phrasebuilding (StormChoir series) and Wordbuilding (Rhodope series). Freyja combines the simplicity and sample recording of phrasebuilding with the advanced editing functions of wordbuilding. This allows you to have amazing sounding results within seconds, but also to build and create new sample content with only a few mouse-clicks. Create complete choral patterns inside the GUI or connect different syllables and morph them to add motion to your choir arrangements. Save and Load complete lyric presets to quickly get yourself into the actual composition or enhance your setup with predefined quick words.
All samples have their natural attacks included. However if you want to tighten them up the Syllabuilder Engine allows you to set custom attack, release, volume and offset values for each field independently. Something first introduced by WOTAN Male Choir and before that greatly missed in all phrasebuilding choir libraries.
Overview:
– Emotional and mystical sounding female choir
– Completely separate recordings of ten altos and ten sopranos (additonal mixed women ensemble)
– 26 polyphonic legato combinations (agile and true legato)
– Ah, Mm, MmAh polyphonic true legato recordings (slow and fast speed patches)
– Altos range (c2-f4), Sopranos range (c3 – c5)
– 8 powerful syllables recorded within 3 dynamic layers
– Sustain (1xRR) and Staccato (2xRR) samples
– 3 mic positions – Close, Decca, Hall + custom convolution reverb
– Whispers with multiple RRs recorded for all syllables
– The powerful Syllabuilder engine with CONNECT and MORPH modes that allow you to create your own sample content within Kontakt
– Ability to Load and Save your lyrics, built-in preset manager
