8Dio Lacrimosa is the next generation of Epic Virtual Choirs. Lacrimosa is the largest choir (200 person) ever sampled.
In this video we demonstrate the Lacrimosa Multi-Vowels, which is a new articulation system that allows you to write completely realistic fluent sentences for the choir. The Multi-Vowels were recorded at two different speeds (100% tempo-synced) and many at different dynamic levels, so you can go from a whispering choir to full scale epic.
Lacrimosa was recorded in a pyramid like structure with 70 Basses, 60 Tenors, 40 Altos and 30 Sopranos. This allows the males to be equally powerful to the women - who commonly dominate the mix in epic choral scores. The library contains both mixed and separate patches for male and female sections.
Lacrimosa contains 3 microphone positions (Mixed, Decca, Far) and wealth of deep-sampled articulations, including layered True Legato, extensive sets of Multi-Vowels (allowing the choir to sing 100% realistic and fast), Staccato, Power-Marcato, Arcs, Sustains and many other elements.
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