Olympus Micro Choir

Olympus Micro Choir is the official introductory pack to our mighty Olympus Symphonic Choral Collection, but it goes much further than that. This light-weight, user-friendly choir instrument stands alone as the perfect tool for musicians who just need a basic choir in their mix, without all the fuss. Divided into matching men's and women's divisi sections, Olympus Micro includes a classic set of great-sounding 'Ah' and 'Oo' vowel sustains, with both natural and smooth "pad" modes. It also offers a pair of synchronized Latin and Russian sustaining words (called "polysustains"), as well as 'Ah' and 'Oo' staccato syllables.

Featuring content from our acclaimed Olympus Symphonic Choir Collection, this choir was recorded in a large, natural hall with 63 hand-picked singers from SF Choral Society, Volti, SF Opera and the SF Symphony Chorus, conducted by maestro Robert Geary. The massive Olympus Choral Collection was designed for professionals in mind, with over 44 GB of content, over 40,000 samples and hundreds of distinct articulations to provide a total scoring solution ideal for any professional composer. We know how daunting such a huge collection can be and the significant investment it represents, so we designed this Micro pack as a fully functional and playable kit to offer just a taste of the enormous possibilities that our full Olympus Collection offers. Yet it can also simply serve as an great-sounding basic stand-alone choir instrument for anybody that just needs a basic full, warm choral sound with a world-class sonic richness and fidelity. Whether you're curious about our Olympus Symphonic Choir, or you're new to virtual choirs, Olympus Micro is the perfect low cost and easy way to begin your journey.

This library now supports 3 formats: Kontakt, Reason and the open source sfz format to make it accessible to everyone. While the primary features and content in this library are optimized for the standard Kontakt platform, the same great sound and core capabilities are available for both Reason and SFZ. All three formats offer real-time control over dynamic intensity, room/release time, dynamic volume control, syllable/word/vowel switching and more. With our full automation support, you can create entirely new phonetic combinations and syllable sequences. That means you can get as creative and complex with your arrangements as you like.

About Kontakt Format

Please Note: The Kontakt 5 presets in this library are designed for the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.1 or later. Owners of Kontakt 4 (version 4.2.4) can still use the Kontakt 4 presets we've included in this library, but they lack some tempo-synching, time-stretching and other newer engine features. Kontakt is an industry-standard advanced virtual instrument / software sampler platform. Learn more about Kontakt by Clicking Here

This is a standard Kontakt open-format library, so the free Kontakt Player doesn't support this open-format Kontakt library. The special Libraries tab doesn't support this open-format Kontakt library, but you can use the standard File browser tab, or import this library into the Kontakt database and Quickload tools for easy navigation, loading and organization. However, the sample directories are fully accessible to allow user customization, import and mapping into other wav-compatible software, sampler and synth formats. Check out screenshots of our custom graphical user interface for Kontakt in the image gallery above. They provide a wide range of sound shaping parameter controls, each one totally automation-ready in your host environment or Kontakt's stand-alone mode.

Full Men's and Women's divisi sections, with editable key ranges
100BPM Latin "Dominum" chromatic Poly-sustain chants w/ release syllable
140BPM Russian "Raduisya" chromatic Poly-sustain chants w/ release syllable
"Oo" pp vowel sustains w/ releases
"Ah" ff vowel sustains w/ releases
"Oo" and "Ah" staccatos
Use the Offset, Attack & Release controls to shape your own syllables, sustains and phrases
Automatic polysustain host tempo-synching for Kontakt 5 presets.
Swell control allows real-time dynamic performance shaping.
Independent Release timing and Release Volume controls, to control room decay
Simulated divisi & dual-layer polyphonic legato with customizable controls
Independent Pan controls for each divisi section
Bonus Special FX presets for creating atmospheric pads and soundscapes.
Per-section and per-layer polyphonic legato with adjustable speed, interval-range and gliss intensity
10 Special FX impulses integrated into the interface to create your own effects
10 Natural Environmental Reverb Impulses, including Halls, Cathedrals, Churches, Studios, Bundkers, Garages and more
3-band parametric EQ with sweepable mid
Master Full Ensemble Preset with independent controls for men's and women's sections
Divisi Men's and Divisi Women's Section presets, with dual layer blending, crossfading and phrase morphing
5 Bonus Atmospheric FX presets
About Reason ReFil Format

The ReFill portion of this library is designed for the full retail version of Reason 6.0.2 or later. We’ve included 22 Combinator and 22 NN-XT presets in the ReFill package, featuring custom front panel user interface controls and artwork. These NN-XT and Combinator presets have been optimized for performance on 32 bit systems, with 16 bit sample data and a slightly reduced soundset to allow for lower memory usage. The sample directories are also fully accessible to allow user customization, import and mapping into other wav-compatible software, sampler and synth formats.

In adapting Olympus Micro to Reason’s ReFill format, we created a core selection of 10 Combinator patches. Each Combinator features divisi men’s and women’s sections with articulation switching and adjustable note attack, release, pad mode, panning and independent gender volume controls. You’ll also find a selection of 12 special FX Combinator presets that use many of Reason’s built-in effects to create a variety of unique soundscapes and ambient pad instruments.

Full Men's and Women's divisi sections with extended note ranges
100BPM Latin "Dominum" chromatic Poly-sustain chants w/ release syllable
140BPM Russian "Raduisya" chromatic Poly-sustain chants w/ release syllable
"Oo" pp vowel sustains w/ releases
"Ah" ff vowel sustains w/ releases
"Oo" and "Ah" staccatos
The standard Combinators offer independent volume controls and sustain/staccato switching for men and women, along with reverb wet/dry mix, attack/release shaping, release sample on/off and stereo widening
The Stereo Control Combinators offer independent volume and pan controls and sustain/staccato switching for men and women, along with a soft pad mode and release sample on/off option
Features

403 MB installed
140 Sample
12 Kontakt 4 presets (for backward and forward compatibility)
12 Kontakt 5 presets (for tempo-synching and time-stretching features)
22 Combinator patches and 19 NN-XT patches (Reason ReFill format)
5 Universal SFZ Presets optimized for Plogue's free Sforzando Player
24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed source PCM wav samples
Unlocked presets and wav samples allow full user customization
System Requirements

The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 4.2.4 (or later) is required to use .nki instrument presets included in this library. The free Kontakt "Player" and "Add Library" import process do not support this standard open-format Kontakt library. The full retail version of Propellerhead Reason version 6.0.2 (or later) is required to use the ReFill package and all .nn-xt and combinator patches included in this library. PC users must have Windows XP or higher. Mac users must have OSX 10.6 or higher. Dual Core CPU, 2 GB System Ram, SATA or SSD hard drive recommended for this library. This software is delivered as a digital download, so a broadband connection is required. All sales are final. Please see our Help Page for download and installation instructions, tutorials and the End User Licensing Agreement before ordering.
12 Bonus Special FX presets for creating atmospheric pads and soundscapes

Please note: This software is delivered as a digital download. A broadband internet connection is required.