Mars Symphonic Men's Choir: Male Choir Library by Soundiron

Mars is recorded with a 30-voice male chorus drawn from several Bay Area ensembles. The library includes two composite microphone positions, stage and hall, blended from ten large-diaphragm Neumann microphones with distances from 1 to 25 meters. Soundiron describes the result as a massive, full-bodied sound.

The articulation set is broad. It includes 42 marcatos with round-robin, 26 staccatos, five true legato vowels and a large set of shouts, sweeps, clusters and war chants. Sustaining articulations include three-part polyphonic pseudo-legato, and a bonus collection of ambiences, drones and textures is also included.

The Marcato Builder lets you choose from seven major vowel sustain types and combine attack and release syllables with round-robin and automation-ready controls. A Marcato/Staccato Phrase Builder can store up to 16 user sequences that you cycle through or trigger with keyswitches.

Three soloists, one bass and two tenors, sing in both Slavonic and Latin. Kontakt 5 features such as tempo-synching for poly-sustain presets, time-stretching for choral effects and legato speed control are supported in the 5.1 presets.