Mercury Boys' Choir Elements is a Kontakt instrument from Soundiron that provides a recorded boys' choir for sustained vowels, staccato and marcato articulations, Latin words and choral atmospheres. It runs in the free Kontakt Player.
Soundiron's Mercury Boys' Choir Elements is built from a 25-voice boys' choral ensemble recorded with the Pacific Boychoir. The library is captured with a close microphone position in a large hall, which the developer says gives the choir brilliance, clarity and a full tone. Vowel sustains, staccatos and marcatos cover the Ah, Eh, Oh and Oo vowels in piano and forte dynamics, with two round-robin variations per note.
The core of the library is a set of layered vowels in piano and forte dynamics. Sustains, staccatos and marcatos are available for Ah, Eh, Oh and Oo, and each note has two round-robin variations to reduce repetition on repeated notes.
True legato is provided for the Ah and Oo vowels, also in piano and forte. Multi-syllable chromatic Latin words for sustained and staccato playing use automatic tempo-syncing, so phrases lock to the project tempo.
The custom interface gives fully automatable access to the main performance controls. A dual-layer layout lets you mix and blend between vowels and articulations within one instrument.
A Playmaster system offers direct access to sustains, staccatos and marcatos. Key mapping can be customized and saved or loaded. Integrated DSP effects and 51 custom convolution impulse responses are included, along with children's choral vocal effects and a set of ambient soundscapes, drones, pads and atmospheres built from the same choral source.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Soundiron |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
The library needs Kontakt. It runs in the free Kontakt Player, which must be version 5.5.2 or later, or in the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or later. It also works with Komplete Kontrol and S-Series keyboard controllers.
It supports Windows and macOS. It is delivered as a Kontakt instrument, and the Kontakt host can run it as a VST, AU or AAX plugin.
Yes. It is a digital download and requires online serial number registration through the Native Instruments Service Center app, so a broadband connection is needed.
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