Voices of War - Men of the North: Nordic Male Choir Kontakt Library

Cinesamples says the library was recorded at the MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. The developer describes the tone as dark and transparent, with dense early reflections that smooth the transients. Full spectrum stereo mixes are included for a finished cinematic sound.

The choir uses a half-voiced, reserved style. It is meant for pads and drones, and it can also carry a word-based melody at a strong mezzo forte. Cinesamples notes that the ensemble was made up of extended range baritones, with extra coverage for throat and falsetto patches.

The library includes morph patches built from long vowel morphs, legato patches for smooth lines, and true legato unisons on chant patches. A word-building engine generates Norse-sounding phrases as you play, and the developer says the Old Norse vocabulary covers war, nature and the gods.

Four mixes are provided: Tight for a flexible, shapeable choir, Dragonborne for a dark and distant cinematic setting, Head using the unprocessed binaural KU100 microphone, and Full Spectrum for a wide stereo image. The BLEND knob (CC2) is used on several articulations, including Ooo/Ahh sustains, pitch morphs, whispers and falsetto morphs.