EastWest Voices of the Empire is an invaluable collection of lush vocals that will serve film and game composers especially well. (Full Article)
Voices of the Empire is truly stunning. The sounds are impeccably recorded, wonderfully useful and remarkably creative.
The sound can feel like a haunted presence, an angelic glow or even the sense of deja vu - as if dreaming of an ancient civilization long ago.
Uyanga Bold’s voice has a special fascination and conjures up associations with past pagan cultures, lost empires or mysterious powers.
A cinematic and ethnic vocal tour-de-force.
EastWest/Quantum Leap presents VOICES OF THE EMPIRE, a brand-new vocal product that is perfect for epic film/TV/game soundtracks, EDM, or any music requiring solo vocals or vocal harmonies using chords. Featuring the raw, primal vocals of Uyanga Bold, VOICES OF THE EMPIRE is the perfect companion product to the newly-released blockbuster HOLLYWOOD CHOIRS.
Uyanga Bold is a unique talent, melding the ethnic musical traditions of Bulgaria, Serbia, Mongolia, and beyond. She is a trained opera singer with perfect pitch, fluent in Russian, Mongolian, French, English, and German. It’s East meets West like you’ve never heard before. Her voice is beautiful, pure, otherworldly, haunting, unsettling, powerful, genuine in its ethnic flair and world class in its precision.
Uyanga Bold has taken the world by storm since she appeared on the scene, recently touring with Hans Zimmer with his live performances of the score from The Dark Knight. Forbes Magazine wrote “her voice harkens back to ancient civilizations” and she has been nominated as “Female Singer of the Year”. She has appeared internationally on television, radio, and in live performances, reaching over 25 million views across all platforms.
From the most awarded producers in the sounds industry, DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX, VOICES OF THE EMPIRE is available for purchase or as a free addition for all subscribers of ComposerCloud, EastWest’s multiple award-winning subscription service that has revolutionized the virtual instrument industry.
Features of VOICES OF THE EMPIRE include:
- Dozens of Mongolian, Bulgarian and Western-style, multi-sampled vocal instruments
- Dozens of expressive phrases in every key
- 2 unique Mongolian legato vocal instruments
- Traditional legato vocal instrument
- Expressive vowel multi-sampled vocal instruments
VOICES OF THE EMPIRE features 84 instruments across a variety of categories, including:
- Sustain contains a variety of vocal instrument types, including Melismas, Slurs, Sustain Vibratos, Non Vibratos and Up Downs.
- Legato instruments playback true legato intervals when playing two connected notes for every interval up to an octave. Available in traditional and Mongolian styles.
- Combo instruments combine multiple articulations into a single instrument that uses the Mod Wheel (CC1) or Velocity Sensitivity to determine which of the different articulations will playback.
- Words contain performances of specific words mapped across a 2 octave range. Use the Mod Wheel (CC1) to start the word at the beginning or an alternative start time.
- Phrases contain a total of 254 phrases sung in western and non-western styles. The average is 21 phrases for each of the 12 root keys. Although they were originally recorded to a tone in each key, they are improvised, and therefore random in nature.
- Keyswitch instruments combine multiple articulations into a single instrument, and use keyswitches to switch between them. There are keyswitch instruments for Legatos, Melismas, Phrases, Sustains and Words.
- Download the Manual for more information.
VOICES OF THE EMPIRE is a must-have vocal collection for composers and musicians looking for the best vocal sounds for their next project.
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System Requirements
Below are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for using Voices of the Empire on your computer. Please see the Play User 6 Manual for a complete list of the Hardware and Software Requirements for installing and running any Play Library.
- 14.6GB free hard disc space.
Below are the minimum and recommended hardware and software specifications for using Opus on Windows and MacOS systems.
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MINIMUM SYSTEM
- CPU: Quad-core (four cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
- RAM: 16 GB
- OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
- Drive: SSD for HW Orchestra Opus Edition
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RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
- CPU: Octa-core (eight cores), running at 2.7 GHz (or above)
- RAM: 32 GB or more
- OS: macOS 10.13 (or later); Windows 10 with ASIO sound drivers
- Drive: NVMe SSD
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The chart below outlines the MacOS and Windows 64-bit operating systems and sequencers that are officially supported and fully tested with the latest version of Opus. Please note that while most Sequencers / DAWs are VST 2, VST 3, AU and AAX plug-in format compatible, only those listed in the chart below are officially supported.
| Product |
Version
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MacOS (10.13+)
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Windows 10
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| EW Play 6 Stand-Alone |
6.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| EW Opus Stand-Alone |
1.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Ableton Live |
10.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Apple Logic Pro |
10.0+ |
YES |
- |
| Apple Garageband |
10.3+ |
YES |
- |
| Avid Pro Tools |
2018.1+ |
YES |
YES |
| Bitwig Studio |
3.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Cockos Reaper |
6.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Image-Line FL Studio |
20+ |
YES |
YES |
| Motu Digital Performer |
9.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Steinberg Cubase(1) |
9.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Steinberg Nuendo(1) |
8.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Presonus Studio One |
4.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro |
6.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Notation Software(2) |
Version
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| Avid Sibelius |
2018.1+ |
YES |
YES |
| MakeMusic Finale |
25.0+ |
YES |
YES |
| Steinberg Dorico |
3.0+ |
YES |
YES |
- (1) VST3 usage is recommended
- (2) Sibelius / Finale / Dorico notation programs work with Opus, but do not support the full feature set of some Opus/Play Libraries, such as those that use WordBuilder. Please contact support for details.
