EASTWEST VOICES OF SOUL
Chapter 2: Getting Started 12
An Overview of the Instruments
Voices of Soul joins EastWest’s vast virtual instrument collection with 76 brand new
multi-sampled vocal instruments, divided across 8 categories described briefly below.
With over 12 gb of new content, Voices of Soul joins an ever growing collection of sound
libraries that are the winner of over 100 industry awards, making EastWest the industry
leader in highly detailed sampled instruments that encompass a wide cross section of
musical styles, from ethnic and orchestral, to rock and electronic, and beyond.
• Sustain contains a variety of single syllable vocal instrument types, including Ah,
Doo, Ee, Eh, Ha, Hm, Ho, Ho Expressive, Hoo, La, Mm, Oh, Oh Expressive, Oo,
So Expressive, Wo, Wo Expressive. Most contain multiple velocity-sensitive dy-
namic layers, and a few contain additional “expressive” versions
• Legato contains instruments that playback true legato intervals when playing
notes in a connected fashion (legato) for every interval up to an octave in either
direction, and sustain layers that playback when playing disconnected.
• Combo MOD contains instruments that combine multiple articulations and use the
Mod Wheel (MOD) or Velocity Sensitivity (VS) to determine which playback.
• Combo RR contains instruments that combine multiple articulations by using
Round Robin programming to cycle through articulations.
• MOD Xfade Chords ccontains polyphonic, single syllable vocal instruments that use
the Mod Wheel (CC1) to crossfade between dynamic layers.
• Phrases contains over 600 phrases and adlibs sung in a soulful style, spread out
across 12 instruments, one for each of the 12 root note positions.
• Keyswitch contains instruments that combine multiple articulations into a single
instrument, and use keyswitches to activate the desired articulation.
• Phrases KS FX Presets contains the Phrases KS instruments with a variety of FX Rack
presets, which includes the SSL Channel Strip and Bus Compressor, OhmForce
Ohmicide, and EastWest EP-1 Delay, ADT, Amp Sim and Convolution Reverb.
See Ch. 3: Voices of Soul Instruments to learn more