Strezov Sampling – Voices of Rhodope – Anna

About Voices of Rhodope –  Anna

One of the most requested collections over the years from us has been a cinematic solo vocal collection focusing on ethnic bulgarian singing. With Voices of Rhodope – Anna we finally set out to deliver such a collection to you and made sure it is as playable and easy to use as possible.

Comprising expressive true legato for all vowels as well as Mm and various ornamentations you can trigger directly from your keyboard allows you to create an authentic bulgarian singing performance within seconds.

Anna was recorded in a medium sized hall with the standard ambient room configuration you would expect from soundtrack recordings as well as a close mic position. This allows for smooth blending into orchestral arrangements as well as Pop or EDM productions.

The library features one dynamic layer (forte) to preserve a realistic non phasing sound inside the sampler. However, due to the character of the different vowels it is still possible to get highly dynamic sounding performances. “Ah” has a considerably more dramatic quality to it than “Mm” for example.

On top of that we recorded three different types of sustains (normal sustain, ornamented sustain, shake/”trésene” [in Bulgarian] sustain), two types of legato (normal and ornamented) and two types of releases (normal and rises/”trésene” releases).

All of those can be accessed just by playing the keyboard (and using the CC64 – Sustain Pedal) as our goal was to have these sounds available immediately as you use the library, without the need to tweak controls in the GUI.