Realivox – Blue | Realitone

REALIVOX – BLUE:
It starts with the voice. Blue is my go-to singer when I want that ultra-pretty tone. Check out the audio demos and see if you don’t agree.
WORDBUILDER:
Six vowels and 23 consonants give you the tools to create your own words and phrases.** But we went deeper than just sampling a bunch of vowels and consonants. Way deeper. Consider these elements:
An “s” singing into an “ee” sounds different from an “s” singing into an “oo.” (Try it yourself. Listen to how your own “s” will sound different, depending on the vowel.) So each consonant was recorded separately going in and out of each vowel. There are two and a half octaves of “k” samples (32 samples) that go into “ah.” Another 32 of “k” into “eh.” And so on. For each consonant, that’s six sets for each vowel.
** Note that although Realivox Blue can sing many words and phrases, she is limited to the six vowels we’ve sampled.
 
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More info-
http://realitone.com/blue
 

Mike has a good sense of humor.
I'm guessing this was a difficult lib build with lots of tweaking involved.
Probably still a few issues in this release, sure he'll have on going updates.
 

Went for it (DUH!).
 
I figure if I get two songs out of it it's cheaper than hiring session singers. From there on out, clear profit.

I've been trying to weigh the current KH library and Friedlander violin specials, unsure of which would better suit my needs.   But after listening to these demos it seems like I now have a three way tie.   
 
 
Hehehe... I said three way.   
 

Thanks, bigkat!   It's nice to hear what someone unfamiliar with the software is able to do essentially out of the gate.  It certainly does seem as though it has good potential....
 

I've had "The Ladies" on my radar for awhile, but when this came out I bought it first. I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet, but it is much easier to get a reasonable-sounding vocal out of it than I thought it would be. Can't wait to really dive in (time, time, time)...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Version 1.2 is released, use the original emails- 2nd link- dl & replace (not the samples.)

No, not the samples, just dl & replace from the 2nd link
( Instruments+ docs folder, .nkr, .nkc)

Don't know if anyone caught this on Mike's site or not, but I just noticed this at the bottom so I'm gonna toss it on the table here for any & all to see.
 
...The Kontakt Player version of Realivox Blue or Realivox – The Ladies qualities you for a special cross-grade price on the full version of Kontakt...
Click here for $249 instead of $399 Kontakt pricing!
 
Might save someone $150.

I finally had some time to experiment with Blue. I think it came out OK, especially for a first attempt. If you want to have a listen, here's the link:
https://soundcloud.com/dave-ranck/agnus-dei
 
I would still like to tweak a few syllables, including some of the dipthongs, and it could stand a gentle hand on expression also.
 
Blue is a lot of fun to work with. It's pretty intuitive and the vocal quality is excellent. I found that moving certain phrases forward in time before the natural beat improves the result considerably. The one thing that I would like to see added to Blue is a way to save off the phrases for later retrieval.

DRanck
I found that moving certain phrases forward in time before the natural beat improves the result considerably. 

Don't most professional singers do that sometimes? I think it's called "feel".