The spoken ones, though, as good as they are, are really just useful in out-and-out fantasy.įinally, there is a great section focusing on Soundscapes. The most useful here are probably the whispered ones, which could add a lot of atmosphere – menace, even – to a broader sweep of genres. Speak up Next up is the Phrases section, which comprises spoken and whispered (long and short) words in Elvish (or Elven – see box for more on the language). Also in the Voices section is a set of inhales, which can be placed before your Voices notes to add realism. Importantly, the voices haven’t been recorded with any vibrato, which if required can be added using the mod wheel. Clever use of Kontakt’s keyswitching (in Solo mode) enables you to hold down a note, select another type and morph between the two, thus creating ‘proper’ words or variations. Within Voices you get five legatos (the vowel sounds) plus 33 words (variations of consonant sounds). Make Kontakt Shevannai is a boxed or download collection that runs through Kontakt Player (supplied) and essentially comprises three different sets of collections: Voices, Phrases and Soundscapes. Places where Elvish really is a language.
Described as the perfect tool for designers to create ambience for films, Shevannai is all about fantasy, Elvish voices, soundscapes and vocal phrases – 4,000 in total – that will take your music to other realms, planets and parallel universes. So is Elvish (or Elven) now a ‘proper’ language? It’s one question, among others, that sprang to mind when looking through the feature set of Shevannai, the latest instrument/library from Best Service, because whether the answer is yes or no, Elvish now has its own sample collection.
Details Price £119/€149 Contact Best Service +49 (0) 89 45228920 – Minimum System Requirements – PC Windows – Mac OSX 10.6
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