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The libraty also includes soloist sarnples. Note that these samples

are not decigned

to

work with WordBuilder, Instead,

EWQLSC

pro

vides individual

instrument files for

each

consonant, vowel,

and

some vocal effect.

Three soloists

have

been sampled:

Solo soprano

Solo alto

Solo

boy soprano

These

solo

voices are

used quite differently from

the

choral

sec-

tions. See details later in this manual,

These

samples

were

morde d in the same hall,

and with

the

same

recording engineerc and equipment as the EASTWEST QUAN-

TUM

LE P

SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, Therefore, SYMPHONIC

CHOlR

blends perfectly with the samples in this earlier

title.

It

has al1 the same technical characterlstics as the Platinum Edition

of that Iibrary: 24-bit samples, amplitude-matched release trails,

and

phase-matched

recordlngs

from

3

saparate

mic

positions.

For

a further

discussion

of

th

sample tibraries,

see page 32.

WordBuilder

This software tool

is

the primary intetface for consfructing a cho-

ral

performance. It is here that the composer or recording engi-

neer literally cpells out the words

that

the choir sings and

specifies

the

fine details of the performance.

The

user is given

complete control over how long the choir holds each consonant

and vowel as

well

as

the constantly changing dynamics

that

can

give a choral track added realism if

that's the

goal). Or the user

can accept the default settings and get less polished but faster re-

sults, perhaps for a prellminary mock-up.

hen

setting

English words, one

has

a

choice of typing

the

text

with:

standard spelling

2

an

easy-telearn phonetic alphabet

3

Votox, a phonetic alphabet that EastWest Quantum Leap

created specifically

to match

WordBuilderts

sung

speech

cornponents

WordBuilder includes a 100,000-word dictionary (frorn CMU for

translating

Amerlcan English

spelling

to

phonetic

spelling. When

typing with one

of

t he

phonetic

alphabets listed in items

and 3

above, the symbols are listed on

the

screen to assist the memory.

When settlng text

in languages

other

fhan English,

or

with

pseudo-words, li

ke

be-bop-ádm, one

must speci

y the sounds

in one of the two phonetic alphabets listed as 2 and above.

WordBuilder runs in

elther

of

two

modes.

As

a

plug-in

t

is

hosted

i

n

another

program,

usually a

sequencer.

As a stand-alone module

t

runs on its own, having equal status with the other programs

with which

t communicates.

The

choice

of which

mode to use de-

pends

on factors discussed later in this manual.

Kompakt

This sample ptayer l stens for MIDI events and converts the digital

data

of the various samples into the contlnuous digital output of

the

EWQLSC voices. In its graphical interface one can specify

which sample Viles to Load

nto

the computer's memory and what

extra

processing

to

perform

on the

samples (if

any .

This is

not

a general purpose sample player; i t only plays

the

EWQLSC

samples.

Kompakt Instrument

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