"Fix You" (Coldplay) choir arrangement, using Synthesiser V by Dreamtonics

Here's a snippet of my choral arrangement of "Fix You" by Coldplay which I recorded using Logic, with a plugin called Synthesiser V from Dreamtonics. The technology is amazing. There are no humans singing on this track. Notes can be played in on Logic, exported to a MIDI file, then imported into the plugin. I actually use another step, as I export as XML into Dorico for adding lyrics and typesetting, then bring back into Logic, but not everyone will need to do this. I can generally produce five part-recordings from the score in about two hours. The bit that takes the longest is editing the phonemes (for example, the word "only" will be scored as "on-ly", but this will sound like "on lie", so has to be changed to "own-lee".
PS. Arrangement available to buy from www.sheetmusic...

[@animatorkay]

Absolutely incredible 🥰 i think you've chosen the perfect voices for this. They all fit together so nicely! ❤

[@angrytedtalks]

So... the voices are synth?
Impressive..

[@AugustChamplin]

You've done some impressive work using Synth V to create a natural sounding choir. By the way, multi-syllable words can be typed into Synth V without phonetic workarounds. Whether in Dorico or Synth V, you could, for example, type "only" on the first note and a + (the plus sign) on the second note. Synth V will know to extend this two syllable world over two notes. It will sing this as on-ly ("own-lee"), just as real singers would if they saw on-ly. This technique works for words with three or more syllables as well (heavenly = heavenly + +). I've used this approach in Sibelius. You can write lyrics that no human singer would understand (only + in times of trial +).. However, once you have created lyrics in a notation program following Synth V conventions, you can export a MIDI file of your work and the lyrics will be saved with the MIDI data. You can then import the MIDI back into your DAW. If you've entered your lyrics correctly, using Synth V conventions, they should playback easily in your DAW. I find this timesaving compared to entering lyrics in Synth V, especially for choral pieces. I still may have to touch up a few phonemes, as we sing differently than we speak, but that is to be expected.

[@LondonCityVoices]

Thanks. Yes, my workflow is slightly more complicated than that, but it yields me the best results. I only ever enter text into SynthV to alter it. Usually I arrange the file in Logic, export as an XML file, import into Dorico, typeset the music for publishing, re-export into logic again, save each part as a midi file, then import into SynthV. This sounds like a faff but in reality only adds about 10 minutes to my workflow, and gives me the greatest level of accuracy.

[@hectorylostroyanos5819]

What voicebanks did you use?