Best Service has announced the release of Cantus – Gregorian Chants, a new sample library by Eduardo Tarilonte.

Cantus brings you a real Gregorian Monk Ensemble featuring the sounds of the dark Middle Ages. A perfect tool for composers and sound designers to create ambiences and music for films, documentaries, video games and new age music.

Cantus is a unique choir library aimed at easily creating your own ultra-realistic liturgical melodies, without using any phrases. Cantus offers a powerful and innovative word builder which combines 24 words (120 elements including words and their syllables) with 5 true legato vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and a special Mmmh articulation, all at your finger tips in one patch.

Cantus features

  • 5 different true Gregorian style legatos (a, e, i, o, u).
  • Mmmh articulation.
  • A powerful word builder with 24 words, 3 different articulations (staccato, fast and slow speeds).
  • Words can be splitted to offer a total of 120 words/syllables.
  • Words can be combined with true legato playing while the corresponding vowel is automatically selected.
  • A collection of 20 Gregorian chants splitted into 400 phrases.
  • 60 minutes of music.
  • 19 soundscapes, created from vocal samples.

Cantus for Kontakt/Kontakt Player is available to purchase for 199 EUR.

More information: Best Service / Cantus – Gregorian Chants