What if you could take a single vocal recording and turn it into a multi-part vocal arrangement with different singers, harmonies, and individual performances?
That’s what IK Multimedia ReSing Choir is designed to do. It’s a standalone application that lets you build a vocal ensemble from one monophonic vocal recording, using different ReSing voice models to create harmonies, doubles, and larger backing vocal arrangements.
Watch the video demonstration below to see how it works.
Building a Choir From One Vocal Recording
ReSing Choir includes 10 starter voice models, and if you already own compatible ReSing voices, you can use those in your arrangements as well.
After importing a vocal recording, you can assign different singers to individual parts. You can have one singer follow the original performance, another perform in unison, and additional singers create harmonies above or below the original melody.
In the demonstration, I start with a single vocal recording and add different singers to build a larger arrangement. I experiment with a +3 harmony, a -3 harmony, and additional unison parts to hear how the different voices work together.
Adjusting Timing, Detune, and Variation
One of the interesting aspects of ReSing Choir is the ability to adjust how the different singers perform.
You can change timing, introduce variation, and adjust detuning to make the individual voices less synchronized. These controls help create differences between the generated performances rather than having every singer sound like an identical copy.
You can also adjust the vocal character, pan individual singers across the stereo field, and use the built-in reverb to add space to the arrangement.
Editing Individual Vocal Notes
ReSing Choir also includes an editing environment where you can make changes to individual vocal parts.
You can bring in an instrumental track to hear the arrangement alongside your music and then move individual notes to create different harmonies and melodic variations.
There’s also a dedicated chords lane for working with chord-based harmonies. Although I don’t demonstrate the complete chord workflow in this video, it’s another interesting part of the application.
This gives you more control over the arrangement instead of simply accepting whatever the software generates.
Using ReSing Choir With Your Own Songs
For this demonstration, I’m actually using a vocal from one of my own songs.
I experiment with different singers, harmony assignments, and variations to see what kinds of arrangements I can create from the original performance.
You can also organize your work into separate song sections, such as verses, pre-choruses, and choruses. This makes it possible to build different vocal arrangements for different parts of a song.
Once you’re happy with the results, you can export individual vocal files and bring them into your DAW for additional processing.
That means you can continue working with your generated vocals using your own effects, delays, reverbs, and mixing tools.
Final Thoughts
IK Multimedia ReSing Choir is an interesting approach to vocal production, particularly for songwriters and producers who want to experiment with backing vocals without recording every individual part.
Being able to start with one vocal performance, add multiple modeled singers, adjust individual harmonies, and export separate vocal files gives you quite a bit of flexibility.
It’s not just about duplicating a vocal recording. It’s about building an entire vocal arrangement from a single performance.
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