Admagination's "10 Minute Choir" actually takes about 30 minutes...truth be told! Many times we've needed to add the big choir sound to jingles, live production tracks and original songs. Needless to say, we don't have the budget or the room AND we need it yesterday! This technique uses only 1 female and 1 male vocalist!
SCROLL DOWN for diagrams & score of our technique, and to watch our short, fun video demo!
Here's a short example of productions we've used this concept in:
NY Burrito / Jingle (Broadway Choir)
Joyful, Joyful / Live Show Production
Charlie Frog / Jingle (Faux Childrens Choir)
Rock of America / Original Song for G.W. Bush Inaugural-2001
Credits:
"New York Buritto", "Joyful, Joyful", "Charlie Frog", "Rock Of America" & "10 Minute Choir" written, arranged and recorded by Tom Frazee & Nancy Roché at Admagination / Audio For Broadcasting Studios
Vocals by: Nancy Roché & Tom Frazee (yes, even the kids) and Nancy Roché & Casey Bryant on "10 Minute Choir"
Programming by: Tom Frazee
Arrangments by: Tom Frazee
Sonar X3 Producer, Windows 10 64 bit, Dual Xeon 6 Core CPU's-4.1GHz, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050, 64 GIG DDRAM3, Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20
VST: Session Drummer, Virtual Guitar, Dimension Pro 1.5 (Bass), KAB Brass, East / West Sounds (Pads, Strings, Pianos) DM5, E64, Proteus 2000, WAVES Mercury Bundle
Microphone: AT 4050 with a Groove Tube preamp and ART Tube Compressor signal path.
The Process
Tracks 1-4 close proximity choir background. Tracks 5-8 open room with mic in figure 8 pattern: