Max Richter’s SRM Sounds venture have just announced their fifth release, ASMR Choir. Captured at the main live room at the composer’s Studio Richter Mahr facility, the collection includes four separate instruments that focus on close-miked, ‘tiny’ sounds.
ASMR Choir, as its name suggests, centres around a choir, with the ensemble in question specialising in Renaissance music. The choral recordings are complemented by a small string section containing just a solo violin and cello, both of which have been captured independently and together with the choir. The recordings have then been used to created a fourth hybrid instrument, with the SRM Sounds team employing analogue vocoders — a technique that’s been put to work by Max in his film scoring work.
Key Features
- Four instruments totalling 24.6GB of content:
- Choir instrument;
- String instrument (violin and cello);
- Choir + String instrument (ensemble performance);
- Processed instrument (via analogue vocoders).
- Three mic mixes.
- ADSR envelope and effects.
- NKS compatible
Compatibility
ASMR Choir runs in Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player (or the full version of Kontakt) versions 7.10 or higher, which are supported on PCs running Windows 10 or above, and Macs running macOS 12 and later. VST3, AU and AAX plug-in versions are available, along with a standalone application.
Pricing & Availability
ASMR Choir is available now, and is being offered at an introductory price of £149 until 31 May 2026, when it will increase to its full cost of £199. Prices include VAT.
