Sonuscore’s Mongolian Voices – Ancient Phrases is a vocal phrase instrument featuring live-recorded male, female, and throat singing phrases, capturing the mystical sounds of traditional Mongolian vocal art for music production.
Purpose and Core Content
Mongolian Voices – Ancient Phrases is a vocal sample library that brings the spiritual and otherworldly sounds of traditional Mongolian singing into your music production. It focuses on two distinct vocal traditions: the Urtiin duu (long song) and the Khoomei (throat singing), offering a raw, esoteric flavor that can transport listeners to ancient, vast landscapes.
The library is organized into three categories: Female, Male, and Male Throat. The female and male categories feature the long song style, characterized by drawn-out syllables that evoke the open steppe. The male throat category presents the guttural, harmonic-rich Khoomei, which produces resonant overtones through circular breathing, creating an alien, mystical sound.
Key Capabilities and Interface
The interface allows you to choose from a variety of phrases, with an FX page providing control over EQ, delay, and reverb. This lets you shape the sound to fit your mix, from adding unexpected complexities with delay to enhancing the sense of vastness with reverb. All controls are fully MIDI-mappable for hands-on tweaking.
The unique vocal styles are not strictly tied to Western musical theory. While technically in a major key, the throat singing may not feel that way, making it versatile enough to work with most other modes. This flexibility makes the instrument suitable for a wide range of musical contexts, from ambient and cinematic to world music fusions.
Workflow and Recording Quality
The phrases were recorded live using a positional array of high-quality microphones, including Neumann M149, U87, and KM184, as well as a Sennheiser MD421, to capture the finest details of the vocalists’ timbres. This ensures a professional, polished mix right out of the box.
In your workflow, you can simply browse through the 17 themes and 621 phrases to find the perfect vocal element, then use the FX page to refine it. The library is designed for intuitive navigation, allowing you to integrate these mystical vocals quickly into your projects, whether for scoring a fantasy scene, adding depth to a track, or experimenting with new soundscapes.
Practical Applications and Artists
This instrument is ideal for composers and producers seeking to add a unique, exotic layer to their music. It shines in cinematic scores, particularly for sci-fi, fantasy, or historical settings, where the supernatural overtones of throat singing can evoke ancient rituals or alien worlds. It also suits ambient and experimental genres.
The library features performances by renowned artists: throat singer Ashit Nergui, female long song specialist Erdenetsetseg Khenmedekh, and long song master Munkhbaatar Bat-Ulzii. Their expertise ensures authentic, high-quality performances, bringing a genuine cultural depth to your productions.
Key features
- 621 live-recorded phrases in 17 themes
- 51 samples per theme
- Three categories: Female, Male, and Male Throat
- Built-in EQ, delay, and reverb FX page
- All controls MIDI-mappable
- Unique singing compatible with most modes
Best for
Best for composers and producers seeking authentic Mongolian vocal textures in cinematic, ambient, or world music. The throat singing and long song phrases add a mystical, ancient atmosphere that suits fantasy or sci-fi scores, and the intuitive interface with FX tools allows for quick integration and sound shaping.