UJAM has introduced Symphonic Elements CHOOIR, the latest software instrument plugin in the Symphonic Elements series
It’s designed to provide arranged choir performances, using sample content sourced from Hans Zimmer’s orchestral library. Unlike traditional choir libraries that require individual voice arrangement or word programming, CHOOIR uses a phrase-based engine to generate cohesive choir textures from simple MIDI input.
The instrument includes multiple ensemble types—male, female, and boys choir sections—with a range of vowel and consonant articulations. Users can shape the sound via plugin controls such as Motion, Character, and Finisher effects, and choose from a set of presets organized by style.
Features:
Male, female, and boys choir ensemble sample content drawn from Hans Zimmer’s personal library
Phrase-based performance engine that generates cohesive choir textures from simple MIDI input
Range of vocal articulations including a full set of vowels and consonants
Seventy predefined choir styles spanning categories like Epic, Suspense, and Ethereal
Over one hundred presets organized for musical and cinematic application
Signature UJAM effects, including Motion, Character, and Finisher for shaping output textures
Plugin formats supported include VST3, AU, and AAX on supported hosts
Compatibility with major digital audio workstations on macOS and Windows
Hans Zimmer’s CHOOIR Audio Demos:
UJAM Symphonic Elements CHOOIR is available now for US$204.12.
Sound designer Scott McAuley shared this preview of One, a new 50-preset soundbank for the Moog One polyphonic synthesizer.
The patches in the One soundbank, made from over 100 different sounds, include bass, bell, funk, keys, leads, organ, pads, performance, poly, sequence, strings, sweeps, and more.
Sales of the new soundbank support the The Bob Moog Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of synth pioneer Dr Robert Moog.
“It has been my absolute pleasure to create this bank for such a worthy cause. The Bob Moog Foundation is such a great organization run by amazing people, their passion for their work, not only preserving the legacy of Dr. Bob Moog, but providing hands-on fun and education to people of all ages through the science of sound,” noted McAuley. “I really hope this exclusive bank helps in some way to bring some extra funding to BMF in the best way I know how.”
At Superbooth 2026, Elektron was sharing a sneak preview of their upcoming Outbox 8, a new USB interface that promises to add 8 additional audio or CV/Gate outputs to your Overbridge-compatible synthesizer.
Planned for release later this summer, the Outbox 8 will connect to devices like the Digitakt, Digitone and Syntakt and add 8 additional outputs, each of which can be configured for audio or CV/Gate. Updated firmware will allow these synths to use the additional outputs like Overbridge for the DAW-less jammers.
This promises to be hugely powerful, because it opens up a new realm of effects processing and sequencing power for these devices.
Here’s what Elektron superuser Ezbot (Matthew Piecora) has to say about the Outbox 8:
*Note: Official details on pricing, specifications and compatible devices are still to be announced at the Elektron site.
Watch the video and share your thoughts on the Elektron Output 8 in the comments!
