Abbey Road Orchestra: Clarinets Core
Advanced legatos for ultimate expression
Advanced legatos for ultimate expression
The stunning sound of a world-class Clarinets a2 section - captured at Abbey Road Studios. This virtual instrument offers key articulations and playing styles: lyrical and performance legatos, a wide selection of longs and shorts, and control over a variety of articulations allowing you to create both intimate and epic soundscapes.
Recorded in the timeless acoustics of Abbey Road Studio One, this library includes two hand-crafted mix signals by GRAMMY® award winner Simon Rhodes.
Realism at the highest degree.
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For the ultimate virtual orchestra, combine Clarinets with Abbey Road Orchestra: Flutes Core, Symphonic Strings Core, as well as Low, High & Metal percussion.
Are you after the pinnacle in expression for your compositions? Want extended articulations and complete sonic control with custom mic mixes? Check out Professional.
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Abbey Road Orchestra: Clarinets captures the essence of a Clarinetist’s seamless transitions, meticulously recorded for smooth and expressive note changes. This virtual instrument is crafted to enhance playability and responsiveness, allowing you to bring your orchestral vision to life with incredible realism and to inspire new compositions with unmatched nuance and expression.
Featuring state-of-the-art legato programming, multiple dynamic legato intervals and flexible interval types triggered by playing speed, Abbey Road Orchestra: Clarinets ensures you have the ultimate tool for your creative compositional needs.
Professional
A comprehensive collection of articulations, 7,600+ raw samples, 2 technologically advanced and detailed legato techniques, a high level of sampling depth and one signal option curated by GRAMMY® -Award-winner Simon Rhodes.
What's included
Legato Techniques
Performance Legato
A hugely detailed and highly playable legato patch which reacts in realtime to playing speed
Lyrical Legato
A relaxed legato patch for slower moving melody lines.
Long Techniques
Long
A polyphonic sustained longs patch for pads and chordal writing.
Flautando
A sustained note performed with a fast bow speed playing close to the fingerboard (sul tasto) creating a delicate and airy flute-like sound
Tremolo
A technique performed with rapid continuous bowing, creating delicate flurrying textures at lower dynamics with increasing intensity at louder volumes
Harmonics
Sustained notes produced from the overtones of the string (artificial harmonics) sounding higher than the fundamental to create glassy, suspenseful textures
Trills (Major & Minor 2nds & 3rds)
Rapid alternating between two notes.
Tremolo (Measured - 150 & 180 BPM)
Tremolo performed with a specified number of repeated notes which may be sync’d to the host DAW's tempo.
Short Techniques
Spiccatissimo
An extremely short note length performed by quickly bouncing the bow on the string - an agile technique for very fast, articulate material
Spiccato
A very short and crisp note length performed by bouncing the bow on the string creating a sprightly 'all-purpose' short articulation
Staccato
A short note length performed with the bow starting on the string, sounding clearly detached with a slight accent
Marcato
A technique performed with a strong accented front to the note - presented as a longer note length than 'staccato' with the option of Timed Release triggers
Pizzicato
A short note produced by plucking the strings with the fingers. ‘Bartok pizzicato is recorded at the very highest dynamic.
Col Legno
A technique performed by tapping the string with the back of the bow or a pencil, producing a light and woody sound
Signals
Mix 1
A full-sounding room mix by Simon Rhodes, formed from Tree 1, Overheads, Outriggers 1, and a curated blend of spots.
FAQs
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLARINETS CORE AND PROFESSIONAL?
Core and Pro share many of the same techniques and the sampling depth across many of the common techniques is the same.
Core has a single signal option (Simon Rhodes’ ‘Mix 1) whereas Pro includes additional signal options (16 in total) for microscopic control over your mix.
Professional also contains ‘Extended’ techniques and additional short articulations.
The 'Extended' techniques in the Pro version are the most advanced Woodwinds patches we have ever created, featuring accented Marcato and 'soft swell' attacks for single long notes.
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS 11 to OS14
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.6GHz i7 (six-core, 2019), 16GB RAM, Apple Silicon
SSD for installs advised!
PC system requirements
Windows 10 and Windows 11 (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5. 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel 2.6 GHz i7 (six-core, 2019) or AMD R7 2700. 16GB RAM
SSD for installs advised! (32 bit DAWs not supported)
File size
Download Size: 3.0 GB