Abbey Road Orchestra: Percussion Core
Three of the world’s most detailed percussion libraries
Three of the world’s most detailed percussion libraries
Abbey Road Orchestra Percussion offers an unparalleled collection of 140 meticulously curated percussion instruments, expertly performed by world-renowned percussionist Joby Burgess and captured with breathtaking detail in the legendary Abbey Road Studio One.
Featuring a full suite of instruments in the Low, High, and Metal Percussion ranges, this series is crafted for professional composers and producers seeking deep control, dynamic responsiveness, and an expansive sonic palette. The full range of sounds from each instrument collection is captured, using a variety of techniques, multiple beaters, playing styles, and nuanced articulations, ensuring an expressive, organic, and cinematic sound. With up to 16 round robins and 11 velocity layers, this collection delivered unparalleled drumming dynamics and realism. Abbey Road Orchestra Percussion: Core focuses on one essential microphone mix, locking the full cinematic sound of Abbey Road Studio one into your groove.
This collection delivers everything from thunderous orchestral drums to shimmering metallic textures, offering both orchestral staples and unique cinematic timbres. Whether you need the powerful resonance of bass drums, the intricate agility of high percussion, or the evocative textures of metal instruments like the Waterphone and Oil Drum, Abbey Road Orchestra Percussion inspires instinctive and gratifying performances with exceptional realism.
What's included
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To further enhance your creative workflow, this product includes a free MIDI pack of essential drum rudiments. These building blocks of percussion technique are programmed specifically for Abbey Road Orchestra Percussion, leveraging the intuitive right/left hand mapping for authentic performance. Drag and drop these rudiments into your compositions at any tempo, and freely edit them within your DAW, adding realistic drum techniques with ease.
Admirably varied and highly dynamic
Key features to heighten playability
- Voice Choking precisely controls the end of roll techniques when pressing the corresponding hit keys
- Two Handed Layout which mirrors mapped keys further up the keyboard to enable flexibility and speed when playing
- Right/Left Mapping recalls left and right hand performances on adjacent keys for playing and programming true-to-life rudiments
- Presented in the same plug-in as Low and High percussion, with the same intuitive layout and mapping.
Studio One: Icon of the past, innovator for the future
A host to celebrated classical recordings from Elgar to Prokofiev, as well as iconic film scores from The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy*, The Empire Strikes Back*, and more recent releases Avengers: End Game and Black Panther, Studio One is one of the most in-demand recording studios in the film scoring landscape. Home to one of the greatest in-house collections of vintage and modern microphones and a control room fitted with a 72-channel Neve 88 RS console with a unique and comprehensive surround monitor section, Studio One was the perfect setting for our recording sessions, meticulously curated, recorded and programmed to deliver you the world's most detailed sampling orchestra.
The opportunity to perfect every strike and roll in the glorious acoustic of Studio One was not missed and we took time to make the best microphone choices and hone their positions.
Simon Rhodes, Senior Engineer, Abbey Road Studios
Testimonials
The holy grail of percussion sampling[...]just perfect out of the box. Beautiful dimension and depth, yet also very detailed when required. The same room and engineer combo as so many iconic film score recordings, and it certainly sounds it!”
Blakus Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Beauty and the Beast
The ARO Metal Percussion is definitely a milestone in how a sample library can sound. The cymbals and gongs are captured in their fully sustained, shimmering glory. The choice of articulations is plentiful and deliberate, all with long, natural tails, multiple dynamics and round-robins. An unexpected gem: the oil drum.
Abel Korzeniowski Nocturnal Animals, Penny Dreadful
The richness and detail of ARO Metal Percussion is like being immersed in 3D! There is plenty of subtle nuance to give added realism without being shrill and harsh. I’m also loving the musicality of the brake drum and the Scaffolds which are a real treat!
Nainita Desai 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, For Sama, Call of Duty
Small Metals has so much variety and wonderful sample selections and everyone loves a good Cowbell but this one is distinct and not obnoxious. The Temple Bowls Brushes have such a pleasant and direct texture. The Trash Cans sound tight and will be great alone and layered. Features that make it more wonderful are the close microphone tightness which is very crisp and the velocity detail is great.
Chase Bethea Video Game Composer
FAQs
What is the difference between Abbey Road Orchestra and Abbey Road One?
Abbey Road Orchestra is part of the Abbey Road Orchestra product line. Crafted for professional composers, producers, sound designers and music editors, Abbey Road Orchestra brings you every section of the orchestra in breathtaking detail. It’s the culmination of over 20 years of sampling experience and innovation.
Abbey Road One is a range of ensemble libraries captured in Studio One at Abbey Road, created by Spitfire Audio in partnership with Abbey Road Studios. This is made up of a core library called Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations, and then smaller libraries called Abbey Road One: Film Scoring Selections series.
The Selections are smaller and more focused libraries inspired by classic films, offering pre-orchestrated instrument pairings and themes. Featuring pre-arranged ensembles of classic orchestral pairings, each Selection is designed to help you accomplish a simple task phenomenally well.
What makes Abbey Road Orchestra modular?
Over the coming years, Spitfire will release each section of the orchestra, bit by bit in huge detail. Similar to that of the BML / Sable range in Spitfire's history, each section can be purchased separately to suit your needs. The practical difference is that each Abbey Road Orchestra release will install into the same plugin, ensuring you don't need to load multiple different libraries as it will all be housed in one plugin.
Is this product available with an educational discount?
Yes, this library will be available with an educational discount. Request your educational discount here.
The Educational Discount will apply to the full RRP of the library, not the introductory offer, so any codes received during the promotional period will only “top up” the discount to 30%.
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