Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations
Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations, the complete symphonic orchestra. Unmistakable acoustics, priceless microphones, the finest players and sound engineers.
The iconic sound of cinema
Enter the room most composers can only dream of: Studio One at Abbey Road. Unparalleled and exclusive access to the world’s most celebrated recording location for movie music — from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, to Harry Potter and Avengers: Endgame — it doesn’t get more iconic.
In our first collaboration with Abbey Road Studios, we recorded a complete 90–piece symphonic orchestra the same way your favourite composer would: unmistakable acoustics, exceptional players, award-winning sound engineers and priceless microphones. Strings, brass and woodwinds are grouped into ensembles for instant playability, completed by an exciting cinematic percussion section, all housed in our award-winning dedicated plug-in.
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Full orchestra
80 articulations
10 mic signals
Dedicated plugin
Listen to Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations
Featuring live piano
There's a magic in the air, and it's the essence of composers who've recorded here.
Abbey Road One: The Collection
The Collection brings together Orchestral Foundations and all available Selections. Everything you need to create cinematic scores, inspired by your favourite blockbuster movies.
We are thrilled to be partnering with the innovative and creative minds at Spitfire Audio. The finest musicians, beautiful acoustics, award-winning sound engineers and cutting edge technology mixed with rare vintage treasures.
What's included
Instruments
Full orchestra
- Long
- Short Staccato
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
High strings
- Long
- Long Con Sord
- Tremolo
- Short Spiccato
- Short Pizzicato
Low strings
- Long
- Long Con Sord
- Tremolo
- Short Spiccato
- Short Pizzicato
Trumpets
- Long
- Short Staccatissimo
- Short Marcato
- Short Tenuto
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
Horns
- Long
- Short Staccatissimo
- Short Marcato
- Short Tenuto
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
Low brass
- Long
- Short Staccatissimo
- Short Marcato
- Short Tenuto
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
High woods
- Long
- Short Staccatissimo
- Short Marcato
- Short Tenuto
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
Low woods
- Long
- Short Staccatissimo
- Short Marcato
- Swells Short
- Swells Medium
- Swells Long
Percussion
- Soft Boom
- Bass Drums
- Verdi Drums
- Toms
- Bass & Snare
- Toms & Octobans
- Snares
- Octobans
- Piccolo Snares
- Piatti
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tam-Tam
- Ribbon Crashers
- Anvil
Metals
- Piatti
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tam-Tam
- Ribbon Crashers
- Anvil
Tuned
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Timpani Hits
Ensembles
- Full Ensemble
- Drum Ensemble
- Metals Ensemble
Mics & mixes
Microphones
- Vintage 1
- Vintage 2
- Pop Close
- Pop Room
- Close
- Tree 1
- Tree 2
- Ambient
- Outriggers
- Spill
Mixes
- Mix 1
- Mix 2
Videos
FAQs
How does your dedicated plug-in work?
Our dedicated plug-in libraries work as standalone instruments in your DAW, meaning that no serial number is provided and the authorisation process happens during your download. We provide an AU, VST2, VST3 and an AAX, so as long as your chosen DAW supports one of those plugin formats, you’re good to go. This library is also NKS compatible.
Tell me more about the Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations and the other Selections available.
Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations is the first in a series of Film Scoring Selections, all recorded in Studio One. These Selections are smaller and more focused libraries inspired by classic films offering pre-orchestrated instrument pairings. Each of these Selections is designed to help you accomplish a simple task phenomenally well – such as creating achingly beautiful melodic low string lines with just one simple legato patch. They will work seamlessly alongside Orchestral Foundations as well as on their own. Priced at £49 $49 49€ you can pick and choose from these Selections to build your own palette of Abbey Road One instruments.
Is there an easier way to buy all the Abbey Road One libraries?
There is no direct crossgrade path between any of the individual Abbey Road libraries however the cheapest way to buy all products so far Abbey Road Product is to upgrade to the Abbey Road One: The Collection. You then get the most discount every time a new Film Scoring Selection is released. The Collection brings together Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations and all Selections released so far, everything you need to create world-class cinematic scores.
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 14
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
32-bit systems are not supported.
PC system requirements
Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.
File size
69.60 GB disk space required during install
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Changelogs
V1.0.11 (January 2024)
Orchestral Foundations Library Version v1.0.11
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- Release slider for long techniques no longer = 0% and is now set to 50% by default.
- High and Low String patches have improved CPU usage with Long articulations.
Changes and Fixes Using Plugin Version V1.2.0 - affects all Abbey Road ONE libraries
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- Introduces Eco Load - Technique based purging that can be found in the plugin settings. Learn more here.
- Improved CPU performance.
- Improved Signal Mixer Workflows with Mute / Solo functions.