SPITFIRE AUDIO Abbey Road Orchestra: 1st Violins Core

Advanced legatos for ultimate expression

Our core tier offers a comprehensive collection of articulations, 2 technologically advanced and detailed legato techniques, a high level of sampling depth and one signal option curated by GRAMMY -Award-winner Simon Rhodes.

Working with the Abbey Road team in a globally renowned studio and with the best string players in London gives us the unrivalled ability to deliver the highest quality possible. Designed to help you work efficiently without sacrificing performance and nuance, we've researched and developed the functionality and playability of our library.

Where performance meets precision

Meticulously recorded to allow for smooth and expressive transitions between notes, emulating the natural way a violinist shifts from one note to another without breaks. All aspects of the legato programming has been improved in both Pro and Core versions, with multiple dynamic legato intervals, and flexible interval types triggered by playing speed and/or velocity.

Professional

8 legato articulations — including extended patches — 196,000 samples, alternative attacks and 16 signal options for the ultimate nuanced expression.

Studio One: Icon of the past, innovator for the future

A host to celebrated classical recordings from Elgar and Prokofiev, as well as iconic film scores fromThe Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, and the more recent releases ofAvengers: End GameandBlack Panther, Studio One needs no introduction. 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 is the perfect setting for our meticulously planned recording sessions. Our aim is to work with the best, to deliver you the world’s most detailed sampling orchestra and in Abbey Road - one of the most in-demand recording studios in the film scoring landscape - we can achieve this.