Spitfire Audio Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations

Discover the very essence of cinematic sound by immersing yourself in the world of Studio One at Abbey Road. The unparalleled and exclusive access to this world-renowned location showcases the wealth of unique recordings made for unforgettable films like Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Avengers: Endgame, just to name a few.

In partnership with Abbey Road Studios, we have recorded a 90-piece symphony orchestra under the same conditions as renowned composers: unrivaled acoustics, exceptional musicians, award-winning sound engineers, priceless microphones. The orchestra includes strings, brass, and woodwinds grouped into ensembles for instant playability, and an exciting cinematic percussion section, all housed within our acclaimed dedicated plugin.

Abbey Road Studios has always been at the heart of film music, providing the emotion, mood, and magic required for many of the most successful films ever made. This unique venue has hosted countless notable film scores, from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams), Hollow Man (Jerry Goldsmith), Aliens (James Horner), The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore), multiple Harry Potter scores, King Arthur (Hans Zimmer), Gravity (Steven Price), to numerous recent game and film releases.

With Spitfire Audio, our philosophy is to record sample libraries in the same way as film scores, and Abbey Road One is no exception. Designed for film, TV, and game scoring, Abbey Road One offers all sections of the orchestra in a single library - strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion - capturing the most commonly used orchestral sounds by composers.

The library includes strings (16, 14, 12, 10, 8), brass (four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, two bass trombones, one contrabass trombone, one tuba, and one contrabass tuba); and woodwinds (piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, and one contrabassoon); and percussion, performed by three musicians on an impressive array of instruments.

Abbey Road One is organized into ensembles (instrument combinations), making it easy to quickly bring your musical ideas to life. The strings are divided into high and low, brass into low, and horns, trumpets, and woodwinds into high and low. There is a unique selection of percussion, as well as a full symphonic orchestral touch, all recorded together in the same room. All of these patches are intuitive to use and instantly effective, helping you unleash your creativity.

Abbey Road One is housed in our award-winning plugin, which loads directly into all major DAWs (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX & NKS-compatible) without the need for additional software. Easy to use, intuitive, and inspiring, our plugin was designed by composers for composers.

Explore Abbey Road's legendary microphone cupboard to customize your sound, with up to 10 individual microphones and 2 mix signals, giving you creative control to find the sound you're looking for. Discover rare and unique microphones, recorded through the vintage TG Desk (TG12345 MK3) console to capture that vintage scoring stage sound, and amazing professional mixes by multi-GRAMMY® award-winning sound engineer Simon Rhodes (Avatar, Hugo, Harry Potter), offering you instant cinematic quality.

Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations is just the beginning of this exciting adventure. Music composition enthusiasts will undoubtedly be delighted by the pre-orchestrated instrument theme selections that provide a variety of film scoring themes. Each Selections library focuses on specific performance elements of orchestral film music, from heroic brass themes to sparkling woodwind runs, to touching violin love scenes, each legato patch is crafted with new recording techniques that allow you to create your own tailored palette.

We are thrilled to collaborate with the innovative and creative minds at Spitfire Audio. The finest musicians, stunning acoustics, award-winning sound engineers, cutting-edge technology, and rare vintage treasures make this collaboration a perfect partnership.

This ensemble includes:

• Full Orchestra
• High Strings
• Low Strings
• Trumpets
• Horns
• Low Brass
• High Woodwinds
• Low Woodwinds
• Percussion

Each section includes long and short performances, tremolos, swells of varying lengths, and other articulations for a rich range of tonal possibilities.

System Requirements

Mac System

Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 13

• Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core), 8GB RAM
• Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
• 32-bit systems are not supported.
• Supports both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM processors.

PC System

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.