Land of Missing Parts
Grumpy Monkey
Here's a handy reference of the basic information about Spitfire's Abbey Road One series. No need to go hunting through pages of marketing, pages of VI-C threads, or Youtube videos.
The Scoring Selections are now complete, with nine sections total. All are ensemble sections and tend to have 3 dynamic layers. Vibrato is always baked in (rather than having a controllable vibrato layer).
** Paul clarifies the story of the High Strings section here. TL;DR Spitfire got blowback for not releasing an customer-imagined product (brought about by miscommunication). So they made it.
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FILM SCORING SELECTIONS
55.9gb
Wondrous Flutes (picc + 2fl in octaves) -- 6.9gb
Leg/sus, stacc, marcato, mordents (min 2nd-maj 3rd)
Vibrant Reeds (2ob + 2cl in octaves, 2ob + 2cl + cor anglais in octaves) -- 7.5gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc, mordents (min 2nd-maj 3rd)
Sparkling Woodwinds (picc + 2fl + 2ob + 2cl in octaves + optional glock) -- 6.4gb
Leg/sus, stacc
Mysterious Reeds (2ob + 2cl, 2cl + 2 bn in octaves) -- 7.6gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc | (3 sus dyn layers)
Thematic Trumpets (4 trumpets in unison) -- 10.7gb
Leg/sus, stacc'mo, stacc, tenuto, marcato, sfz | (3 sus dyn layers)
Thematic Horns (8 horns in unison) -- 11gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc'mo, stacc, tenuto, marcato, sfz | (3 sus dyn layers)
Grand Brass (4hn + 10vc, 4hn + tuba in octaves) -- 9.3gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc, tenuto, short/medium/long swells
Soaring High Strings (30 violins in unison) -- 8.5gb
Leg/sus, spicc
Legendary Low Strings (10 cellos + 8 basses in octaves) -- 7.5gb
Leg/sus, stacc, spicc
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ABBEY ROAD ONE: ORCHESTRAL FOUNDATIONS
69.6gb
Strings High (16/14/12)
Sus, sus CS, trem, spicc, pizz | (5 sus dyn layers, vib/non-vib)
Strings Low (10/8)
Sus, sus CS, trem, spicc, pizz | (5 sus dyn layers, vib/non-vib)
Winds High (picc, 2fl, 2ob, cor anglais, 2cl)
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (5 sus dyn layers)
Low Winds (1bcl, 2bn, 1cbn)
Sus, stacc, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
4 Trumpets
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (5 sus dyn layers)
4 Horns
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
Low Brass (3trb, 2btrb, 1 contrabass trb, 1 tuba, 1 contrabass tuba)
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
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Here is a breakdown of all Abbey Road One woodwind arrangements:
(Contain at least leg/sus, stacc)
picc + 2fl + 2ob + 2cl -- Sparkling Woodwinds
picc + 2fl 8ve -- Wondrous Flutes
2ob + 2cl unison -- Mysterious Reeds
2ob + 2cl 8ve (+ optional cor anglais) -- Vibrant Reeds
2cl + 2bn 8ve -- Mysterious Reeds
(Contain at least sus, stacc'mo, marcato, short/med/long swells)
picc, 2fl, 2ob, cor anglais, 2cl unison -- AROOF
1bcl, 2bn, 1cbn unison -- AROOF
The Scoring Selections are now complete, with nine sections total. All are ensemble sections and tend to have 3 dynamic layers. Vibrato is always baked in (rather than having a controllable vibrato layer).
** Paul clarifies the story of the High Strings section here. TL;DR Spitfire got blowback for not releasing an customer-imagined product (brought about by miscommunication). So they made it.
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FILM SCORING SELECTIONS
55.9gb
Wondrous Flutes (picc + 2fl in octaves) -- 6.9gb
Leg/sus, stacc, marcato, mordents (min 2nd-maj 3rd)
Vibrant Reeds (2ob + 2cl in octaves, 2ob + 2cl + cor anglais in octaves) -- 7.5gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc, mordents (min 2nd-maj 3rd)
Sparkling Woodwinds (picc + 2fl + 2ob + 2cl in octaves + optional glock) -- 6.4gb
Leg/sus, stacc
Mysterious Reeds (2ob + 2cl, 2cl + 2 bn in octaves) -- 7.6gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc | (3 sus dyn layers)
Thematic Trumpets (4 trumpets in unison) -- 10.7gb
Leg/sus, stacc'mo, stacc, tenuto, marcato, sfz | (3 sus dyn layers)
Thematic Horns (8 horns in unison) -- 11gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc'mo, stacc, tenuto, marcato, sfz | (3 sus dyn layers)
Grand Brass (4hn + 10vc, 4hn + tuba in octaves) -- 9.3gb
Leg/sus (2 types), stacc, tenuto, short/medium/long swells
Soaring High Strings (30 violins in unison) -- 8.5gb
Leg/sus, spicc
Legendary Low Strings (10 cellos + 8 basses in octaves) -- 7.5gb
Leg/sus, stacc, spicc
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ABBEY ROAD ONE: ORCHESTRAL FOUNDATIONS
69.6gb
Strings High (16/14/12)
Sus, sus CS, trem, spicc, pizz | (5 sus dyn layers, vib/non-vib)
Strings Low (10/8)
Sus, sus CS, trem, spicc, pizz | (5 sus dyn layers, vib/non-vib)
Winds High (picc, 2fl, 2ob, cor anglais, 2cl)
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (5 sus dyn layers)
Low Winds (1bcl, 2bn, 1cbn)
Sus, stacc, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
4 Trumpets
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (5 sus dyn layers)
4 Horns
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
Low Brass (3trb, 2btrb, 1 contrabass trb, 1 tuba, 1 contrabass tuba)
Sus, stacc, tenuto, marcato, short/medium/long swells | (4 sus dyn layers)
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Here is a breakdown of all Abbey Road One woodwind arrangements:
(Contain at least leg/sus, stacc)
picc + 2fl + 2ob + 2cl -- Sparkling Woodwinds
picc + 2fl 8ve -- Wondrous Flutes
2ob + 2cl unison -- Mysterious Reeds
2ob + 2cl 8ve (+ optional cor anglais) -- Vibrant Reeds
2cl + 2bn 8ve -- Mysterious Reeds
(Contain at least sus, stacc'mo, marcato, short/med/long swells)
picc, 2fl, 2ob, cor anglais, 2cl unison -- AROOF
1bcl, 2bn, 1cbn unison -- AROOF
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