It must be the much-anticipated AROOF High Strings expansion pack.
IT MUST BE.
Spitfire Audio : Abbey Road 1 Modular Orchestra - Speculation Thread.
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IT MUST BE.
icecoolpool
Active Member
Interesting. Perhaps they are re-recording the high-strings which were never released (but, I believe, had been recorded).
Paul Thomson
Member
FabIV
Member
you know how to create tenson (in a positive way) :D
[edit] I think excitement is the word I was searching for (sorry not a native speaker)
Karma
Spitfire Audio
Hello! v1.1.0 of the 1st Violins is sending out to owners over the next hour. There have been some quite significant improvements to the consistency of the legatos & shorts here. Though as per usual, here's the changelog:
Small reminder that after updating, legacy sessions will remain on the previous version (this ensures that any changes don't mess with your current project!). However, if you want to update these sessions, you'll need to right-click the "refresh" button in the plugin, and then "update instruments to latest version". Alternatively, any "fresh" instance of the plugin will automatically use the latest downloaded version too.
Small reminder that after updating, legacy sessions will remain on the previous version (this ensures that any changes don't mess with your current project!). However, if you want to update these sessions, you'll need to right-click the "refresh" button in the plugin, and then "update instruments to latest version". Alternatively, any "fresh" instance of the plugin will automatically use the latest downloaded version too.
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Trash Panda
Clueless nitwit
Karma
Spitfire Audio
There's some small changes to runs here, but I haven't included it in the changelog as there's some other investigation I'd like to do first (to both the Violins and the Cellos).
StutzvH
Imposter
We’ve been waiting a long time for these High Strings Legatos.
I hope to see you acknowledge this by being “VERY very excited” to “dive straight in”.
yellow_lupine
Active Member
Karma
Spitfire Audio
Hi! This will be as there are no soft or marcato alt attacks for non-vib, only the poco vib and molto vib.
ThatEwanGuy
New Member
Has there been any hints or rumours as to a time frame for the rest of the strings to be released? The rate of releases seems to really have driven to a halt sadly
Laurin Lenschow
Senior Member
I noticed that too - maybe they'll release all the less exciting strings at once and offer a heavily discounted bundle if you buy during the intro period?
dzilizzi
Senior Member
Have to wonder if recording is the hold up or processing. If they are stuck waiting for recording time/player availability, that may be out of their control. I am assuming AR studios is a pretty busy place and I am sure they give priority to recording for film over anything else, as they wouldn't want to offend the people that regularly pay the bills.
Alex Fraser
Requires ☕️
I've already made peace with the fact that I'll be picking this up in 2038 with the release of the third special edition at a cheaper price point! In the meantime, I have BBCSO and SSO 2024 which will do me just fine.
John Wilson
Member
Same here, I may pick it up in 10/15 years once it's a whole orchestra and at BBCSO/SSO prices. However, currently I am pretty happy with BBCSO Pro and SSO 2024 alongside SCS Pro. I'm not even sure I'll prefer the ARO over what I already have and SCS Pro is already hard to beat and one of my favourite strings libraries.
Francisco Lamolda
Active Member
They showed in the video series "Recording The Abbey Road Orchestra" by Sound on Sound Magazine that they have actually recorded the violas and oboes/clarinets (it is not clear in the video). They also showed the scores for the rest of the strings and flutes, so I asume they are all recorded. Why it is taking so long to release it? Idk.
Trash Panda
Clueless nitwit
Judging by the violin and celli libraries, it seems like they are taking their time at the editing phase to really get things right and consistent. I know that sounds really weird to say about Spitfire, but it appears to be the direction they are choosing for the Abbey Road line outside of the Selections.
Would make sense considering the higher standards nowadays with other companies making sure 'big' noises aren't as present as in SF's best years (which were surely in the 2010's)
JacksonTree
Active Member
Also, SSO 2024 seemed like it took the spot of the next AR module from a marketing / timing perspective, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they delayed the next one to the next scheduled slot 3 months later to avoid cannibalization so close together with SSO (and potentially packaged the rest, as mentioned above).
