Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra: Metal Percussion

[Henrik B. Jensen]

Yeah, a well recorded, deeply sampled orchestral metallophone library would easily be worth $449 if it was extensive.

Crotales, Xylophone, Glock, maybe Vibraphone, Chimes, Gongs, Tamtams, Cymbals, Thundersheets, Celeste, Triangles, Cowbells, etc. Soniccouture has a limited Orchestral Perc bundle for $5-600.

There’s no way Spitfire will record a ton of dynamic layers for all that - at Abbey Road! - and then offer it for just $449.

 

[NoamL]

This might be the first module I get, the bowed samples sound cool.

I still use the old Joby Burgess Perc (now Spitfire Perc) for everything. Having really deep sampled piatti in Abbey Road would be so cool. The samples in AROOF were a good teaser.

But it'd really have to be DEEP sampling to justify the price...

What scares me is the price of any brass or strings module if the percs are 449€

If each of the 5 string sections is a module that adds up to $2,250.

The percussion might reasonably end up at six modules ($2,700): high drums, low drums, metals, (plus speculated modules: harp, timpani, and keys+bells).

So yeah it's a ton of money for samples.

Working composers would probably budget $10-12k for this... over the next several years... and why not? They'd be glad to spend it knowing that they really don't need to get any other samples after this.

The case is a lot harder for composer assistants and hobbyists right now.

I wonder if SF will eventually hold a "first module discount" sale instead of the "complete your collection" sales. Just to get people into the ecosystem. It seems to me from reading this forum that lots of people who bought AROOF have not yet bought 1 module.

The floor looks like it could be Abbey Road studio one... or Air Lyndhurst haha. Actually Air looks a little darker in some pictures.

Abbey has the L shaped parquet floor

 

[Astronaut FX]

A found percussion library perhaps?

 

[Saxer]

...knowing that they really don't need to get any other samples after this.

 

[LynxUK]

I saw the hammer on the floor, and thought, "oh, they are showing us how they dismantled the old Orchestral Grand Piano, and now replacing it since its no longer for sale!" Then I thought, "no, don't be silly, its already been replaced with Simple Sams Signature Grand....and besides, a sound board sounds nothing like that, being hit by a hammer."

 

[Trash Panda]

Spitfire Studio Percussion or GTFO.

 

[Henrik B. Jensen]

Btw. in relation to that:

Where does Spitfire go from here? How do you top making a thoroughly recorded orchestral library at Abbey Road?

 

[tc9000]

Abbey has the L shaped parquet floor

Abbey Road [1]:



Air Lyndhurst [2]:



(I can't quite believe I'm buying this deep into this ) ... But they both look L-shaped to me? The colour and proportion in the teaser video do both seem to match Abbey Road though.

[1] https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/parquet-floor-gearthatmadeus-3229
[2] https://www.recordproduction.com/studios/air-studios

 

[Jerner]

they both look L-shaped to me? The colour and proportion in the teaser video do both seem to match Abbey Road though.

I know what floor im putting in my future studio

 

[Laurin Lenschow]

Where does Spitfire go from here? How do you top making a thoroughly recorded orchestral library at Abbey Road?

I think this undertaking will easily take ~10 years until they really run out of stuff to sample there, and after that physical modelling might take over anyway.

 

[Trash Panda]

Btw. in relation to that:

Where does Spitfire go from here? How do you top making a thoroughly recorded orchestral library at Abbey Road?

The next big thing of course! Dry samples recorded on a silent stage that can be placed with a proprietary multi impulse response engine into the venue of your choice!

 

[tc9000]

I know what floor im putting in my future studio

You know what they say: if the floor's not parquet, the talent will... uhm... walk... away?

Joking aside, I've no doubt the floor material has a huge impact on the sounds we know and love. Interesting that they both have such (apparently) similar floors. That said I'm sure a flooring expert will pop up and say something like Nah: Lyndhurst is clearly Beech, while Abbey is Ash, you fool....

 

[Remnant]

It certainly does not seem likely this is Apassionata Woodwinds unfortunately. The ARO modules sound great, but too rich for my blood, especially when I got cineperc in the great glitch.

 

[conan]

What if this is a new Charlie Clouser library like Hammers ?

Hatchets

“At the edge of violence.”

 

[Shad0wLandsUK]

I don't like the look of those tools on the floor. Does this mean you have to put it together yourself?
A bit like an IKEA flat pack. If so, there's bound to be something missing.

Or two extra hammers, one for a rainy day. Or to be used on your next purchase

 

[Shad0wLandsUK]

I know what floor im putting in my future studio

Just so you are aware, your samples still will not sound the same. You simply don't possess that Spitfireyynesssss

 

[Jerner]

Just so you are aware, your samples still will not sound the same. You simply don't possess that Spitfireyynesssss

No room is complete without its accessories, it's what gives personality. Now I just need to find the edge of silence.

 

[Stringtree]

Which spread tastes more like real butter?

For Better Buttery Taste, it's Parquet.

I can't get past the hammer. Wha happened?

 

[PaulieDC]

Which spread tastes more like real butter?

For Better Buttery Taste, it's Parquet.

I can't get past the hammer. Wha happened?

I Can't Believe t's Not Butter.

What a brilliant product name, at that point it could be anything, and if they were accused it wasn't butter, they could say "we never said it was!". And string you along... like... um... certain confusing sample library developers.

I guess when they revealed the plan for a real Abbey Road library, I was too naive to think it would be done in under a decade.

 

[SpyFx ✪]

Hatchets

“At the edge of violence.”

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