Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes Core
Iconic Studio One sound, essential control
Iconic Studio One sound, essential control
Celebrating the exquisite sound of a world-class Oboes a2 section captured in Studio One at Abbey Road, the Core version of Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes delivers the essential sound and key expressive articulations of this beautiful woodwind instrument in a streamlined, powerful package. Experience a world-class oboes section recorded in the iconic Abbey Road Studio One, engineered by GRAMMY® Award-winner Simon Rhodes, now accessible in a focused library perfect for instant inspiration and rapid scoring.
Get straight to the heart of the oboe sound that has graced countless iconic scoreswith an authentic and responsive playing experience with sophisticated performance legato for incredibly natural melodic lines. It's the perfect entry point into the Abbey Road Orchestra series or a lightweight addition for composers needing that signature sound without extensive control options.
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featuring Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes Professional performance legatos
featuring Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes Professional performance legatos and instruments from the Abbey Road Orchestra range
Core mic mix. Featuring Abbey Road Orchestra Symphonic Strings Core
Core mic mix. Featuring instruments from the Abbey Road Orchestra range
Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes captures the essence of an Oboist’s seamless transitions, meticulously recorded for smooth and expressive note changes. This virtual instrument is crafted to enhance playability and responsiveness, allowing you to bring your orchestral vision to life with incredible realism and to inspire new compositions with unmatched nuance and expression. Featuring state-of-the-art legato programming, multiple dynamic legato intervals and flexible interval types triggered by playing speed, Abbey Road Orchestra: Oboes ensures you have the ultimate tool for your creative compositional needs.
Professional
Featuring 16 microphone signals, with two hand-crafted mixes by GRAMMY® award winner Simon Rhodes, plus a fantastic selection of vintage mics, multiple Decca Trees, ambients, and even natural spill.
What's included
Legato Techniques
Performance Legato
A hugely detailed and highly playable legato patch which reacts in real time to playing speed
Lyrical Legato
A relaxed legato patch for slower moving melody lines
Long Techniques
Long
A polyphonic sustained longs patch for pads and chordal writing
Long (sfz)
An overblown and strong attack followed by an immediate sustained softer dynamic
Long Flutter
A sustained flutter technique, characterised by a delicate airy sound, achieved by fast articulation close to the embouchure
Trills (Major 2nds, Minor 2nds, Minor 3rds)
Rapid alternating between two notes
Short Techniques
Staccato
A general purpose short note length, sounding clearly detached with a slight accent
Staccato (alt)
An alternative take on a general purpose short note length, sounding clearly detached with a slight accent
Staccatissimo
A short and crisp note length, creating a sprightly “all-purpose” short articulation
Marcato
A technique performed with a strong accented front to the note - presented as a longer note length than 'staccato' with the option of Timed Release triggers
Tenuto
A technique performed with a small accented front to the note - presented as a shorter note length than 'marcato'
Short Double Tongue
A rapid articulation achieved by double tonguing, with different 'landing' note lengths
Short Triple Tongue
A rapid articulation achieved by triple tonguing, with different 'landing' note lengths
Short Quad Tongue
A rapid articulation achieved by quad tonguing, with different 'landing' note lengths
Microphone Signals
Mix 1
A full-sounding room mix by Simon Rhodes, formed from Tree 1, Overheads, Outriggers 1, and a curated blend of spots.
FAQs
Are There Further Discounts and Crossgrades?
Abbey Road Orchestra - Oboes Professional will be on an introductory promotional price of 20% off until the 26th of June 2025.
The owners of Oboes Core will be able to upgrade to Oboes Professional at any time, only ever paying the difference between the two products at time of purchase.
What is the Difference Between Oboes Core and Professional?
The Core and Professional versions share many of the same techniques and the sampling depth across many of the common techniques is the same.
However, Core has a single signal option (Simon Rhodes’ ‘Mix 1) whereas Pro includes additional signal options (16 in total),
The Professional version also contains ‘Extended’ techniques and additional legato content.
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 14
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
32-bit systems are not supported.
PC system requirements
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.
File size
2.3GB