The iconic sound of cinema
Offering a harmonious and rich sound, Soaring High Strings is tailored for romantic, lyrical passages without sacrificing high speed runs. 16 1st Violins and 14 2nd Violins play in unison to create a passionate and lush sonic tapestry perfect for crafting a resonant composition. Add the unmistakable magic of Abbey Road Studio One to your music with 12 signals, expertly recorded by Grammy Award winning engineer Simon Rhodes. Featuring an expressive, slurring legato — ideal for adding emotion to your tracks — Soaring High Strings completes the Abbey Road One Film Scoring Selections.
Available to purchase as a stand-alone sample library or as a brilliant addition to the Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations VST.
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Listen to Abbey Road One: Soaring High Strings
Liberation March - Oliver Patrice Weder
Promises - Robert Larsson
Where Is Sandman - Homay Schmitz
The Golden Age - Paul Thomson
Abbey Road Studio One
Enter the room most composers can only dream of: Abbey Road’s Studio One. Considered one of the finest acoustical spaces in the world, Studio One’s history has an indelible connection with the scores recorded there, providing emotion, mood, and magic for many of the most renowned and successful films ever made. Such compositional classics as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Avengers: Endgame — all were recorded in Studio One. With its rich tonality, deep low end, and famed reverb, Studio One’s sound is widescreen and epic. Truly, it is the iconic sound of cinema.
Building on Orchestral Foundations
Expanding on Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations, a 90-piece symphonic orchestra that was our first partnership with Abbey Road Studios, Soaring High Strings is a fully-fledged, stand-alone sample library. Recorded the same way your favourite composer would – the unmistakable acoustics of Abbey Road Studio One, exceptional players, award-winning sound engineers and priceless microphones, all allowing you to quickly and easily create film scores or to add professional orchestration to your music. Level up your existing symphonic orchestra toolkit or pair with Orchestral Foundations to get a soaring, romantic legato sound.
What's Included
Articulations
- Legato — Multiple dynamic, molto vibrato, slurred notes and alt fast attacks for runs
- Long — Multiple dynamics
- Short — 5 round robins, and multiple dynamics
Mics and mixes
- Mix 1 — A full room mix by Simon Rhodes, formed from the Tree and Outriggers with a curated blend of spots. Use for luscious, rich passages.
- Mix 2 — A tighter full mix by Simon Rhodes, formed from the 2nd Tree and Outriggers with a curated blend of spots. Use for faster, detailed sounds.
- Vintage 1 — A pair of original 1940s RM1B ribbon microphones placed in front of the conductor to create a vintage scoring stage sound
- Vintage 2 — A pair of classic 44BX ribbon microphones placed by the conductor for an alternative vintage scoring stage sound
- Close (Strings) — All spot mics summed together for the instruments being played.
- Pop Close — A mix of spot mics, panned centrally to give a flexible image that isn't restricted to the orchestral layout.
- Pop Room — A dedicated room pair, located to represent the source centrally - use in conjunction with Pop Close.
- Tree 1 — A decca tree formed of Abbey Road's finest trio of classic valve omnidirectional microphones - the basis of your rich sound.
- Tree 2 — A tighter, closer decca tree - for faster, more detailed material.
- Outriggers 1 — A pair of omni microphones, used in conjunction with either Tree to obtain a wider image and pin the back desks in place.
- Ambients — A pristine pair of small diaphragm omnidirectional microphones, to the rear of the room for a balanced ambience.
- Spill — A summation of spot microphones from sections not being played, useful for adding realism.
FAQs
Tell me more about Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations and the other Selections available
Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations is the first in a series of Film Scoring Selections, all recorded in Studio One. Abbey Road One: Sparkling Woodwinds, Abbey Road One: Legendary Low Strings, Abbey Road One: Wondrous Flutes, Abbey Road ONE: Mysterious Reeds, Abbey Road One: Grand Brass, Abbey Road ONE: Thematic Trumpets and Abbey Road One: Vibrant Reeds are smaller and more focused libraries inspired by classic films offering pre-orchestrated instrument pairings.
Each of these Selections is designed to help you accomplish a simple task phenomenally well – such as creating achingly beautiful melodic low string lines with just one simple legato patch. They will work seamlessly alongside Orchestral Foundations as well as on their own. Priced at £49 $49 49€ you can pick and choose from these Selections to build your own palette of Abbey Road One instruments.