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Rich low-end completes the woodwinds
Adding a rich, velvety sweetness to the bass and tenor ranges, the Abbey Road Orchestra Woodwinds section is completed by a world-class Bassoons a2 section. Meticulously captured in the legendary Abbey Road Studio One, the Core version delivers the essential sound and key expressive articulations of this beautiful woodwind instrument with all the character of a legendary recording studio, engineered by GRAMMY® Award-winner Simon Rhodes.
From its rich, warm tone in the lowest registers, to its sweet, piercing sound in higher passages, the bassoon is an immensely versatile instrument with a profound emotional range. Its unique timbre provides a foundational bass voice, supporting the entire orchestra with its resonant presence, executing playful, punchy staccatos, or weaving expressive, lyrical melodic lines with remarkable human-like warmth, akin to a resonant baritone singer.
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Listen to Abbey Road Orchestra: Bassoons Core
Bassoons Trailer - Callum McNeill
Birth of the Oread - Paul Thomson
The Four Sections - Thomas James Battye
Bassooner or Later - Lucy Hayes
Recorded in the world-renowned acoustics of Abbey Road Studio One, the very room where countless iconic film scores have been brought to life, the Abbey Road Orchestra range inherits a legacy of blockbuster sound. With the masterful engineering of GRAMMY Award-winning Simon Rhodes, hand-crafted mixes provide an immediate, cinematic sound right out of the box, ensuring your bassoon lines resonate with authentic orchestral nuance and the iconic sound of cinema.
Professional
Dive into the expressive capabilities of our most advanced woodwind patches ever created. Bassoons Professional features technologically advanced legato techniques and massive sampling depth. Get immersed in the detail with 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.
A host to celebrated classical recordings from Elgar to Prokofiev, as well as the greatest film scores of the last 45 years – from the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies to Barbie, The Shape of Water, Tar, Wakanda Forever and all the Marvel films and games., Studio One is one of the most in-demand recording studios in the film scoring landscape. Home to one of the greatest in-house collections of vintage and modern microphones and a
control room fitted with an AMS NEVE 88RS SP3D 84 channel mixing console with a unique and comprehensive surround monitor section, Studio One was the perfect setting for our recording sessions, meticulously curated, recorded and programmed to deliver you the world's most detailed sampling orchestra.
- Expressive Legatos: Includes 2 expressive legato patches: the highly playable Performance Legato reacting to playing speed, and the emotive Lyrical Legato for compelling, slower melodic lines.
- Essential Articulations: A curated selection of key articulations including essential longs (a standard sustain plus sfz), shorts (covering staccatissimo to marcato, and multi-tongued options), and trills.
- Signature Mix: Offers Simon Rhodes’ expertly balanced main "Mix 1", a full-sounding room mix formed from Tree 1, Overheads, Outriggers 1, and a curated blend of spots, giving you instant access to a professional, polished sound.
For the ultimate virtual orchestra, combine Bassoons with other releases in the series. Need more control? Upgrade to the Professional edition at any time to unlock 7 extended legato techniques, 13 nuanced articulations, and 16 microphone signals. Explore the full range here.
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
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
What is the difference between Bassoons 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.
What is the difference between Abbey Road Orchestra and Abbey Road One?
Abbey Road Orchestra - Bassoons is the twelfth instalment in the Abbey Road Orchestra product line. Crafted for professional composers, producers, sound designers and music editors, Abbey Road Orchestra brings you every section of the orchestra in breathtaking detail. It’s the culmination of over 20 years of sampling experience and innovation.
Abbey Road One is a range of ensemble libraries captured in Studio One at Abbey Road, created by Spitfire Audio in partnership with Abbey Road Studios. This is made up of a core library called Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations, and then smaller libraries called Abbey Road One: Film Scoring Selections series.
The Selections are smaller and more focused libraries inspired by classic films, offering pre-orchestrated instrument pairings and themes. Featuring pre-arranged ensembles of classic orchestral pairings, each Selection is designed to help you accomplish a simple task phenomenally well.
If I purchase Bassoons Professional, do I also receive Core?
Yes! If you buy the Bassoons Professional library, you also get Core as an install option.