Command the Definitive Cinematic String Sound
Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings equips serious composers with professional-sounding, broadcast-level strings, alongside instant playability and complete expressive control. This stunning virtual instrument includes performances from five first-class string players, all captured at Abbey Road’s Studio Two using the most coveted signal chain on the planet. Iconic Strings enables you to dive deep for highly detailed compositions while also giving you the option to employ easy-to-use technology for a more streamlined approach. You’ll appreciate Iconic Strings’ high-quality legato articulations, which include Slurred and Performance options and a Professional-edition-only Portamento legato. The Professional edition of Iconic Strings comprises 12 signals, including two modern mixes, two vintage mixes, and eight mic positions, making it the ideal choice for composers with a penchant for customization. Moreover, the library’s baked-in Abbey Road acoustics infuse your arrangements with the world-famous sonic flavor that has graced myriad classic movie scores. In short, Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings offers composers an unprecedented opportunity to craft cinema-ready arrangements using the definitive cinematic string sound.
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Unrivaled control and customization
Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings leverages a highly detailed capture of five world-class string players and state-of-the-art technology to provide you with a virtual instrument with unrivaled levels of expressive control. You can dive as deep into each instrument’s articulations as you want or deploy assistive technology to streamline your composition process. We’re especially fond of the Arranger feature here at Sweetwater, as its curated approach to ensemble composition makes crafting tailored performances fast and easy. You’ll also benefit from Iconic Strings’ outstanding — and incredibly realistic — legato articulations, which were built on Spitfire Audio’s 15 years of sampling innovation. You get Slurred and Performance legato options, the latter providing intuitive playability without sacrificing the level of expression you need to deliver emotive lines with assurance. The Professional edition of Iconic Strings also includes a Portamento legato, an ultra-expressive transition sound that was showcased brilliantly on Oasis’s 1994 “Whatever” single.
Harness the inimitable sound of Abbey Road
When it comes to capturing strings in their full cinematic glory, no recording space is equal to Abbey Road’s Studio Two. Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings takes full advantage of everything the studio has to offer: the controlled acoustics, the REDD console, the RS124 tube compressor, the Studer J37 tape machine, the unsurpassable mic locker, and the exclusive plate and chamber reverbs. This virtual instrument was captured by Grammy-winning engineer Sam Okell using a handpicked selection of Abbey Road’s best modern and vintage microphones in tandem with the studio’s REDD desk, parallel compression from the RS124, and a final pass through the J37 tape machine. The Professional version of Iconic Strings allows you to make Abbey Road your virtual playground with 12 signals, including two modern mixes, two vintage mixes, and eight mic positions. What’s more, you can further customize your sound by toggling through the studio’s mic locker and virtually auditioning the Neumann U47s, KM54s, and M50s used on countless iconic sessions.
Spitfire Audio: virtual tools for weaving sonic colorful tapestries
As the constellation of technologies that allow us to ideate, record, perform, create, and reimagine music continues to grow, so does our artistic potential. Spitfire Audio sits at the nexus of power and possibility, with its expansive catalog of diverse and inspiring virtual instruments serving as tools for summiting uncharted peaks of sonic exploration. Across classical, experimental, esoteric, and international realms of orchestration, Spitfire Audio’s instrumental suite comprises an invigorating medley of evocative compositional capabilities. State-of-the-art capture technologies were wielded by daring musical minds, with the likes of Hans Zimmer, BT, Ólafur Arnalds, Evelyn Glennie, Lea Bertucci, and the London Contemporary Orchestra among the company’s pantheon of collaborators. Strings, brass, world percussion, keys, guitars, synths, effects — Spitfire Audio is your gateway to varying hues of masterfully designed and resynthesized cinematic sound.
Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings Professional Features:
- Tailor-made for composers with a penchant for customization
- Captured at Abbey Road’s legendary Studio Two by Grammy-winning engineer Sam Okell
- Includes performances from 5 first-class string players (2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass)
- Choose between deep manual customization and easy-to-use assistive technology
- Arranger feature’s curated approach to ensemble composition makes crafting tailored performances fast and easy
- Employs realistic legato articulations built on Spitfire Audio’s 15 years of sampling innovation
- Performance legato option provides intuitive playability without sacrificing emotive expression
- Portamento legato is an ultra-expressive transition sound that was showcased brilliantly on Oasis’s 1994 “Whatever” single
- Leverages Abbey Road’s acoustics, REDD console, outboard gear, microphones, and reverbs
- Provides 12 signals, including 2 modern mixes, 2 vintage mixes, and 8 mic positions
- Allows you to toggle through the Neumann U47s, KM54s, and M50s used on countless iconic sessions