Abbey Road Orchestra Metal Percussion Core

• Features a collection of 58 percussive instruments, including traditional orchestral metals and unique elements like oil drums and waterphones.
• Offers up to 10 dynamic layers and 10 round robins across 409 articulations, including discrete right and left hand performances.
• Recorded at Abbey Road Studio One with a microphone mix engineered by GRAMMY®-Award-winner Simon Rhodes.
• Includes a free MIDI pack of essential drum rudiments for enhanced creative workflow.
• Requires the Spitfire Audio App for installation and use.

Product Overview

Abbey Road Orchestra: Metal Percussion Core offers a diverse collection of metallic percussion instruments, ranging from traditional orchestral staples to unconventional sounds like oil drums and waterphones. This library captures the resonant clang of anvils and the shimmering brilliance of bowed cymbals, making it suitable for cinematic soundscapes and industrial sound design.

Details

The library features 58 meticulously recorded instruments, including cymbals, tam-tams, and a variety of unique elements such as trash cans and scaffold poles. Each instrument is sampled with up to 10 dynamic layers and round-robins, ensuring a rich and varied performance. The recordings were engineered by Simon Rhodes in Abbey Road Studio One, providing a spacious and detailed sound that enhances the character of each strike.

Articulations include a wide range of techniques, such as hits performed with different beaters, scrapes, and bowing, allowing for both sharp percussive hits and lush atmospheric textures. The library also includes a MIDI pack of essential drum rudiments, designed for intuitive right/left hand mapping, facilitating realistic performance and programming. With its extensive range of sounds and thoughtful design, this library is poised to inspire creativity across various scoring contexts.