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Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra: Bassoons Core (Digital Download)


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.

Features

  • 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.

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.

Tech specs

macOS 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 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

3GB

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