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


Advanced legatos for ultimate expression

The stunning sound of a world-class Flutes a2 section - captured at Abbey Road Studios. This virtual instrument offers key articulations and playing styles: lyrical and performance legatos, a wide selection of longs and shorts, and control over a variety of articulations allowing you to create both intimate and epic soundscapes.

Recorded in the timeless acoustics of Abbey Road Studio One, this library includes a hand-crafted mix signal by GRAMMY® award winner Simon Rhodes.

Realism at the highest degree.

Abbey Road Orchestra: Flutes captures the essence of a Flautist’s seamless transitions, meticulously recorded for smooth and expressive note changes. This virtual instrument is crafted to enhance playability and responsiveness, allowing you to bring your orchestral vision to life with incredible realism and to inspire new compositions with unmatched nuance and expression.

Featuring state-of-the-art legato programming, multiple dynamic legato intervals and flexible interval types triggered by playing speed, Abbey Road Orchestra: Flutes ensures you have the ultimate tool for your creative compositional needs.

What's Included

Legato Techniques

Performance Legato

A hugely detailed and highly playable legato patch which reacts in realtime 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.

Long Flutter

A sustained flutter technique, characterised by a delicate airy sound, achieved by fast articulation close to the embouchure.

Trills (Major 2nds, Minor 2nds, Minor 3rds)

Rapid alternating between two notes.

Tremolo (Measured - 150 & 180 BPM)

Tremolo performed with a specified number of repeated notes which may be sync’d to the host DAW's tempo.

Short Techniques

Staccatissimo

A polyphonic sustained longs patch - this extended Pro version features additional soft and marcato styles for note entries triggered by key velocity

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.

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'.

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 11 to OS14

Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core), 8GB RAMRecommended: 2.6GHz i7 (six-core, 2019), 16GB RAM, Apple SiliconSSD drive for installs advised!

PC requirements

Windows 10 and Windows 11 (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5. 8GB RAMRecommended: Intel 2.6 GHz i7 (six-core, 2019) or AMD R7 2700. 16GB RAMSSD drive for installs advised! (32 bit DAWs not supported)

File size

Download size 2.81GB

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