Experience the highest standard in orchestral sampling with the world-class BBC Symphony Orchestra. A complete orchestra at your fingertips, featuring strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion — all recorded at the iconic Maida Vale Studios. Presented in our award-winning, dedicated plugin — with three editions to choose from, each fully interchangeable — BBCSO offers a universal starting point for music creators of every level – from those just starting out, to professional composers.
Now with 36GB of extra content.
An industry standard, universal starting point for composers and music creators of every level, this all-in-one sample library features strings, brass, woodwind and percussion performed by the world-renowned BBC Symphony Orchestra — captured at London’s famous Maida Vale Studios — host to The Beatles, Hendrix and Bowie, and countless film scores.
This definitive collection of orchestral instruments captures a musical synergy from a collective of astoundingly accomplished players with a 90-year heritage – made playable by all via our award-winning plugin designed by UsTwo. Start scoring with a wide range of articulations for each instrument, captured at the highest quality with a stunning selection of professionally mixed signals.
A truly cohesive sound
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the musical beating heart of the BBC itself - the oldest entertainment organisation in the world, trusted and respected globally. The BBC Symphony Orchestra has been performing nearly a century old has been at the forefront of championing new orchestral music and composers at the BBC Proms and beyond, and selling out concert halls the world over.
This one-of-a-kind sample library captures this incredible orchestra at its late-home Maida Vale Studios, a world-class recording space with a rich musical history since 1909 — host to The Beatles, Hendrix and Bowie, and countless film scores.
The Professional edition
A universal starting point for composers and music creators of every level, BBC Symphony Orchestra comes in three editions: Discover, Core and Professional.
Professional is the definitive, comprehensive collection for writing professional, world-class orchestral music
- 67 different instruments (including groups and soloists)
- 468 techniques
- 45 legatos including new Extended Legatos
- 20 signals
What's new
In the latest update to BBC Symphony Orchestra Professional we have added an extra set of stunning performances from the brilliant brass section, as well as updating a selection of legatos with abilities including fast runs and shorts:
- ~36GB of new content
- New Muted Brass techniques
- New Cimbasso
- Extended Legato Update
- Various bug fixes
Hear the new legato patches in action in Andy Blaney's brilliant composition, "Nonet".
Mode Switching
The BBC Symphony Orchestra series presents a new standard in orchestral sampling — a whole orchestra of the highest quality, at your fingertips. A universal starting point designed for music creators of every level, from those just starting out, to professional composers, it comes in three editions
Each edition is fully interchangeable through Spitfire’s innovative mode switching technology, making it easier than ever to share and collaborate with fellow composers, regardless of which edition they own.
The new standard in orchestral sampling
Orchestral samples have become an essential component of modern scoring, and the range of libraries available is vast. But what if a single product could become the universal starting point for a generation of composers?
We’ve taken over a decade of sampling experience to give you this comprehensive orchestral library of epic proportions — comprising over 200 hours of recordings, to give you a staggering 1,000,000+ samples at your fingertips, sounding exactly as they would if you had the orchestra in the room.
With a beautiful, modern design by ustwo (Monument Valley, DICE), BBC Symphony Orchestra is housed in our award-winning dedicated plugin (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX & NKS ready) developed primarily for composers, by composers — easy-to-use, intuitive and inspiring.
An innovation in signals
BBC Symphony Orchestra includes 20 signals, giving you the opportunity to tailor each sound to exactly what you need for your production, for a new level of realism, and ultimate control. The eleven microphone positions give you much more than the standard Close, Tree, Ambient and Outriggers — add Mono mics, used by the BBC since 1930s, for a vintage sound; Leader mics, placed above the leader in each section for a more intimate sound; Stereo Coles 1438s for a vibrant, punchy sound highlighting a particular section, Close Wides, to feature a section while occupying the whole width of the stereo field; Balcony mics for even more distance; Sides for our widest sound, and Atmos, designed for use in Dolby Atmos mixing.
The game changer on top of these is five spill signals — microphones left open from other sections which you can add in for depth, fullness and a truly three dimensional sound. We also give you two out of the box stereo mixes by Jake Jackson — one 'real', the other more 'hyped'. All the options you need, from the very driest, tightest, most upfront sound, all the way to huge, expansive ambient sounds. This is your definitive orchestra, made accessible through cutting edge technology, all in one package.
