Abbey Road Two Iconic Strings Demo Part 3: Solo Instruments In Context

Chapters
0:00 Intro Talk (Prelude)
01:14 Expressions Play Through
04:54 Cello Short
06:00 Violin 1 Short
08:02 Violin 2 Short
10:30 Viola Short
12:40 Upper Strings Short
13:13 Bass Short
13:40 Lower Strings Short
14:07 Upper Strings Long
15:44 Viola Pizz
17:08 Cello Pizz
19:41 Lower Strings Pizz
21:46 Viola Legato
22:58 Cello Legato
25:00 Performance Legato
27:58 End Talk (Postlude)-Conclusions
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Part two:
• Abbey Road Two Iconic ...
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[@PocketSunlight]

Thanks again, Pete. Very helpful. 👍

[@JosephAkins]

Great video Pete. I love what you got out of the pizzicatos and legatos. I also really like how you described your approach and needs near the end.

[@hotz730]

This video is another great help: thank you for sharing!

[@PeteCalandra]

Thanks Lauro!

[@rdpatterson2682]

Your demos are great and the work is really inspiring. Glad I found your channel.

[@PeteCalandra]

Thanks for the kind words RD!

[@joelwybrew]

Really been appreciating your videos recently mate! So good! Great reviews and examples of this pack! Thanks heaps! If I can be so audacious as to make one suggestion: in all the recent videos I've watched from you, the MIDI playthroughts are always visually behind the audio a considerable amount. No biggie. Love your content!!!

[@SeanHuddleston]

Thanks Pete. I'm working on pre-production for my band and have been considering purchasing this string pack, and after watching this video I feel much more informed, but also more undecided. Plenty to think about. Shared this video with a member of the band!

[@PeteCalandra]

Hi Sean, Thanks for watching. It's always difficult to spend money on something you can't actually put your hands on.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Very impressive sounding. Mind you Spitfire Audio do amazing stuff. Nice this in context and some of your work.

[@PeteCalandra]

Thanks IP. There may be a livestream set Saturday eve. I'll make a post by Friday.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Hey Pete I'll check on Friday thank you for letting me know.

[@beatz04]

I'm new to this channel but really like the content so far. Question: Any chance for a video how to compose/arrange for string ensembles in the style of Clare Fischer ? I'm most familiar with his work for Prince and always thought those string arrangements really stood out, at the same time wondering about the music theory behind it. Either way, thanks for your work !

[@PeteCalandra]

Funny thing, I was out playing in a theater tour in 1989 and spent December in Los Angeles playing at a theater there. I looked ip Clare in the union book and went to his house in Studio City for 2 lessons. Amazing musician. There is a book by Bill Dobbins called Jazz Piano Harmony that has many of Clare's concepts in it. I also have a few videos on Intervallic Harmony (there is a playlist) where I go over some of the concepts. Thanks for watching and the comment beatz04!

[@beatz04]

@@PeteCalandra Awesome ! Thanks for the reply and i will make sure to watch the videos you mentioned and get the Bill Dobbins book.

[@xenprovence6126]

Thanks for your work here. You're right, Abbey Road II doesn't sound authentic but it does sound good. The question is why can't Spitfire, with all its resources make these strings sound authentic? To me, the longs in your previous video sound real (my word for authentic) and are worth repeat listens, isn't that what we have to do when creating music? The shorts notes in your piece however, and SF has never nailed short notes, sound less real and don't cut the mustard. Olafur Arnold's "Brim" is a pop recording using short articulations for strings for the intro, I suggest that this intro is a reasonable benchmark to reach, if Abbey Road II cannot render a convincing version of this intro then we're still not there yet. One additional point, and thanks again for your work here, I believe Pro is the only way to go. It offers some chance of hyper tweaking the samples for the most listenable results.

[@PeteCalandra]

I think they have a goal in mind when they make these libraries. With this one (as you already know), i think they wanted to capture the sound of a small string ensemble in that room with the underlying technology found at AR and have those samples use case be in pop music productions more so than in film music or writing string quartets. I am also wondering how these strings would sound inside a more pop oriented track with other instruments playing and not stand alone. Plus, we are still not yet at the point where samples sound as good in use as real players. I think the Chamber Strings short arts are pretty good (as is the entire library) Thanks for watching and the comment...