Recording The Abbey Road Orchestra - Chapter Two

Our exclusive four-part video documentary series goes behind the scenes of one of the most detailed orchestral sample libraries ever made. In Chapter Two, we join the SPITFIRE AUDIO team and engineer Simon Rhodes on a deep dive into one of the most epic orchestral projects of all time: sampling the cream of London's string, brass, woodwind and percussion players in Abbey Road Studio One.
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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
02:18 - Fluidity of modern orchestral recordings
05:24 - Paying precise attention to detail
07:04 - What does a producer do on a session like this?
09:17 - Musicianship and using section leaders
10:46 - How does a sample library session differ for a musician?
12:39 - Working to a plan and maximising quality
Video Credits
Director/Producer: Aine O'Flaherty
Director of Photography/ Editor/ Audio Post Production: Ben K Adams
Animator/ Assistant Camera Op: Olly Wiggins
Sound Recordist: Curtis Elvidge
Composer: Homay Schmitz
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[@FLH3official]

Actualy at 8:17 in the control room, during this exhausting and demanding process, someone has some time to browse the internet for a pair of shoes... Should have been recorded in fall or winter, this lady needs a new pair of boots. The question is did she find them? 😁

[@emetprestonmiller]

😂😂😂

[@andrewsanders9824]

I came to the comments just to mention this. 🙈

[@EverHappyDude]

Wonderful comment!!

[@andrewsanders9824]

Great video. Very insightful... I wonder if that person in the control room managed to buy a nice pair of boots?

[@shoegazer93]

REAL TALK. New issue of Sound on Sound magazine out today. Great times!

[@bassface84]

NICE! I Love to see the behind the scenes...

[@ToeShimmel]

Really cool!

[@dilzaaaa]

Love seeing this stuff. Makes me appreciate my purchases even more.

[@d.o.b.]

Beautiful💎

[@4kfreelance]

Why the he'll are the sound fx the loudest thing in a film these days? When you look back to John Ford films the music sets the scenes in more sedusive way. Nowadays it's bang crash wallop, turn the volume down on remote and can't hear the quite dialogue and the softer dynamics of the scores. I need a Waves rider fader for the TV remote.

[@TenkuVision]

Having the right footwear is serious work!

[@PaulPaul-vj2vx]

And then comes AI and makes it all irrelevant- sadly!