Walkthrough - Legendary Low Strings | Abbey Road One

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Spitfire Audio founder Paul Thomson takes a detailed look at the new Legendary Low Strings library, part of our Abbey Road One series.
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[@FlowersInHisHair]

This is a gateway drug into the full Abbey Road One package isn't it? I'm falling for it!

[@Halfstar3]

That's the sound right there. The fact the cellos and basses are recorded together -- fan bloody tastic.

[@johnjoedaly]

I really like the idea of breaking down the libraries into smaller bite size options. Very accessible for people who don't have the need or finances to buy a full library. I have these now, and if a "High Strings" comes out, I'll be grabbing that too 👍

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[@zanedominic8776]

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[@nelsonkamryn4045]

@Zane Dominic you are welcome :)

[@laurentifffany]

Sounds incredible. Downloading now - I can't wait to play!

[@thecountessofcubase.7682]

Great sound!!... I bought the Low Strings and the Sparkling woodwind... very excited.. thanks for giving us these individual sounds... I can have a custom made library to a certain extent.. and great stuff that the musicians are getting the royalties... we must never forget the musicians... thanks again.

[@scartabellomusic]

Sounds incredible! Great composition Paul!

[@petereadman6094]

These sound fantastic! Been using Low Strings in a track today and loving it! Thanks!

[@akcel1211]

Wow, this strings gives me chills!

[@steph1918]

Boom. Purchased. Done the Jaws riff to start with. :-D

[@mortengildbergmusic]

Thank you for the walkthrough. I just tried out Legendary Low Strings in my DAW and I am very happy with it. The legatos are very impressive and the short notes have so much power in them. Very nice indeed! Suggestion: Why not do an Abbey Road choir as well? You already have a big choir library, I know that, but imagine capturing the spirit of Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter or Star Wars (‘Duel Of The Fates’) with a fantastic choir library recorded at Abbey Road. It can just be oohs and aahs in the beginning. Then you can add more as time goes by. Another thing you could try is to “recreate” Symphonic Motions in Abbey Road. That would be fantastic! Anyway, I will stop rambling on. Thanks again for this ❤️ It’s great!

[@andrelefebvre5453]

Magnificent, elegant, lush, emotional and pristine... For untrained folks who can't write black dots on a scale, and could never work with orchestras, this is as close as we get to play with the pros! Beautifully presented, Paul! Instant buy. ♥

[@AlienorchestraNetoslo]

Huge wall of sound here! Great product again...

[@fingerhorn4]

It's not a wall of sound. It is just two sections of strings playing an octave apart. That isn't a "wall" of sound. Sometimes I think that people who buy these kind of samples have never been to an actual orchestral concert and don't possess a single orchestral CD or download. If you want a wall of sound have a listen to Mahler's 5th, 7th or 9th, or Daphne and Chloe by Ravel, or Tristan and Isolde (Wagner). A cello and bass an octave apart is not a wall. It is just one orchestral texture of hundreds.

[@idontgivea1769]

@@fingerhorn4 Sit down, Sherlock; the guy was just saying the strings have a big sound. Get over yourself.

[@lastcall9998]

SPA you have the best job in the world. It sounds perfect. And awesome tune too. Gratz.

[@theboofin]

Purchased and impressed!

[@tripthelightfantastic6519]

These sound fantastic! Instant purchase. Have been excited about these ad ons and the price is great! Thanks for that! I've been beefing to ask you, what kind of controller are you using these days in your videos? I need a new on!

[@rogue000]

Basses and cellos in unison certainly have their place. Is it appropriate for all situations? Of course not. BUT! When you need it, having them recorded together sounds much better than two separate sets of samples. I don't think there's any doubt about the fact that this library captures the "sound" of the Abbey Road Studio One. No question. But it still is being built out. I too am looking forward to a truly modular library so that I can have legatos for each individual instrument. When that happens, THEN I can hook it up to Dorico/Sibelius and really score it from there and then use these more "orchestrated" versions in the final Cubase project for added realism.

[@kristophermiller6160]

Non 8va legato please

[@ridgero]

Wonderful song

[@nicolaicrabtree1336]

You should consider (if you not already are) something like heigh strings from heaven and also a brass library because this sound is absolutely amazing.

[@duncanthompson957]

Yes! Oh yes!!! 🎩🔥🧩 OMG... a definite yes. ❤️✔️

[@techguy8660]

Legendary. Sections are reminiscent of Jürgen Knieper and his work in "Der Amerikanische Freund."

[@jacobvig0]

Walkthrough of template and key switch settings would be cool.. Looks really... tasty

[@VPXM2012]

From Lawrence of Arabia, to Aliens... you can cover all those classics with these sounds. Great job guys!

[@DexterDexter123]

Do you always have to play these as ensemble? Can you play the instruments/sections individually?

[@Limbiclesion]

I really love this library ...it’s superior to some earlier products in the new to Spitfire entry level product range ...it’s sonically rich and a joy to play . It’s is substantial , expressive and super useful. For the price it really is a bargain and as part of a commercial structure , it possibly represents a brilliant formula for gradiently offering top class instruments to the budding composers or those who compose for fun. Despite some comments by the pundits...who must be deaf..the Air Studio .... air ..is uniquely unique and apparent to my ears.🙏👏👏👏👏🎩🥁🥁🥁🦄🎶🎶

[@rdpatterson2682]

Trying to get SF Abbey Road One to play on more than one track simultaneously in Motu Dp9. Appreciate any tips or insights

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

Those dynamic layers...

[@ridgero]

3 Dynamic Layers, nothing fancy

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

If it is only 3, and not 5 like Foundations, they did a great job programming the crossfades. It's rare to get it so smooth with CC 1 alone.

[@Aimusic64]

Nice 🌙

[@mybiggrin]

Wish you guys did this for Hans Zimmer Strings, but I'll buy it anyway haha.

[@awpMusic1]

sounds amazing

[@dafingaz]

🙌🏾

[@baldwyntin608]

Great, I'll buy it , but no pizz?

[@NakulKrishna]

Why would someone with foundations use the low strings in foundations if they have this? I’m confused because it seems like with legato you’re just making foundations obsolete. Can someone explain the difference between these low strings and the foundations one?

[@quinn9598]

Foundations longs can be played simultaneously, legato is only one voice at a time - there’s some value in that for people that like to record midi in directly I’d say

[@AlexGerlach]

Can i use this for fantasy/epic Soundtracks? Would you recommend this? I mean, its sounds so awesome, and i need some good strings for my tracks.

[@hollowludens5861]

Definitely! Though YOU have to apply the strings properly.

[@AlexGerlach]

@@hollowludens5861 What do you mean with "apply"?

[@hollowludens5861]

@@AlexGerlach I mean that it has to work for what you're going for, whether sad, epic, triumphant, etc.

[@AlexGerlach]

@@hollowludens5861 Thanks man. :D

[@amirmusikproduction7372]

the abbey road one plug-in and all other products from spitfire does it work with Apple M1?

[@RioYugo]

With rosetta yes

[@eugenioc.6901]

hi..sono Italiano e parlo poco l'inglese ,scusatemi. Io ho Epic Strings di Spitfire, e desidero sapere se è diverso da questo Abbey Road One: Legendary low strings o molto simile .grazie

[@Jaymoudio]

you got me......again.....

[@paulmcgloin5966]

Mine wont play 2 notes at once, is this my settings?

[@l.d.williams7880]

the legato patch?

[@paulmcgloin5966]

Yeah the patch

[@l.d.williams7880]

@@paulmcgloin5966 legato is usually only played one note at a time.. the longs are what you’d be able to double

[@paulmcgloin5966]

Thanks i wasn't sure, I'm a bit of a noob lol

[@l.d.williams7880]

@@paulmcgloin5966 aww no worries! I was in your shoes sometime ago as well! 👍🏾

[@MaestroMojo]

This sounds great, but WHY octaves!!? We finally get some legatos but it’s all octaves! If I wanted to write in octaves, I’d write in octaves! This is so frustrating. I want the Abbey Road library to be usable for more than one kind of music because no other library compares to the sound of this room, so you can’t just suggest BBCSO or SSO etc. I hope to god the high strings won’t be the same and we get some normal legatos!

[@CelebratAudio]

it's because they're recorded together IN the room, when you layer the tracks you do have independent control but you won't have that in the room feel that they've created, I doubt if they record highs it will be the same though because high strings are a more soloists in nature

[@MaestroMojo]

Nate Marcus. Playing/layering an octave sounds the same as a “recorded octave” when everything is recorded in the same room. The “room sound” is in each recording. It’s their mistake for recording it that way, because it limits usability.

[@pixelcat_yt]

@@MaestroMojo iirc they're eventually going to do a SSO-like orchestra at Abbey Road

[@MaestroMojo]

mrcat-pixel. I really hope so. With Spitfire’s exclusive access to Abbey Road, it would be an affront if this amazing room and recording engineer was wasted on an Albion style library.

[@fingerhorn4]

​ @Mark Well said. At last, someone who agrees with me. Please see my excoriating comment above (or below). For goodness sake, if you need octaves, you can play them. Imposing octaves on you diminishes the value of any sample set by a factor of ten. Does Spitfire Audio not understand ANYTHING about orchestration? Octaves are the bastion of early and mid classical music. Even then that wasn't always so. After around 1750 (yes, over 250 years ago) composers realised that separating Basses from Cellos afforded a greater degree of sonic possibilities. As you say, and I repeat: YOU DO NOT NEED BAKED-IN OCTAVES, because you can PLAY them when or if you need them.

[@neoaureus]

the video is more about his composition demo than the vst

[@fedeeiconees]

Rimango abbastanza deluso da questo aggiornamento: il legato era una delle cose più importanti che mancano a questa libreria in generale, che senso ha inserirlo soltanto nella sezione celli-bassi quando poi sappiamo tutti che il problema vero e proprio ce l’hai nelle sezioni più acute? Tocca aspettare magical high strings tra due mesi? Ho acquistato la Abbey road mesi fa e la considero tra le migliori librerie in circolazione come suono ma ha alcune mancanze, tra cui il legato: Spitfire cosi non ci siamo 👎🏻

[@MartinHeidenreichMusic]

Uno dei motivi xke ho scelto Albion One. Suono molto simile, bel Legato ed in più Stephenson e Brunel Loops. Abbey Road One completato costerà un occhio secondo me

[@rdru2ner82]

Sound like an updated Albion Iceni 🤷🏾‍♂️, ??

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[@proteus1]

He looks like he's been inprisoned for some time now...:) Is anyone concerned?

[@Jaymoudio]

No you didn't !!!!