Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra: High Percussion Professional
Orchestral Percussion Virtual Instrument
The Professional Composer Series
A meticulously curated selection of 62 percussive instruments performed by internationally renowned percussionist Joby Burgess and expertly captured in the legendary acoustic space that is Abbey Road Studio One.
Focus on bringing life to your compositions with tailored features - such as soft takeover, voice choking and right/left hand mapping.
Add a layer of unparalleled realism with a variety of beaters and playing styles.
The second instalment of our Abbey Road Orchestra series, crafted for professional composers, producers and sound designers.
Abbey Road Orchestra will bring you every single section of the orchestra in breathtaking detail, captured in the worlds most famous recording studio.
High Fidelity
The new untuned percussion library will expand your percussive palette, with a range of highly tactile instruments - a true to life selection especially curated and performed by internationally-renowned percussionist Joby Burgess (Black Panther, Mission: Impossible) while also providing an immediate natural feel that sounds authentic and cinematic.
High Percussion re-emphasises the nuanced features of Low Percussion, demonstrating their dynamic responsiveness.
Soft takeover, voice choking and two handed mapping all allow for an instinctive and gratifying performance.
Expertly captured by Grammy-winning engineer Simon Rhodes (Skyfall, Avatar), High Percussion offers an agile, responsive and intuitive experience.
Features
- Up to 11 dynamic layers
- Up to 16 round robins
- 391 articulations including discrete right and left hand performances
- A wide selection of materials (hammered steel, maple, CoB) and beaters (nylon brushes, hands, thin timbale sticks) even a 1924 Ludwig snare drum
- Soft Takeover triggers roll dynamics intuitively via key velocity whilst also retaining modwheel functionality
- Two Handed Layout which mirrors mapped keys further up the keyboard to enable flexibility and speed when playing
- Right/Left Mapping recalls left and right hand performances on adjacent keys for playing and programming true-to-life rudiments
- Voice Choking precisely controls the end of roll techniques when pressing the corresponding hit keys
- 62 percussive instruments, from orchestral drumming staples to contemporary hybrid scoring essentials
- Multiple beater options
- Captured in stunning detail with 16 signal options per instrument
Studio One: Icon of the Past, Innovator for the Future
Host to celebrated classical recordings from Elgar and Prokofiev, as well as iconic film scores from The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, and the more recent releases of Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther, Studio One needs no introduction.
Home to one of the greatest in-house collections of vintage and modern microphones, a control room fitted with a 72-channel Neve 88 RS console and a unique and comprehensive surround monitor section, Studio One is the perfect setting for our meticulously planned recording sessions.
Spitfire's aim is to work with the best to deliver you the world's most detailed sampling orchestra, and Abbey Road - one of the most in-demand recording studios in the film scoring landscape - was the perfect space to make this happen.
System Requirements
- MacOS 10.15 Catalina and above
- Officially supported up to MacOS 14 Sonoma
- Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
- Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
- 8GB RAM or more (16GB or more recommended)
- 98GB free storage space
- Includes 2 activations per license
Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, VST2, and VST3
User Manual
