Spitfire Audio Releases New Orchestral Percussion Library Abbey Road Orchestra: High Percussion
Spitfire Audio has released High Percussion, a new percussion library from the Abbey Road Orchestra series. As the second product in the series, with up to 11 dynamic layers, 16 looping mechanisms and 391 articulations, even including rigorous left and right hand performance, it is specially designed for professional composers, producers and sound designers developing.
The Abbey Road Orchestra: High Percussion library is a collection of 62 percussion instruments carefully selected by internationally renowned percussionist Joby Burgess and professionally recorded in the legendary acoustic space of Abbey Road Studio One. Covers the essentials from traditional orchestral main drum instruments to modern hybrid soundtracks. For ultimate playability, each patch offers a two-handed keyboard layout with independent mapping and dampening for left and right hand strikes, which facilitates the most natural articulation. With a range of different textures, types of percussion tools, and 16 microphone signals to choose from, it offers a lot of performance variation.
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Features
- Up to 11 dynamic layers and 16 looping mechanisms
- 391 pronunciations, including right and left hand playing
- Various materials (hammered steel, maple, CoB) and percussion tools (nylon brushes, hands, thin sticks), even a 1924 Ludwig snare drum
- Softpick function intuitively triggers roll dynamics via key velocity, while retaining the functionality of the mod wheel
- Two-handed layout mirrors mapped keys further onto the keyboard for flexibility and speed while playing
- Right/Left mapping invokes left and right hand performances on adjacent keys for realistic fundamentals in playing and programming
- Pauses precisely control the roll rest technique when the corresponding keystroke is pressed
- 62 percussion instruments, from orchestral lead drums to essentials for contemporary mixes
- Various tapping options
- Record in stunning detail with 16 recording signal options per instrument
- 98.05GB download capacity
Abbey Road Orchestra: High Percussion is suitable for Windows / Mac (compatible with Apple silicon) systems, and supports VST2/VST3/AU/AAX plug-in formats. Launch special: $349 (regular price: $449), offer ends March 27, 2023. Additionally, Abbey Road Orchestra: Low Percussion is currently on sale for $349 (regular price: $449).
