Spitfire Audio has announced a new era in string sample library technology with its upcoming Abbey Road Orchestra: 1st Violins.

Created using entirely new recording and development techniques from R&D sessions at Abbey Road, Abbey Road Orchestra: 1st Violins offers extensive functionality, while retaining the beauty and brilliance of orchestral strings in the unique acoustic of Abbey Road Studio One.

This is a truly dynamic instrument – reacting in real time, so that every time you play, your next movement is triggered. This library takes playability and responsiveness to new heights for composers.

Abbey Road Orchestra: 1st Violins features

  • 16 Violins with unrivalled expression, realism, and playability.
  • Deploying technologically-advanced legatos, including Dynamic Legato Interval Triggering.
  • Created using entirely new recording and development techniques.
  • Unmatched access to Abbey Road, the world’s most famous recording studio and its unique sound and equipment.
  • Available in two tiers, Core and Professional.

Running in the dedicated Spitfire App (VST/VST3, AU and AAX), Core and Professional tiers of the 1st Violins library are available to pre-order at a 20% discount until September 28th, 2023. All Abbey Road Orchestra and Orchestral Foundations product owners can crossgrade at a discount until October 12th, 2023.

More information: Spitfire Audio