Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings
Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings - a landmark, one-off sample library consisting of a signature string sound never before available.
The most famous string sound in the world
Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings represents something truly unique - a landmark, one-off sample library consisting of a signature string sound never before available. Captured at Abbey Road’s Studio Two, the most famous recording venue in the world.
Five of the world’s best players, recorded by GRAMMY-winning engineer Sam Okell using a mouth-watering array of beautiful microphones and recording equipment from the studio's impressive collection. This is your chance to compose using the illustrious and historic Abbey Road signal path. Stunning mixes give you broadcast-level performances with groundbreaking, instant playability plus creativity and control.
This edition of Iconic Strings covers essential playing techniques, two professionally mixed signals created with the studio’s coveted signal path and some of our most expressive legatos to date.
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String quintet
1 modern mix / 1 vintage mix
Dedicated plugin
Listen to Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings
The sought-after signal path
Groundbreaking playability and versatility
Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings Professional
The Professional edition offers the most control and customisation, featuring 12 signals including 2 modern mixes, 2 vintage mixes, and 8 microphone positions, as well as some of our most expressive legatos to date.
A really beautiful sound, and incredibly fun to play.
What's included
Ensemble
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Pizzicato
Violin 1
- Performance Legato
- Live Patch
- Legato (Slurred)
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Long Harmonics
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Tremolo (Measured 150 BPM)
- Tremolo (Measured 180 BPM)
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Brushed
- Pizzicato
Violin 2
- Performance Legato
- Live Patch
- Legato (Slurred)
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Long Harmonics
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Tremolo (Measured 150 BPM)
- Tremolo (Measured 180 BPM)
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Brushed
- Pizzicato
Viola
- Performance Legato
- Live Patch
- Legato (Slurred)
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Long Harmonics
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Tremolo (Measured 150 BPM)
- Tremolo (Measured 180 BPM)
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Brushed
- Pizzicato
Cello
- Performance Legato
- Live Patch
- Legato (Slurred)
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Long Harmonics
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Tremolo (Measured 150 BPM)
- Tremolo (Measured 180 BPM)
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Brushed
- Pizzicato
Double bass
- Performance Legato
- Live Patch
- Legato (Slurred)
- Long
- Long Sul Pont
- Long Sul Tasto
- Long Harmonics
- Trill (Maj 2nd)
- Trill (Min 2nd)
- Tremolo
- Tremolo (Measured 150 BPM)
- Tremolo (Measured 180 BPM)
- Long Flautando
- Spiccatissimo
- Spiccato
- Staccato
- Marcato
- Brushed
- Pizzicato
Signals
- Mix 1 - A tight mix of the Close Condensers and LCR 1. Perfect for songwriting and general purpose.
- Vintage Mix 1 - A vintage mix using Abbey Road’s vintage REDD desk, parallel compression from the RS124, all passed through the J37 tape machine.
FAQs
How does your dedicated plugin work?
Our dedicated plugin libraries work as standalone instruments in your DAW, meaning that no serial number is provided and the authorisation process happens during your download. We provide an AU, VST2, VST3 and an AAX, so as long as your chosen DAW supports one of those plugin formats, you’re good to go.
Does this product contain content from other existing products?
No.
What is the difference between Core & Pro?
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 14
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
32-bit systems are not supported.
To use the multi-voice arranger — Minimum: Intel Core i7 (or Xeon from mid 2015 models or newer) *Older CPUs will require to increase the DAW buffer sizes or limit voices
PC system requirements
Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.
To use the multi-voice arranger — Minimum: Intel Core i7 7th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X *Older CPUs will require to increase the DAW buffer sizes, or limit voices
File size
46.0 GB download size
Too large to download? Choose hard drive delivery at checkout
46.00 GB disk space required during install
Changelogs
v1.1.0 (December 2023)
- This update brings significant improvements to the CPU handling of large voice counts. Further, loads times are improved via use of ECO Load and significant files with sample mappings.
Changes and Fixes:
- Introduces Eco Load - Technique based purging that can be found in the plugin settings.
- Improved CPU performance.
- Improved Signal Mixer Workflows with Mute / Solo functions.
- Measured tremolos changing pitch when increasing/decreasing bpm
- Reverb settings are now retained when recalling a saved session
- Multi outputs were only displayed temporarily when clicked, now multi out plugins show outputs below signals correctly
- Other general improvements.
V1.1.1 (January 2024)
- Reverses VST3 compatibly mode - This will restore legacy sessions that were broken when recalled in VST3 hosts/DAWs that did not support compatibility mode.