Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill lets Reason 3.0 users tap into the classic
instruments of England's famed Abbey Road Studios. Included in this
collection are seven different instruments that have been meticulously
sampled in Abbey Road's Studio Two using the same mics and equipment
that were used on countless legendary sessions (The Beatles, Pink
Floyd, and Stevie Wonder just to name a few). The Abbey Road Keyboards
ReFill adds these instruments to your Reason arsenal along with the
wonderful ambience of the very room where the most influential albums
of all time were tracked. Abbey Road in a box, that's the Abbey Road
Keyboards ReFill.
Seven Classic Instruments
The instruments included in the Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill are a
classic assortment of instruments that reside at Abbey Road. There's a
Steinway Upright lovingly dubbed the "Mrs. Mills Piano" with lacquered
hammers for a tack piano-esque sound. The Challen Studio Piano offers a
uniquely long sustain. The Hammond RT-3 complete with a Leslie Model
122 provides legendary Hammond tone, while the Mannborg Harmonium is a
reed organ with a split keyboard. The Mellotron MKII evokes the sounds
of "Strawberry Fields Forever." Rounding up the instruments in Abbey
Road Keyboards are a pair of bell-like instruments, the Schiedmayer
Celeste with quiet yet psychedelic-tinged tones, and Tubular Bells,
like the ones heard in the Beatle's "When I'm 64."
Original Equipment
The Abbey Road Keyboards were recorded using the original mics,
outboard and vintage mixing desk from Abbey Road's Studio Two,
re-creating not only the sound of the instruments themselves, but the
very signal paths, technology, and recording techniques that is the
Abbey Road sound. Each instrument was captured using multiple
microphones placed at different locations in Studio Two's beautiful
sounding recording space, allowing for full ambience control in Reason.
40-page full color booklet
Enclosed in the Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill box is "Guide to Abbey Road
Keyboards", a 40-page booklet by author by Mark Vail. Jam-packed with
full color pictures and descriptive session diagrams, this book gives
you in-depth info on the featured instruments and the Abbey Road
technology used to record them.
Features:
- Steinway Upright - the Mrs. Mills Piano
- Challen Studio Piano
- Hammond RT-3
- Mannborg Harmonium
- Schiedmayer Celeste
- Mellotron MKII
- Tubular Bells
- Preset Combinator patches for various mic blends.
- Style patches
- Template patches
- Empty, pre-wired user patches.
- 40-page full color booklet
- Mac/Windows
