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Propellerhead - Abbey Road Keyboards Refill

Manufacturer - PROPELLERHEAD

Price £ 139.00    (£ 118.30 exc. VAT )


PROPELLERHEAD - Propellerhead - Abbey Road Keyboards Refill

Description

The Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill brings the sound of legendary Abbey Road Studios into your Reason rack.

The Abbey Road Keyboards were recorded using the original mics, outboard and vintage mixing desk from Abbey Road's Studio Two, recreating 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.

We've made a point of recording these keyboards in a way that will make them sound just as good in your Reason system as they do in real life. Using original vintage microphones, preamps and outboard gear from Studio Two - together with the expertise provided by the Abbey Road engineers - we have captured these instruments in the way they were back in the day. The result is Abbey Road - its instruments, its technology, its acoustics - in a box.

Steinway Upright - the Mrs. Mills piano

A bright, wonderfully out-of-tune upright piano with lacquered hammers that give it a distinct, tack-piano sound. Its very special tuning, or lack thereof, adds a natural chorus effect to its tone. Purchased by Abbey Road in the 1950s, this piano has been played by many famous hands.

Challen Studio Piano

Studio Two's slightly mellow, warm sounding upright has a dark tone and incredible sustain. Built in the 1930s, this piano looks just as old as it sounds. Which is downright beautiful.

Hammond RT-3

This Hammond RT-3, property of Abbey Road since the 1960s, is similar to the classic Hammond B3 organ, only bigger in size and packing more features. The majority of the featured RT-3 patches were recorded through a king-size Leslie Model 122 speaker, for that true Hammond sound.

Mannborg Harmonium

An entirely acoustic, manually powered reed organ which uses pedal driven air pumps to generate sound. The Harmonium has a soft attack and swelling, drone-like sound.

Schiedmayer Celeste

An orchestral keyboard instrument with a warm, bell-like tone. Although played using mallets, the Celeste is a surprisingly quiet instrument. Recorded properly, however, it can sound amazingly expressive. The Schiedmayer Celeste is one of the oldest instruments in the Abbey Road arsenal.

Mellotron M400

The Mellotron, a tape based version of todays digital sampler, was popular among fearless experimental musicians in the 60s and 70s. Sampled here are the Flute, Cello and String tape banks, as used in Abbey Road's Mellotron in the 1960s.

Premier Tubular Bells

An orchestral percussion instrument made up of hollow metal tubes mounted on a frame. Tuned and laid out like a keyboard instrument, these bells will add a distinctive 60s feel to your tracks.

System Requirements

PC Minimum requirements:
Reason 3.0 or later
Intel Pentium 4/ 1.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP
1 GB RAM
DVD drive
Strongly recommended:
Reason 3.0 or later
Intel Pentium 4/ 2.4 GHz processor or faster
2 GB RAM
fast hard drive
low-latency ASIO compatible sound card
DVD drive

MAC Minimum requirements:
Reason 3.0 or later
G4 1.0 GHz
1 GB RAM
DVD drive

Strongly recommended:

Reason 3.0 or later
G5 or Dual G4/ 1.4 GHz or faster
2 GB RAM
fast hard drive
DVD drive

Release Date: Monday, 19th November 2007