TURNTABLE LAB

the lab review

Recorded on location using Abbey Road's actual recording rooms, original mics and vintage equipment, the Abbey Road Keyboard refill brings the sounds of the legendary studio into your Reason rack. Quite possibly the most stunning refill collection to date, this amazing collection gives you access to seven time-honored Abbey Road instruments (the actual keyboards heard on all the Abbey Road recordings). Since the keyboards were all recorded using all the original, vintage equipment with multiple microphones in several locations - you are not only recreating the sound of the instruments themselves, but the actual signal paths, technology and recording techniques that gave Abbey Road their immortal sound.

The instruments included are the Steinway Upright - the Mrs. Mills Piano, Challen Studio Piano, Hammond RT-3, Mannborg Harmonium, Schiedmayer Celeste, Mellotron M400, and Tubular Bells (tuned and laid out like a keyboard instrument). Each instrument utilizes Propellerhead's hypersampling (for multi-dimensional instrument reproduction) and features mulitple velocity levels, multiple microphones, and multiple variation sampling. This refill also includes preset combinator patches for various mic blends, style patches, and empty, pre-wired template patches. This incredible refill is the closest thing to getting Abbey Road in a box. Reason 3.0 required. Mac/Win compatible.


- classic Abbey Road instruments hypersampled with the original mics and vintage equipment

- includes the Steinway Upright piano, Challen Studio piano, Hammond RT-3, Mannborg Harmonium, Schiedmayer Celeste, Mellotron M400, and Tubular Bells

reviewed by snackmaster 06/26/2007

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