Spitfire Audio Albion Tundra - Download

Capturing a characteristically Scandinavian sound, Spitfire sampled a 100-piece orchestra playing never-before-sampled techniques, at the very edge of silence. Alongside the huge range of orchestral content are bellows, percussion and a characterful warped synth section - everything you need to take it down a degree or two.

Creating something extraordinary often involves taking a leap into the unknown. Spitfire knew they wanted the strings to have a 'frozen' sheen to them, and to achieve this, needed to scoop some of the lower mids out of the frequency map. To do this, they made the bold decision to exclude violas from the orchestra, replacing them with rich celli and basses - 12 Celli and & 6 Basses sat in the middle of the room, with two massively enhanced violin sections of 20 and 18 players sat in antiphon (opposite sides of the room). We give you a huge selection of articulations ranging from classics such as the ever popular flautando, but with mutes added, and sections playing poly-divisi, so that even with a band of this size, every player can be heard.

They also explored unorthodox approaches - from requesting that players attend the session with practise bows with no rosin on the hair for minimum traction, to bowing the strings with the back of the bow. Resident AIR Studios engineer Jake Jackson's real challenge, with the roof fully elevated so that the signal contains as much early reflection as possible, was trying to get the musicians louder than the ambient room tone. The strings were recorded in two sections, high and low, with matching articulations where possible. Highlights alongside these cascading longs articulations are flautando legatos, brushed shorts, and some extraordinary loose pizzicatos.

Specifications

Mac system requirements
Mac OS 11, 12 or 13
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.

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.

File size
27860 samples
56.8 GB uncompressed .WAV
44.4 GB download size
88.80 GB disk space required during install