What is BBC Radiophonic Workshop?
Dive into an immaculately sampled collection of vintage synthesisers, tape loops, iconic archives and brand new performances from Workshop members. Revitalised with Spitfire’s SOLAR engine, this library passes the torch from the most forward-thinking minds of early electronic music on to the next generation of producers.
This includes:
- Archive Content
- Decades of music and sound effects from the workshop, collated by Mark Ayres and chopped, warped and recombined by Spitfire Audio.
- Maida Vale & Found Sounds
- Exploring and sampling the building in the spirit of the Workshop.
- Junk Percussion
- A variety of bizarre percussion provided by drummer Kieron Pepper
- Lampshades, as inspired by Delia Derbyshire
- Tape Loops
- Long performances of textures, tonal or atonal, made by synths, found sounds, guitars and more
- Synths
- VCS3, Roland Sys100, EMS Vocoder, Arp Odyssey
- Misc: Tuned Percussion, Skeleton Guitar and Warps.
Why can't I see a 'BBC Radiophonic Workshop' plugin in my DAW?
This library is housed in our Solar plugin, so instead of seeing a 'BBC Radiophonic Workshop' plugin, you will need to select the 'Solar' plugin in your plugin list.
Owners of Mercury and/or Jupiter by Trevor Horn will need to ensure you install BBC Radiophonic Workshop to the same location as your Mercury and/or Jupiter folder, as they will share a plugin. Please see the following article for more information:
How To Install Solar Libraries
Is there any shared content with Solar - Mercury or Solar - Jupiter by Trevor Horn within this product?
No, this library does not share any sounds and contains all new content from BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Spitfire Audio.
What are the System Requirements for this product?
MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS 11 to OS 14
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM.
Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB RAM.
Apple Silicon computers are supported and 64 bit DAW required.
(32 bit DAWs not supported)
PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 10 and Windows 11 (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel Core 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel 2.8GHzi7 (six-core) or AMD R7 2700, 16GB RAM - 64-bit DAW required
(32-bit DAWs not supported).
How does your Dedicated Plugin work?
Is this product available with an Educational Discount?
Yes, this library will be available with an educational discount. Request your educational discount here. The Educational Discount will apply to the full MSRP of the library, not the introductory offer, so any codes received during the promotional period will only “top up” the discount to 30%.
Can I use this library on more than one computer?
Yes, our license allows for up to two installations at a time for a single user.
How do I move this library to another computer?
You can find a handy guide on how to install on your second system here.