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IA Fix ยท Top-level taxonomy
One catalog, clear facets
The current nav splits the catalog across "Instruments" and "Orchestras," which are not mutually exclusive (an orchestra is instruments; Albion lives in both). The fix folds the catalog into a single browse spine and adds a Format facet so "complete orchestras" is one filter among many, not a parallel silo a visitor has to guess at.
Before
Two overlapping top categories, three parallel taxonomies, and a junk-drawer "More."
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InstrumentsOrchestrasMore
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Instruments fly-out
Types
Foundational sounds for modern creators.
- Basses
- Brass
- Choir & Vocals
- Drums
- Effects
- Experimental
- Folk & World
- Guitars
- Percussion
- Piano & Keys
- Strings also fills every Orchestra
- Synths
- Woodwinds
See all instruments →
Genres
Instruments to fit your direction.
- Cinematic
- Classical
- Country
- Dance
- Electronic
- Funk
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
- Pop
- Rock
Collaborators
Instruments from world-class creators.
- Abbey Road Studios
- Eric Whitacre
- Hans Zimmer
- Hauschka
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- London Contemporary Orchestra
- Ólafur Arnalds
See all collaborators →
Featured
Promoted picks.
- Mervyn Warren Choir
- Hearth and Hollow
Orchestras fly-out
Symphonic
Full orchestras for rich expression.
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Spitfire Symphony Orchestra
- Albion ONE also a flagship range
See all Symphonic →
Intimate
Close-mic smaller ensembles.
- Chamber Strings strings, again
- Studio Orchestra
See all Intimate →
Modular
Assemble the orchestra you need.
- Abbey Road Orchestra
- Originals Orchestra
See all Modular →
Free
Entry point to orchestral scoring.
- BBCSO Discover
- SSO Discover
no "See all Free" (inconsistent)
More fly-out
Flat junk drawer
No grouping, no section descriptions; four different concerns in one list.
- Spitfire Audio App utility
- LABS+ free product
- Education discount pricing
- Composer Magazine content
- Spitfire Academy content
- ThinkSpace Course content / partner
- Editorial content
Overlap
"Instruments" vs "Orchestras" are not disjoint. Albion ONE sits under Orchestras; Strings is an Instruments type. Users guess where a library lives.
Parallel taxonomies
Instruments stacks Types + Genres + Collaborators (~30 links) with no rule for which to use.
Junk drawer
"More" mixes App, LABS+, Education discount, and four content properties, flat and undescribed.
After
One catalog ("Instruments"), a new Format facet that absorbs Orchestras, and a real "Learn" menu.
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InstrumentsLearn
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Format new
What shape of library you need.
- Complete orchestras
- Sections & solo instruments
- Expansions & extras
- Free to start (Discover, LABS)
See all instruments →
Genre
Instruments to fit your direction.
- Cinematic
- Classical
- Electronic
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
- Pop
- Rock
See all genres →
Collaborator
From world-class creators.
- Hans Zimmer
- Abbey Road
- Ólafur Arnalds
- Eric Whitacre
- Hauschka
See all collaborators →
Range
Browse a family by name.
- Albion
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Symphony Orchestra
- Originals
- Abbey Road One
See all ranges →
RuleA library appears in exactly one Format. "Complete orchestras" is the new home for what used to be the Orchestras silo (BBCSO, Symphony Orchestra, Abbey Road, Originals Orchestra, Albion ONE). The Orchestras landing page still exists and is reachable from Format and promoted on the homepage, so its marketing and SEO value is kept without a parallel top-level category.
Learn (replaces "More")
The content and education ecosystem, grouped and described like every other menu.
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Learn & get inspired
Free education and editorial.
- Spitfire Academy free
- Composer Magazine
- Editorial
- ThinkSpace Course (partner)
Relocated out of "More"
Filed where users expect them.
- Education discount → pricing / account
- LABS+ & Discover → catalog (Free to start)
- Spitfire Audio App → footer / account
How it resolves the overlap
- One place to look. The catalog has a single front door; Format answers "complete orchestra or single instrument?" as a filter, so there is nothing to guess.
- No double-filing. Each library has exactly one Format, so Albion ONE stops appearing in two top-level menus.
- Facets are peers, not silos. Genre, Collaborator, and Range cross-cut the same catalog instead of competing with a parallel Orchestras tree.
- Marketing kept. Orchestras survives as a collection landing and homepage promo, not as a confusing nav sibling.
- Content rescued. The "Learn" menu lifts Academy, Composer Magazine, Editorial, and ThinkSpace out of the junk drawer and gives them the section descriptions the other menus already have.