Abbey road vinyl is the long awaited tool for diverse audio users.
Waves abbey road vinyl review.
It should be a useful and characterful addition to more transparent mastering suites for anyone who has a taste for the classic sounds of the vinyl era.
But is there still a role for a mixer that was declared obsolete 40 years ago.
From mixing engineers craving a distinct smooth sound to electronic and hip hop artists who cherish that needle touch to sound designers reaching for authentic vinyl qualities and producers seeking a true to vinyl dimension on their tracks.
Waves latest plug in takes us into the bowels of the world s most famous studio.
Waves latest analogue emulation has unrivalled pedigree.
Abbey road vinyl is another welcome addition to the family both as a simulation of the character of analog vinyl mastering and as a learning tool for those new to the world of lathes and grooves.
Those points aside however abbey road studio 3 delivers a tight neutral monitoring space is very slick and reliable and provides a practical and effective spatialising solution for anyone mixing on headphones.
Abbey road vinyl is the long awaited tool for diverse audio users.
Great for mixing on headphones.
From mixing engineers craving a distinct smooth sound to electronic and hip hop artists who cherish that needle touch to sound designers reaching for authentic vinyl qualities and producers seeking a true to vinyl dimension on their tracks.
Some 80 years after its opening emi s abbey road studios remains one of the world s leading recording facilities.
There are also options to add vinyl noise and crackle a slow down stop turntable effect and wow and flutter effects.
Russ takes a look and listen to the new abbey road vinyl plugin from waves.
Abbey road vinyl lets you move the location of the tone arm across the record which will change the frequency response and distortion as it would in the real world.
While not everybody gets to record at london s most famous studio waves have made it possible to add some genuine abbey road flavour to your recordings with plug ins that model the studio s reverb plates tape machines and vinyl cutting systems.