Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor

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Video of Introducing the Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Plugin Give your music the sound of silky-smooth Abbey Road RS124 compression - the legendary velvety tones heard on ever y Beatles recording made at Abbey Road. With two distinct flavors to choose from, this classic tube model is the only software emulation of the ultra-rare RS124s, approved by Abbey Road Studios. Few pieces of gear define music history as the RS124 does. The custom-built RS124 compressors were the secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers during the -60s - favored by Geoff Emerick for punchy bass sounds; by Ken Scott for lush guitar treatment; by Norman Smith for lightly gluing the entire rhythm bus. RS124 was also a popular choice for mastering in Abbey Road-s cutting rooms. The RS124 sound is especially famous for the thick, creamy bass tones it produced on Beatles classics such as -Rain- and -Come Together.- Abbey Road engineers would typically push the input of the RS124 deep into 15-20 dB of gain reduction, producing wonderfully lush results on numerous sources. Today, Grammy®-winning pop/R&B and hip hop engineer Tony Maserati consistently applies RS124 tones to his vocal tracks, including those of Beyonc© and Alicia Keys, to supplement their stunning voice qualities. The RS124 was actually an extensive in-house modification of the American Altec 436B compressor. It is believed only 25 units were ever created, and each serial number was hand-built by Abbey Road/EMI technical legends Bill Livy, Len Page and Mike Bachelor. Naturally, no RS124 unit sounded exactly the same. Each had different sonic qualities and attack/release times, due to constant tinkering of the components used. As a result, some units were more suited for tracking, others for bus compression and disc cutting/mastering duties. Accordingly, the Waves Abbey Road plugin features two distinct RS124 flavors, modeled from the original hardware: Studio models RS124 serial no. 60070B - a favorite unit used for tracking at Abbey Road from the late -50s into the -60s, due its faster attack and release times. This is the more aggressive sound of the RS124, which creates a beautiful -squashed- sound on transients. Cutter is a modification with slower attack and release times. The slower RS124s were favored for studio reduction mixes and in Abbey Road-s cutting rooms during the -60s. The more relaxed attack made these units suitable and more forgiving for bus compression and mastering purposes. The RS124 is a feedback compressor with a variable recovery. Want it to become more aggressive? The included -Super Fuse- mode matches release time to attack time, creating a brutal compression character that sounds like it-s -fighting against itself.- Try this on your drum bus for complete room destruction. The legendary RS124 left a huge sonic fingerprint on the Abbey Road -60s sound. Since its rediscovery in the early 2000s, this important, rare and unique compressor in still being used at Abbey Road Studios today. Now, its one-of-a-kind sound is yours. Precise modeling of Abbey Road-s ultra-rare RS124 tube compressor Silky-smooth tones for vocals, bass, drums, bus compression & mastering Developed with Abbey Road Studios Heard on every Beatles recording made at Abbey Road The go-to creamy compression tone for classic recordings: From Paul McCartney-s bass to Beyonc©-s vocals Two distinctive RS124 tube flavors included: -Studio- and -Cutter- Super-Fuse mode added for more aggressive results SC-HP, Mix knob and MS options included Show more