Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates Review

I can t praise them enough.

Waves abbey road reverb plates review.

The waves abbey road plate reverbs are the best sounding reverbs i have ever heard coming thru my monitors. Both have their place in the sessions i do but that s generally how i view them being used. They fit easily in to any mix and mastering session you use them on. It is very easy to use and not crazy cpu eater.

Waves abbey road reverb plates review waves latest offering abbey road reverb plates focuses on a true classic of vintage reverb. Used most prominently in the 60s and 70s by pioneering bands including the beatles and pink floyd abbey road studios original reverb plates were first installed in 1957 to complement the fixed reverberation times of the studios echo chambers. Fig 1 the waves abbey road reverb plates plug in plate reverbs were at one time the state of the art when it came to generating reverb in the studio and though they ve since been eclipsed by the flexibility of digital reverbs their unique sound is still sought after for all kinds of music. Just thinking about them makes me want to write some more music to use them on.

In this review showcase we will be checking out the uad emt 140 based on the emt 140 plate reverb from 1957 and the waves abbey road plates seven different plates in all. Because of the physics of the materials used in a plate the effect on the reverb is very smooth and bright which is not as natural as a chamber. I ve bought abbey road plates recently and i love the sound and the character. Abbey road reverb plates applications the bright and fast onset and relatively quick decay into a bassier sound makes the abbey road plates a good choice for acoustic guitar hand percussion piano and percussive synthesizer sounds anything where you want to accentuate the note attack.

Abbey road plate great at adding the effect of reverb on the sound to add some depth to a recording. When active vibrations can be seen emanating from the driver and moving over the plate but clicking it converts these to a waveform display. Both of these are recreations of faithful old school plate units that became a fundamental sound on so many classic records. However the cynic could think that using a prestigious brand could be nothing more than a marketing shortcut to selling an otherwise average product.

In our latest review mark cousins enjoys a helping of diffuse warm reverb handed to him on a plate.