Waves Audio has announced the Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates plugin.

Used most prominently in the ‘60s and ‘70s by pioneering bands (including the Beatles and Pink Floyd), Abbey Road Studios’ original reverb plates — four EMT 140 units — were first installed in 1957 to complement the fixed reverberation times of the studios’ echo chambers. These beautiful-sounding plates, with a variable reverb time of up to six seconds, were then tweaked by Abbey Road's technical engineers. To keep noise to a minimum, EMI's Central Research Laboratories designed unique hybrid solid-state drive amps for units A, B and C. Plate D remained fully valve-powered on both drive and output stages, allowing a versatile array of sonic characteristics, from warm and dark to lush and smooth.

In each of these original plates, the stereo reverb effect is created by suspending a large sheet of metal with tensioned springs attached to each corner. A transducer injects the metal sheet with audio energy, which is picked up by two contact mics fixed to the surface of the plate. The reverb time can then be adjusted by using an internal damper, and all of this is contained within a large wooden unit.

The original, historic Abbey Road plates have been used on countless seminal pop, rock, classical and film recordings over the years, and continue to be used in all kinds of audio production to this day. Waves has now created models of these unique-sounding units, individually modeling the harmonic distortion of both the drive and output amps, as well as the individual plate/damper behaviors.

Features include:

• Precise modeling of four original Abbey Road plates (EMT 140), each with its unique sonic character
• A drive control to set the THD characteristics of the in/out amplifiers and the plate sheet itself
• Ability to control the amount of analog noise and hum
• Four original bass cut positions

Crosstalk between the stereo inputs to get a stereo leak effect*

More INFO as it becomes available

 

Last edited: Jan 22, 2016

Anything over 1 slider is a waste of space.

Damn the graphics look cool... But can you hear them graphics?

 

4 sliders, 7 knobs, 1 switch, 2 buttons: damn, too much controls for my knob-centric mind

 

One word: Valhalla Plate

 

been waiting for 140 emu. know there's UAD version and Nebula stuff, but none the option for me. can't wait to put it on these drums http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Royotoms&id=2391 I helped develop. stock freebie 140 impulses are not HQ, so I expect better results with Waves. thanks for the good news.

 

Added a video...

 

Anybody who knows anything about Abbey Road Studios knows the reverb magic all came from its WWII bomb shelter. Those plates weren't even introduced until the summer of 69'.

 

So that's what Bryan Adams is singing about in his "Summer of 69" song!

btw. Valhalla Plate is supposed to emulate EMT 140 plate reverb: https://valhalladsp.com/2015/11/07/introducing-valhallaplate/

 

emt 140 is all over DSOTM. I've heard Parsons saying he used one reverb for everything.

 

Kewl. Conservative audio engineer.This happens when getin old? then i choose Kjaerhus.

Classic Reverb​

 

Hush! When you produce the album that rocks Billboard chart for 741 consecutive weeks, then you get to say a word about Parsons.

 

Released!

 

Maaaaan this plate Reverb sound amaaaazing. And honestly I think i'm gonna pull the trigger and buy it because the chances of us seeing this any time soon might be very very long. Not saying never but it's gonna be looooooong before we see the latest Wave up here at Audioz.
Nice video demonstration

 

I haven't heard any news on if R2R or or any other Team can defeat the Waves Central Crap or we will never see waves again for Mac or PC

 

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