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Reverb

Abbey Road Plates

Waves

Where to get itAvailable from Waveswaves.com

Abbey Road Reverb Plates faithfully models the four legendary EMT plate reverbs (A, B, C, D) housed at Abbey Road Studios since 1957, offering authentic vintage plate reverb character with independent control over decay time, damper positions, and harmonic coloration. This plugin captures the smooth, refined sound that defined recordings from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to modern artists, with each plate possessing its own distinctive sonic characteristics.

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Key Features

01Four modeled plates (A, B, C, D) with unique sonic characteristics based on original spring, amplifier, and plate configurations
0211 damper positions providing adjustable reverb decay times from 1 to 5.4 seconds
03Bass Cut circuit with four high-pass filter modes (10 Hz to 1000 Hz) to eliminate rumble
04Drive control modeling THD behavior of original driver amplifiers and plate saturation
05Analog control adding authentic hum and noise characteristics of vintage hardware
06Treble high-shelf filter (4000 Hz) for brightness and air adjustment
07PreDelay control (0-500 ms) for separation between dry and wet signals
08Three component configurations (Mono, Mono to Stereo, Stereo) with Crosstalk control for stereo manipulation

Things to Try

  • 01Compare the four plates on the same source material to find the unique sonic signature that best fits your mix (each plate sounds distinctly different)
  • 02Set PreDelay to 15 ms for instruments and 40 ms for vocals to create separation between dry signal and reverb ambience
  • 03Use Bass Cut modes 1-3 to eliminate low-frequency rumble and mud without affecting the reverb character above 1 kHz
  • 04Experiment with Drive values (0-100) to add warmth and subtle saturation mimicking the original plate amplifier nonlinearity
  • 05Combine Treble boost (+5 to +15 dB) with Analog hum/noise at 100 for maximum vintage character, or reduce Treble (-5 to -10 dB) for darker, more contained reverb spaces
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