Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates

From the geniuses at Waves and Abbey Road comes the ultimate it plate reverb.

What it is:
Beautiful plate reverberation modeled on the four iconic Abbey Road reverb plates - used on countless recordings by such acts as The Beatles and Radiohead.

How we use it: 
Place Abbey Roads Reverb Plates on a return track to blend in lush reverb to tightly knit harmonies for an angelic, otherworldly feel.

Why it's cool: 
To house a whole plate reverb is near impossible for most - to house four is almost unheard of to the bedroom musician and most studio-based musicians. Waves brings you the pinnacle of plate reverbs - at a fraction of the size - without sacrificing tone. State-of-the-art modeling of the four legendary reverb plates housed at Abbey Road Studios and used on recordings by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Radiohead.

Introduced in the 1950s, plate reverbs have been a fixture of recorded music ever since. 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. These beautiful-sounding plates, with a variable reverb time of up to six seconds, were then tweaked to perfection 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 Plates A, B and C. Plate D was 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.

These 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 meticulous models of these stunning and unique-sounding units, individually modeling the harmonic distortion of both the drive and output amps as well as the individual plate/damper behaviors.

• Precise modeling of four legendary Abbey Road reverb plates, each with its unique 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

Compatibility
Running Abbey Road Reverb Plates on a Mac OS: 

CPU

• Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon
  

Memory

• 4 GB RAM
  
• 4 GB free disk space
  

Operating System

• 10.9.5 - 10.12.1
  
• 10.8.5 for ProTools 10 only
  

Screen Resolution

• Minimum: 1024x768
  
• Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
  
• USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
  

Supported Hosts - Mac:

• Pro Tools 11.3.2 - 12.6 (AAX Native 64-bit, Audiosuite)
• Pro Tools 10.3.10 (RTAS, Audiosuite)
  
• Logic Pro X 10.2 - 10.2.4 (Audio Units)
• Digital Performer 9.0 - 9.1.2 (Audio Units)
• Ableton Live 9.2.2 - 9.7 (VST)
• Nuendo 7.0.20 - 7.1 (VST3)
• Cubase 8.0.30 - 8.5 (VST3)
• WaveLab 9.0.10 - 9.0.15 (VST3)
• Main Stage 3.2 - 3.2.3 (Audio Units)
• Garage Band 10.1.0 - 10.1.3 (Audio Units)
• Audition CC2015, CC2017 (VST3)
• Adobe Premiere CC2015, CC2017 (VST3)
• Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2 - 10.2.3 (Audio Units)
• Studio One 3.1 - 3.3.1 (VST3)
• Media Composer 8.6.3 - 8.6.4 (AAX Native)
• Sound Forge Pro 2.5 (Audio Units)
• REAPER 5.18 - 5.22 (VST3)

Running Abbey Road Reverb Plates on a Windows OS:

CPU

• Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon / AMD Quad-Core
  

Memory

• 4 GB RAM
  
• 4 GB free disk space
  

Operating System

• Windows 7 with SP1 64 bit
  
• Windows 8.1 64 bit
  
• Windows 10 64 bit
  

Screen Resolution

• Minimum: 1024x768
  
• Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
  

Supported Hosts - Windows: 

• Pro Tools 11.3.2 - 12.6 (AAX Native 64-bit, Audiosuite)
• Pro Tools 10.3.8 - 10.3.10 (RTAS, Audiosuite)
• Ableton Live 9.1.6 - 9.7 (VST)
• Nuendo 6.5.35 - 7.1 (VST3)
• Cubase 7.5.30 - 8.5 (VST3)
• WaveLab 8.5, 9.0.10 - 9.0.15 (VST3)
• Sonar X3e (VST3), Platinum (VST3)
• Sound Forge 10.0e, 11 (VST)
• Vegas Pro 12 - 14 (VST)
• Acid 7.0e (VST)
• Audition CC2014, CC2015, CC2017 (VST3)
• Adobe Premiere CC2014, CC2015, CC2017 (VST3)
• Samplitude Pro X (VST), Pro X2 (VST), Pro X3 (VST)
• Sequoia 12 - 13 (VST)
• Pyramix 9.0.7 - 9.1.6 (VST)
• Studio One 3.1 - 3.3.1 (VST3)
• Media Composer 7.0.4 (RTAS), 8.6.3 - 8.6.4 (AAX Native)
• FL Studio 12.1.3 - 12.4 (VST3)
• REAPER 5.18 - 5.22 (VST3)

Installation Instructions

1. Create an account: https://www.waves.com/create-account (if you have an account, skip this step)
2. Register the serial number we emailed: https://www.waves.com/account/register
3. Download and install Waves Central for Mac | Windows.
    - If you already have Waves Central installed, skip to step 4.
4. Launch Waves Central.
      - Windows: via the desktop shortcut or Start Menu > All Programs > Waves.
      - Mac: Applications > Waves Central.
5. Log into Waves Central using your Waves account information.
6. Click on Easy Install & Activate.
7. Select the products you wish to install & activate on this computer.
8. Click on the Install & Activate button.