Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates Manual

Waves audio software Abbey Road Reverb Plates

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WAVES
Abbey Road Reverb Plates
USER GUIDE
Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates
User Guide
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction ................................................................... 3
1.1
Welcome ......................................................................................................... 3
1.2
The Original Reverb Plates at Abbey Road Studios ....................................... 3
1.3
Product Overview ........................................................................................... 5
1.4
Concepts and Terminology ............................................................................. 5
1.5
Components ................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide ......................................................... 7
Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls .................................................. 8
3.1
Interface .......................................................................................................... 8
3.2
Controls .......................................................................................................... 9
3.3
WaveSystem Toolbar ................................................................................... 12
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 Welcome
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1.2 The Original Reverb Plates at Abbey Road Studios
One of the unique tools available to artists recording at Abbey Road Studios in the mid-
twentieth century was access to the studios’ three echo chambers for the creation of
unique reverb effects. The sound created by the chambers was very natural, but not
easily adjustable, allowing only a single fixed reverb and decay time per chamber. With
just three chambers existing to facilitate reverb for all of Abbey Road’s recording, remix
and transfer rooms, availability would often also be an issue. To combat this, in 1957,
Abbey Road Studios purchased four brand new state-of-the-art plate reverb units to
complement the existing chambers.
Designed in Germany by EMT, these were the first professional electro-mechanical
artificial reverb units made available to studios worldwide. At 8 feet long, 4 feet tall and 1
foot wide, these plates were considerably more compact than the chamber rooms. Each
plate contained a large sheet (or “plate”) of steel suspended vertically by a set of springs
to allow it to resonate, and was fixed to a stable steel frame. A small transducer speaker
was fixed to the plate’s center point, and when a signal was played through the speaker,
the plate would begin to vibrate, sustaining the tone for several seconds. Two pickups
were attached to each plate, on both sides of the speaker, a quarter of the distance from
the plate’s edge. The pickups sensed the vibration, converted it to a line level, and sent
it to the output plate amplifier.
Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates
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Category: audio software
Model: Abbey Road Reverb Plates

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