ONE’S VERY OWN MICROPHONE
By Graeme Hague
23 May 2014
It wasn’t hard to see this coming. For some time now Waves has been releasing plug-ins based on equipment used at Abbey Road Studios, both in the past and present – and some from the dustiest corners indeed. Now you can buy the Abbey Road Collection which includes the recent Reel ADT effect, the J37 Tape Emulation, R56 Passive EQ, a chunk of legendary console with the REDD and finally the King’s Microphones which is exactly that – emulations of three microphones tailored and used exclusively for speeches recorded by three reigning monarchs, King George V, George VI and Lizzy, who we’ll point out is technically a Queen. Makes you think, if Chuck ever gets in the Big Chair what microphone will he get? Probably a USB podcaster. But back on subject, the Abbey Road Collection is available in Native or Soundgrid formats and, as always with Waves, represents a significant saving over buying the plug-ins individually. Details and downloads are at www.waves.com
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