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Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
I bought the J37 the other day (because tape sims are fun even if I rarely use them). I noticed the ADT and REDD are both $29 right now too. Any of you guys have these? Are they anything more than redundant?
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 18:50:15
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I have all the Waves plugins which I use with my Digigrid/Soungrid DSP system to off load fx processing from my PC to the Digigrid Server. The whole Abbey Road Suite is excellent and where someone might use the ProChannel I could use Abbey Road. They are really quality plugins.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 19:17:55
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Totally agree with Mike here. I started out buying one plugin for $29 and ended up with 15 now! They are all excellent and many are go to plugins for me now in all my mixes.
I don't have the whole Abbey Road suite but I do have J37, the plates and the TG12345 channel strip. I love all of them in fact. The Abbey Road plates are also excellent too. It is sublime reverb that sounds quite different to all the other reverbs I have. Lovely on vocals. Just got that sound immediately.
Lately I have been getting into the Brauer Motion plug which is also seriously amazing!
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 20:12:15
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I have the Plates, The REDD and the TG12345. I find the TG12345 AMAZING. If you're looking for the Beatles "Abbey Road" sound then there it is. Some plugins you have to strain to hear if it's doing anything. Not the TG. Put it on a vocal track, load a preset and the magic happens. A great purchase for the $99 I paid for it. An absolute steal for $29.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 20:23:10
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The ADT and the TG12345 are the ones I'm thinking about. As a guitar player...the ADT might be fun. I'm not sure if there is another plugin that does what it does or not, but probably not for $29.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 20:50:49
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Waves ADT is my go to for that effect. Very cool.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 21:05:25
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The ADT and the TG12345 are the ones I'm thinking about. As a guitar player...the ADT might be fun. I'm not sure if there is another plugin that does what it does or not, but probably not for $29.
They are all very much worth it, and the 2 you mention here are no exception. You can get a couple of free ADT type clones and they aren't bad at all, but I always use the Waves. TG12345 is very nice indeed.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/17 22:40:56
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I particularly like ADT and the plates.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/18 17:38:12
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King’s microphones I can do without, but the rest are the bomb!
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/18 18:00:05
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IMHO, a guitar player should have the ADT. I had a few before but now have all but the Kings Mikes. I got them at about $23, one at a time when the sales come around. pretty painless and really good to have. I want to get into the RS56 next and see what it has.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/18 22:40:50
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Lately I have been getting into the Brauer Motion plug which is also seriously amazing!
I really love the Brauer Motion. I don't really understand their pricing. Some of the $29 plugins easily beat out some of the more expensive ones.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/18 23:21:49
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I agree with everyone here on the TG12345. That is one AWESOME channel strip.
I also agree that I could do without the King's Microphones, which would only be used
as a novelty effect. I have the Bundle, and like them.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/18 23:34:02
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The only ARS plugins I didn't have (not counting the King's Mics) were REDD and J37. Mine now. $25 each. Niiiice.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 02:27:06
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I'm pretty much sold on the ADT. Does everyone agree that the 12345 is better than REDD? I haven't tried the demo of REDD yet and I'm out of town for the next few days. Is the current Waves sale the cheapest way to buy?
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 02:38:08
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Well they are different, I like having both  $29 Each, try EveryPlugin you might get them a bit cheaper ( $25.49 without code), there usually is a code. I paid significantly more way back and don't regret it. Sorry I don't recall the code, or even if it's working at this time, it usually is though, knocks a couple of $ off again
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 02:40:29
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None of the ARS stuff is to be missed for $29. Get it. I am looking to complete y ARS bundle with the J37 and the AR Vinyl.
AR Plates is the best reverb. It will work wonders on vocals, guitar, drums, and whole mixes. This is not a one trick pony. The controls seem simple, but they really interact with each other. Turn the damper from two to five or six and the adjust the predelay along with the Treble and bass and......... it's really endless. I love this plug!!
ADT is a go to for me also. Great effect.
And like everyone is saying, the T1234 got that sound. Red does too, don't dismiss it.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 02:45:45
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Well I can only afford two for now. I'm a bit over budget at the moment. I should have got the plate awhile back when it was on sale. It's currently $99.
I may wait until I get back home and give the REDD a demo.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 03:13:29
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Code WEEKEND10 at Everyplugin brings it down to $23.45
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 03:19:06
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I’ve all the Abbey Rd plugins except the microphones and vinyl ones.
I’ve never quite understood why you’d want to record someinting using an actual microphone which has it’s own response curves then stick it through an “emulated” mic and get the emulation’s frequency curves applied in addition to the ones already there from the real mic.
I’m just not interested in the vinyl plugin.
The rest are very good - the plate reverb in particular is very nice, but switch off the huge animation of reverb plates vibrating away or it can be a real computer resource hog. Same with the other plugins in the series that have animations.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 03:40:12
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Code WEEKEND10 at Everyplugin brings it down to $23.45
Same code at PluginDiscounts makes it $22.41. There's more than one place to get 'em, guys ... Cheers, Eddie
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 04:06:55
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I’ve all the Abbey Rd plugins except the microphones and vinyl ones.
I’ve never quite understood why you’d want to record someinting using an actual microphone which has it’s own response curves then stick it through an “emulated” mic and get the emulation’s frequency curves applied in addition to the ones already there from the real mic.
I’m just not interested in the vinyl plugin.
The rest are very good - the plate reverb in particular is very nice, but switch off the huge animation of reverb plates vibrating away or it can be a real computer resource hog. Same with the other plugins in the series that have animations.
Comes in handy if you don’t have a big mic locker. With a single condenser and dynamic mic it’s surprising what you can do. If you can emulate a compressor, why not a mic. At least insofar as it’s a different sound.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/19 09:55:33
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/20 02:54:13
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Got the bundle too. Even the King’s. Yikes.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/20 05:10:07
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Got the bundle too. Even the King’s. Yikes.
I upgraded to the bundle too!! The only ones I didn't have that I wanted was the Tape and Vinyl plugs. But now I got the Mics too!!
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/20 05:39:45
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What is pretty cool right now from the is the Loudness meter. Normally $399 but only $29 right now. Could be a very valuable tool.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/20 06:09:45
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The rest are very good - the plate reverb in particular is very nice, but switch off the huge animation of reverb plates vibrating away or it can be a real computer resource hog. Same with the other plugins in the series that have animations.
Those stupid, stupid, stupid animations are the most bone headed idea ever. Why on earth would you add something to a plugin which does nothing for the audio but which eats away at your CPU anyway. I have the J37 and it's excellent but it really started to fudge up my projects until I realized it was those animations going on in every instance. I know you can stop them, but the setting doesn't seem to "take," i.e. you load the project next time and they're running again.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/20 12:48:03
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How do you guys feel about the Kramer Master Tape? I have the J37, Reelbus, and Hornet Tape.
The J37 is the only Waves plugin I have other than the freebies.
I found a guy that is selling Abbey Road Plates for $35....Valhallaplate is $50 and I don't have it either.
It's going to be this weekend before I can try some of these demos.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/21 02:27:43
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Tape sims are like any other plugin...they are all different.
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Re: Is the Waves Abbey Road plugins worth having?
2017/12/25 22:03:21
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Okay...So after demos and deals, and buying from discounters, and private sellers.
I have Waves Abbey Road J37 ($29) ADT ($22.41) Plates ($30) and Redd ($17).
Not bad.
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