The TG12414 is a more esoteric plug-in but one capable of some great results too. Which of these will prove most handy will depend hugely on the type of music you're looking to make, but certainly, used as a mastering tool, the TG12412 is a glorious EQ. The Mastering Pack might only contain two plug-ins, but its applications are limitless. Activate this beast on drums, drive the centered kick and snare into beefy levels, and leave the sides (overheads and cymbals) clean and sparkling.įrom subtle harmonic enhancement that helps any instrument poke through a mix, to powerful distortion effects that strip an instrument of its original character and create an entirely new beast-Abbey Road Saturator is a singular twist on what we know saturation and distortion plugins to be.Additionally, and extremely usefully, a central Presence EQ dial enables +/- 10dB of gain to be applied to one of eight stepped frequencies spanning from 500Hz to 10kHz, so here's a chance to add some extra warmth or track down and remove a problem frequency.īoth plug-ins feature an output gain dial to let you compensate for the dynamic changes you've made. The added phase knob causes the saturation to work in parallel, dramatically altering the personality of the distortion harmonics.Ībbey Road Saturator also sports unique M/S processing, letting the distortion apply either in stereo or to the mid or sides separately. The plugin also gives you flexible control over the Compander’s crossover frequencies, allowing it to focus in on different ranges depending on the source material: lower settings will be at home on bass and kick drums, higher values will afford unmistakable shine to vocals. Pioneering Abbey Road engineers, including Peter Bown and Geoff Emerick, were fans of using the TG12321 is this unusual way.Ībbey Road Saturator models the original TG12321 unit, feeding into the REDD or TG desks, for a one-of-a-kind excited saturation effect. The first generation of pop engineers at Abbey Road discovered that using the encode-only part of the process resulted in a beautiful high-frequency emphasis that added air and excitement and helped instruments cut through the mix: a secret weapon in the studio.
In 1962, EMI Central Research Laboratories patented a tape noise reduction system called the TG12321-a “compander” that compresses on input (encoding) and expands on output (decoding). Abbey Road engineers were known to experiment endlessly with the wealth of original EMI gear at their disposal-pushing the equipment to its limits and reaching “happy accidents.” Abbey Road Saturator captures the very happiest of such accidents. The plugin offers two versatile desk distortion flavors: the crunchy tube REDD sound, and the rounded solid-state TG12345 tone-with the sophisticated input, gain and output stages of both consoles calibrated to perfection by Abbey Road’s engineers.īut it doesn’t end here. Modeled directly from time-proven saturation chains at Abbey Road Studios, Abbey Road Saturator provides inspiring saturation and distortion unlike any other device. Saturation is the heart and soul of analog recording and mixing-from the subtle soft clipping of a tube preamp, which adds warmth and pleasing harmonics to a drum or vocal part to full-blown console distortion that makes a synth, bass or guitar part ‘sing’ in the mix. Musical analog saturation & distortion from the legendary Abbey Road Studios: The sound of classic tubes and transistors, driven hard from subtle to extreme, and excited by the ultra-rare EMI TG12321-a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers. There are NO returns on this product, please be sure you have checked your system compatibility before you make your purchase.
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