With the Abbey Road Collection, the legendary studio's signal chain is at your disposal - from the rooms in which magic happened, through the iconic vintage gear and techniques that ushered in the age of modern audio engineering.
Developed in association with Abbey Road Studios, Waves' Abbey Road Collection features a lineup of exquisite plugins that meticulously model the fabled studios' legendary rooms, microphones, consoles, tape machines and signature effects, as heard on countless historic recordings and pop masterpieces.
The Abbey Road Collection includes plugin models of the studios' famed REDD and TG12345 consoles, as well as RS56 Passive EQ (the Curve Bender), J37 Tape, Reel ADT, the King's Microphones, Abbey Road's echo chambers and reverb plates, and the one-of-a-kind Vinyl plugin which models Abbey Road's vinyl cutting and playback gear.
Waves Abbey Road Collection Features
- Developed in association with Abbey Road Studios
- Recreates the inimitable sounds heard on classic recordings and pop masterpieces
- Modeled on the original, rare and often exclusive Abbey Road Studios hardware and rooms
- Abbey Road's signal chain at your fingertips
- Legendary sound, in-the-box and live on stage
- Abbey Road Chambers plugin download1
- Abbey Road REDD Consoles plugin download1
- Abbey Road Reverb Plates plugin download1
- Abbey Road RS124 Compressor plugin download1
- Abbey Road Saturator plugin download1
- Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin download1
- Abbey Road Vinyl plugin download1
- EMI TG12345 Channel Strip plugin download1
- J37 Tape plugin download1
- Reel ADT1
- RS56 Passive EQ plugin download1
- The King's Microphones plugin download1
- Abbey Road Collection (V14) - System Requirements
- Mac
- CPU: Intel Core i7 / i9 / Xeon-W / Apple Silicon
- Memory
- Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
- 16 GB free disk space on the system drive
- Operating System: 10.15.7, 11.6.5, 12.4. 13.0
- Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024x768
- Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
- USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
- V14 plugins require a graphics card that supports ‘Metal’
- Windows
- CPU
- Intel Core i5, i7, i9, Xeon (all Gen 5 and above)
- AMD Quad Core
- AVX Support required
- Memory
- Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
- 16 GB free disk space on the system drive
- Operating System
- Windows 10 64 bit (21H2)
- Windows 11 (21H2)
- Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024x768
- Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
- CPU
- Mac
- Abbey Road Collection (V14) - Supported Hosts
- The DAW versions listed below are the latest on which we tested and officially qualified each the latest version of our products.
- Waves’ latest version works on newer sub-versions of these DAWs, unless stated otherwise.
- If your DAW (or DAW version) is not listed here, we recommend you demo the product you wish to purchase to confirm it works.
- Your DAW must be running on an operating system that supports it in order for plugins to work properly. To confirm that your DAW version is supported on your operating system, please refer to your DAW’s website.
- Mac
- Pro Tools 2022.4 (AAX Native, Audiosuite)
- Logic Pro X, 10.7.4 (Audio Units)
- Digital Performer 11 (Audio Units)
- Ableton Live 11 (VST3)
- Nuendo 12 (VST3)
- Cubase 12 (VST3)
- Main Stage 3 (Audio Units)
- Garage Band 10.4.6 (Audio Units)
- Audition 22 (VST3)
- Premiere Pro 22 (VST3)
- Studio One Professional 5 (VST3)
- FL Studio 20 (VST3)
- REAPER 6 (VST3)
- Reason 12 (VST)
- Maschine 2 (VST)
- Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST)
- Bitwig Studio 4 (VST3)
- Luna 1.1.11 (Audio Units)
- Windows
- Pro Tools 2022.4 (AAX Native, Audiosuite)
- Ableton Live 11 (VST3)
- Nuendo 12 (VST3)
- Cubase 12 (VST3)
- Cakewalk by BandLab 2021 (VST3)
- Audition 22 (VST3)
- Premiere Pro 22 (VST3)
- Samplitude Pro X6 (VST3)
- Sequoia 15 (VST3)
- Pyramix 14 (VST3)
- Studio One Professional 5 (VST3)
- FL Studio 20 (VST3)
- REAPER 6 (VST3)
- Reason 12 (VST)
- Maschine 2 (VST)
- Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST)
- Bitwig Studio 4 (VST3)
- Sample Rates
- Abbey Road Chambers: 96 kHz
- Abbey Road REDD Consoles: 96 kHz
- Abbey Road Reverb Plates: 96 kHz
- Abbey Road RS124 Compressor: 192 kHz
- Abbey Road Saturator: 192 kHz
- Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain: 192 kHz
- Abbey Road Vinyl: 96 kHz
- EMI TG12345 Channel Strip: 192 kHz
- J37 Tape: 96 kHz
- Reel ADT: 96 kHz
- RS56 Passive EQ: 96 kHz
- The King's Microphones: 96 kHz
- Channel Components
- Abbey Road Chambers: Mono, Stereo, Mono-to-Stereo
- Abbey Road REDD Consoles: Mono, Stereo
- Abbey Road Reverb Plates: Mono, Stereo, Mono-to-Stereo
- Abbey Road RS124 Compressor: Mono, Stereo
- Abbey Road Saturator: Mono, Stereo
- Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain: Mono, Stereo
- Abbey Road Vinyl: Mono, Stereo
- EMI TG12345 Channel Strip: Mono, Stereo
- J37 Tape: Mono, Stereo
- Reel ADT: Mono, Stereo, Mono-to-Stereo
- RS56 Passive EQ: Mono, Stereo
- The King's Microphones: Mono, Stereo
- Latency
- Not all plugins support all platforms (MultiRack, StudioRack, eMotion, Venue). Check “Supported Platforms” for more info.
- Abbey Road Chambers
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 101
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 33
- Abbey Road REDD Consoles
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: REDD.17=0; REDD.37-51=65
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- Abbey Road Reverb Plates
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 0
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz: 0
- Abbey Road RS124 Compressor
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 49
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz: 0
- Abbey Road Saturator
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 49
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz: 0
- Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: Full Component (Native): 8305; Full component (SoundGrid): 49; Live component: 0; Meter Bridge: 0
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: Full component (Native): 16512; Full component (SoundGrid): 0; Live component: 0; Meter Bridge: 0
- 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz: Full component (Native): 16512; Live component: 0; Meter Bridge: 0
- Abbey Road Vinyl
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: Vinyl: 117; Vinyl Light: 101
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: Vinyl: 66; Vinyl Light: 33
- EMI TG12345 Channel Strip
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 85
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- J37 Tape
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 101
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 33
- Reel ADT
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 44.1 kHz: 1881; 48 kHz: 2037
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 88.2 kHz: 3594; 96 kHz: 3906
- RS56 Passive EQ
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 65
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 0
- The King's Microphones
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz: 44.1 kHz: 344; 48 kHz: 352
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz: 88.2 kHz: 432; 96 kHz: 448
