User Guide / Owners Manual

Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates

User Guide

1.3 Product Overview

The Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates plugin faithfully models the above-mentioned

plates A, B, C and D. The Plate Selector control allows you to switch between the four

modeled plates, letting you find the exact reverb ambience that you need. You can also

choose from 11 different damper positions, giving you different reverb decay times –

anywhere from 1 to 5.4 seconds, depending on the selected plate. The bass cut circuit at

the start of the driver amplifier chain has also been modeled, so you can decrease the

overall low-frequency area to avoid rumbles.

The Treble control is a high-shelf filter that adds brightness and air to the overall reverb

sound. It can also decrease the top of the high-frequency range, resulting in a darker

sound. The Drive and Analog controls model the original amplifiers’ THD behavior and

the plates’ hum and noise: switch them on or off, and select the exact amount added.

The PreDelay control sets the amount of delay between the direct dry signal and the

processed wet sound, while the Wet/Dry control sets the balance between the two.

1.4 Concepts and Terminology

Since the original hardware plates at Abbey Road Studios are not located inside the

control room, engineers need to use a remote control in order to set the damper position.

The Damper control of the Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates plugin is inspired by that

remote control. The bass cut control is modeled on the original bass cut circuit located at

the original plates’ input amplifier. The Treble control has been added as an extra

feature: it is modeled on Abbey Road’s EMI mixing desks, which were often used to

brighten up the signal.