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Waves : Abbey Road – The King’s Microphones 

User Guide 

 

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4.4 Waves Preferences (Pro Tools only) 

 

When launching Pro Tools, hold Shift to view the Waves plugin Preferences window. 

The following options are available: 

 

 

Don't use AudioSuite plugins 

 

Don’t use RTAS plugins 

 

Rescan all plugins 

 

HUI control surface support (low resolution) 

 

Enable single-click text entry 

 

Summary of Contents for ABBEY ROAD THE KING'S MICROPHONES

Page 1: ...WAVES ABBEY ROAD THE KING S MICROPHONES USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...T AND TERMS 6 1 5 COMPONENTS 7 CHAPTER 2 QUICK START GUIDE 7 CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE AND CONTROLS 8 3 1 INTERFACE 8 3 2 CONTROLS 9 CHAPTER 4 THE WAVESYSTEM 11 4 1 THE WAVESYSTEM TOOLBAR 11 4 2 PRESET HANDLING 11 4 3 INTERFACE CONTROLS 14 4 4 WAVES PREFERENCES PRO TOOLS ONLY 16 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 2 ...

Page 3: ...ailable and information on your authorization status 1 2 Product Overview The Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones plugin is a digital audio processor created in concept by Abbey Road Studios and engineered by Waves The plugin is based on three historical microphones currently held by The EMI Archive Trust which belong to the royal family and were used by its members in public addresses The mic...

Page 4: ... of crafting special microphones for the British Royal family for use at important and significant occasions From this extremely rare collection three microphones have been used as a basis for this unique plug in H M King George V model This Carbon microphone was designed by Marconi Reisz circa 1925 It is comprised of fine carbon dust held between output electrodes fronted by a mica diaphragm and ...

Page 5: ...l recently when composer Alexandre Desplat asked him to record the score for the award winning film The King s Speech Remembering what he had found over a decade earlier Peter was keen to borrow the King George V microphone for inspiration during the film s recording sessions in Studio One He was delighted to discover that in addition to microphones created for King George V and Queen Elizabeth th...

Page 6: ...ffect would make a great plug in After the film was finished it was only too tempting to try these microphones out on other sources to see how they sounded In the relatively acoustically transparent vocal booth in the Penthouse at Abbey Road Studios a B W 802 loudspeaker was set up in front of the microphones Drums guitars vocal and synths were then played and processed through the microphones at ...

Page 7: ...The King s Microphones Mono The King s Microphones Stereo Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide The King s Microphones plugin is extremely easy to use Insert the plug on the audio track you wish to process Play your audio source through the plugin Listen to its tone Click through the various microphones and positions to find the setting that is best suited to your source Use the Gain control to set your lev...

Page 8: ...h provides general plugin functions detailed in Chapter 4 of this manual The middle section displays a picture of the currently selected microphone and information about the selected position The bottom section includes controls for microphone and position selection gain knob trim control peak meter and clip indicator Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 8 ...

Page 9: ...ral Gain Trim GAIN controls input level Range 48dBFS up to 12dBFS TRIM is used to adjust input gain to eliminate clipping or boost a weak signal Range 0 to 12 The Trim button displays the amount of gain adjustment needed in order for the signal to have the highest possible level without clipping Clicking the Trim button will Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 9 ...

Page 10: ...also reset the value on the Trim button Peak Meter Clip LED PEAK METER displays the peak level in dBFS Range 48 to 0 dBFS CLIP image above top left lights up when the signal peak surpasses the full digital scale It will remain lit until it is manually reset by clicking on it or anywhere in the meter area Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 10 ...

Page 11: ...ve to the previous or next preset Copy A B Copies the current settings to the second preset register Load Recalls presets from file Save Saves presets in the Waves file formats Opens the PDF manual for the plugin you are using 4 2 Preset Handling Preset Types Factory Presets are permanent presets in the Load menu Due to the simple nature of The King s Microphones plugin it does not offer any speci...

Page 12: ...and its presets Factory Presets Displays the default Factory Presets User Presets Displays any loaded User Presets Saving Presets and Setups Click on the Save button to see the Save pop up menu Four options are available If an option is not currently available it will be grayed out and inaccessible Save to New File Select this to start a new Setup file There are two prompts first for the setup fil...

Page 13: ...ick and hold the Load button to see the pop up menu 3 While still holding the Command Control key select the preset or setup to delete 4 A confirmation box will appear allowing you to cancel or OK the deletion A B Comparison and Copying The Setup A Setup B button may be clicked to compare two settings If you load a preset in the Setup B position this will not affect the preset loaded into the Setu...

Page 14: ...or direct control via the keyboard Using the mouse click and drag on the value window to adjust Some value windows support left right some up down as you hover over a button arrows will appear to let you know which direction of movement that button supports You may also use your mouse wheel to adjust parameter values Using the arrow keys click once with mouse to select the button and then use up d...

Page 15: ... a point outside the controls and forming a rectangle that includes the controls you wish to adjust Alternatively press and hold Shift while clicking the mouse on any control you wish to link This method is useful when you want to select two or more controls that are not adjacent to one another TAB Functions TAB moves the selected status to the next control with shift TAB moving in the reverse dir...

Page 16: ... Pro Tools only When launching Pro Tools hold Shift to view the Waves plugin Preferences window The following options are available Don t use AudioSuite plugins Don t use RTAS plugins Rescan all plugins HUI control surface support low resolution Enable single click text entry ...

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