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WAVES : ABBEY ROAD  

THE KING’S MICROPHONES 

USER GUIDE 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

                             

 

 

Summary of Contents for The King's

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

Page 2: ...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 HANDL...

Page 3: ...ilable 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 en...

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 uni...

Page 5: ...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 Ki...

Page 6: ...fect 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 vo...

Page 7: ...he 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...

Page 8: ...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 botto...

Page 9: ...al 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 gai...

Page 10: ...lso 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 dig...

Page 11: ...e 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...

Page 12: ...nd 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 op...

Page 13: ...ck 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...

Page 14: ...r 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 y...

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 meth...

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 plugin...

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