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Abbey Road Saturator.

Saturation modelled from several pieces of Abbey Road hardware, selectable in one plugin.

£32
Waves Abbey Road Saturator
Saturation
Compatibility
VST3 · AU · AAX
Formats
Waves
Developer

Overview

Colour, by the box.

Abbey Road Saturator is a saturation chain rather than a single distortion stage. You pick the colour first, the REDD console's valve tone or the TG12345's rounder solid-state one, shape it with EQ before and after, then drive the result through a model of the ultra-rare TG12321 compander Abbey Road used to excite signals. A phase control alters the character of the distortion substantially, and a mix control blends the processed signal back against the dry.

Highlights

Saturation modelled from several pieces of Abbey Road hardware
Compare valve, transformer and tape character on the same source
Drive control from subtle thickening to obvious distortion
Parallel mix keeps original transients while saturation fills in underneath
Tone shaping before and after the saturation stage
Useful on single tracks, buses and full mixes
Adds harmonic density rather than level
Part of the Abbey Road Collection

Compatibility

Specs and requirements.

Licence and delivery

Formats
VSTVST3AUAAX NativeAAX DSP
Licence
Perpetual licence
Delivery
Instant download
Type
Saturation
SKU
1246-2758
Product code
ABRDSAT

macOS

OS
11 or later (native Apple Silicon)
Processor
Apple Silicon & Intel

Windows

OS
10 or later (64-bit)
Processor
64-bit Intel / AMD

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs are both natively supported.

Waves

About the maker

Meet Waves.

Waves Audio, founded in 1992 in Israel, is one of the world's largest developers of audio plugins and signal processors. Its catalogue spans EQs, compressors, reverbs, and vintage console emulations used across music, film, broadcast, and live sound.

Waves Abbey Road Saturator

£32