What I like most about these reviews is learning what YOU are hearing and listening for. That is something you can't get from any plugin. Produce Like a Pro is helping me learn to listen like a pro. Interesting plugin. I love the REDD section, it has a low-mid warmth.
Just picking this plugin up in 2022... I'm late to the party, but I have to say that so far it does wonders on a drum parallel buss with fantastic result. Definitely worth every penny.
Got it last night as it's on sale. My reaction was exactly the same. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It's like my synth had the common cold and this plugin just opening it right up with full clarity. Unbelievable.
Seems like I'm a simple person as well. I love the look, the sound and the magic of the Abbey Road stuff, When ever Wave issues a new Abbey Road plugin I cycle around the "Add to Cart" button for two days, keep it in the cart for about two additional days then and before I finally hit the "Proceed to Checkout" button. This time I was clever. I bought it straight away 'cause I knew I'd do it anyway ;-)
The plugin has just been released and there is a demo of yours already. I freaking love it. I also loved the berzerk demo as well. Such an amazing plug-in. I already have it in my arsenal. Lots of love from Spain
for the first time in my life i finally see the similarities between mixing a track and editing a photo, photographer usually take photos in RAW format cause it preserves alot of detail it looks bad in default but when u edit it u can get the texture color and detail out alot without ruining the photo, and with this plugin, it brought out alot of hiddent detail and texture to the guitar and to the vocals, this is literally and figuratively a Hidden Gem
I just got the ADT and the J37 and a couple others last night. I put the ADT on my vocal and the sax solo and they came alive in the coolest ways. Then I put the J37 on my output, after my limiter and this beautiful transparent glue happened and I can hear every element in the mix with such a clear energy it was and is breathtaking. I came down this morning thinking I may have been tired and over enthusiastic but NO. It sounded SO good . My song jumped out of the speakers. Now I want them all. This saturator is magic as well. You just proved that. Thank you Warren.
I saw this plugin in a friend's studio and played a bit with it just like you. 2 minutes in and I new I had to have it! Loved your reaction when you popped it on the drums buss and unbypassed 😂 I currently use it on my drums and bass busses in live concerts and it buffs up my rythem section. My favourite saturator so far, I don't really see how it could be replaced as it's really is so versatile. Thanks for the demo, I love how you let your audience listen in with you as you go
After many years in production all I realize is that the Waves floating Multiband compressor is my fav tool of all time. Then the abbey roads gear and now this. We are living in great times indeed!
One of the most interesting sounding saturation plugins I've heard recently... I'm actually considering buying it (struggling with some orchestral percussions VS pop song mix ). I've watched many RUclips videos about it and your review has been the most useful by far! Once again Warren, you've nailed it! Thanks a lot! I really appreciate all your efforts to help us, "mere mortals", get the best out of all the ressources out there... Have another wonderful day!
Your reactions to how good it sounds are the best!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Warren. I sure am thankful for everything you've taught me through your videos over the years!
I bought it after watching your video: it's the best invest I made so far! I used it on my "record vocal" set and it has gotten immediately better (I fell in love with my voice! haha) HUGE Thanks Warren !
Amazing! have a great monday you guys today i didt not have the time to start my Protools first...but in a minute i grab my guitar and play lol😀 ...Warren Intresting sound Nice vocals Nice track when those kicks hits verry exciting ...
Great demo! Thanks Warren, I tested on vocals and drums, it's awesome, I cannot wait to do a complete mix with it (Sorry Decapitator ;-) -. I added it into my PT template. Hats off Waves and Abbey Road guys!
I was kinda skeptic before, but this is really bananas. It does more than just saturation though. I don't know exactly what it does, but I also don't care because It sounds absolutely amazing. Wow!
This is really nice, totally shines compared to other saturation VSTs that I have. Playing with the demo right now but I can't see myself passing it up, it seems extremely versatile and usable. Great review, I really enjoy your infectious enthusiasm.
man my mind was blown at 21:20 ish when you opened up the mid side and Put only the sides in and all that crunchy goodness fell into place, but the middle was untouched, that will have tremendous effect on the Mix Buss if your mix isn't quite lively enough but ya don't wanna totally demolish your blends and such,
@@colonelwatts Have you tried Studio 3 with the head tracking engaged? With it the spacial effects make sense and fool your ears, without it they just muddy the mix. At least to me. I don't have a great room and it' was definitely worth the $99 for me. But it's not going to be valuable to everybody.
I just bought this plug in (and usually I use stock plugins in Logic Pro) and honestly I'm really blown away. I had a vocal I needed to make more intelligible and literally just inserting this plug in gave me the high mid boost I needed to cut through the mix... all the while sounding natural and wonderful
Gotta say, I bought the plugin back in Dec, after watching this vide release. Came back today, because, despite gunning through the handbook, it only all made sense after watching you play with the controls and hearing the possibilties
I jumped on Berzerk, this, and the MDMX plug-ins the minute they came out. Crazy good distortion. The Saturator is going in the mix bus for my next Rock album, compander and all :)
Distorted hard-panned guitar buss, push the "bite" band into the Saturator and apply as needed to the sides only, leaves the less exciting center as is so it doesnsn't fight the important stuff that lives there. Absoulutely bloody excellent plugin!
Off topic but I see that you have a pair of the small JBL's up there. They've caught my eye on sweetwater, the design is impressive. I am certainly interested in hearing and learning more about them. I need a small pair of monitors.
Hey Warren, I just stumbled upon this video and it is an oldie but goodie!! I've just bought the AR Saturator based upon this video. You showcased all the different applications of this plugin so well that I knew I NEEDED it! The drum section where you demoed the plugin got me thinking of some Kate Bush album three onward vibes (I think she recorded at studio 1?). Thank you so much. Hope you are doing marvellously well and that you have a good day ;-)
thank god im seeing people appreciate waves, saw a video of a mix engineer talking about how he uses lo air on almost all of his drums, everybody was dissing waves saying that they are sponsoring him to say that, even if warren is getting paid to review this plugin, we all can see ourselves waves are one of the best plugin manufacturers if not the best, and dont tell me UAD their stuff is stupid expensive
Sounds great, haven't got this one (yet...) but lately my go to plugins are, well, Waves (love the J37). Tangent here but I saw D. Zappa in Utrecht the other night and the FOH engineer (Eran Ben Zur) runs ALL on Waves, and it was one of the best sounding shows I've been to in a long time. The band was also just killing it, just saying :)
Yes, that is interesting! I wonder why that is? This was one of the first they let anyone try! So maybe it's been modded or they reviewed there's earlier?
The acoustic was a bit overcooked for the mix, but it's really very nice. Preferred the Redd for it over the TG. I have this since yesterday, along with MDMX and a free Abbey Road Chambers ;) my favourites by a mile from Waves are the Abbey Road stuff and Kramer's Tapes Tubes n' Transistors. Good one Warren!
Thanks for this, Warren. I am surprised that there is not a greater difference in sound between the TG and the REDD in the plug in. I am a Beatles' freak, and even though 'Abbey Road' sounds fantastic as an album, it took me years to work out/find out that the hard acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and drums that I loved from 'The White Album' had a huge amount to do with whichever version of the REDD desk they were using at time, and I would have LOVED it if The White Album had been recorded through the REDD desk. Imagine hearing 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' through the REDD! John and George apparently wanted the REDD for the guitars on that song, too. And imagine if Apple had actually signed Queen - then we would have heard them through that TG.
Newbie says, "mostly I hear a mid-scoop when you turn it on", but it does sound better. And, it sounds much better when you bring everything else back in than when it's soloed. Okay, that was only a 1st impression before you really started messing with it. Really cool sounds! Amazing ideas! Also, the title and location reminded me of a question I thought I might ask you for an FAQ Friday video. I looked up the Beatles's "Revolver" on Amazon (or Spotify? Not sure...) and the only version that came up was the 2009 Remastered versions, and this was across all of their releases. I thought I was hearing some crazy compression and had long been curious about their recordings, which is a HUGE rabbit hole I kinda don't want to fall into. Have you ever A/B'd these against older releases, or even vinyl? Is it that noticeably different than how I remember it or has it been processed quite a bit? I tried a search for critical reviews, but no luck. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
What was it that the guitars were sent through for The Beatles' Revolution? As I understand it, no amp was used. The guitars were run direct and distorted through the board or outboard gear. When I heard the distortion that this added to the vocals, that guitar sound was the first thing that I thought of.
14:12 If your head is about to explode from..STOP ME IN MY TRACKS BEFORE...YOU'RE A....Here is where you want to be. Smartass aside, that was brilliant use of that saturator in parallel. I can't wait to try it.
I REDD the news today, oh boy ;) Prefer the TC myself in the default state and that touch of magic it adds to the acoustic guitar reminds me of playing an electroacoustic with a fresh 9V in the preamp and brand new strings.
I'm not a guy who thinks more plugins are the answer in the quest for sonic goodness, I have more then enough to ruin any mix. But that was impressive.
I would be interested in knowing what the TG and REDD 'programmed in' settings are, and if they too are adjustable. I could always hook up my TG and REDD but some entirely different Voodoo is happening here. My jaw dropped on the acoustic guitar.
Great plugin. Sounds really good. Would it be possible for you to do a video about mixing acoustic or clean guitars when they're playing melodies or arpeggios instead of chords? I've seen a lot of tutorials about how to mix rhythm guitars but not much on lead and almost none on clean or acoustic lead. At 6:18, that acoustic sounds really great, If you could talk about that would be really helpful. Than you
I recently bought the Abbey Road Collection, and I see this is now included in that bundle, but I can't seem to figure out how to activate it... unless.. they are expecting me to pay more because I made the mistake of buying their product too soon? Because that would be the last time I ever buy anything from Waves if it were the case.
@@Producelikeapro Warren, your demo - like all your videos - is incredible and I can only imagine the fun I could have with the plugin. I did ask Waves about it, haven't heard back yet. I hope it's just me not knowing how to activate the license... I see some of the other Abbey Road plugins have updated versions as well and those don't appear to be activated for me either, so I really hope it's just me being a noob. There's no way I'm spending another $60 when other people are getting it with the same bundle I just bought, possibly even with better versions of the same plugins I have, too. That would be outrageous if I had to keep buying the same bundle every few months! :)
Jesse Goplen thanks for your kind words! I have a great relationship with the people at Waves and they have always looked after me and everyone I know. I do hope everything has been resolved ok!
@@Producelikeapro Yeah, Waves got back to me and said it was the folks at Abbey Road who made the stipulation, it's not their normal policy, I think they understand. They have some kind of upgrade, but it seems to similarly punish me if upgrade too soon by doing so now rather than waiting until one year after I bought the collection, because each upgrade comes with a fresh one-year update plan, but I already have a lot of time left on the update plan that came with the Abbey Road collection. I was definitely super excited after seeing your demo video and especially by the fact I thought the plugin download would be waiting for me, but now instead of feeling smart I feel like an idiot. Luckily I'm used to that feeling! :)
Hang on. I thought that this was based on the TG 12345, which was the desk that the 'Abbey Road' album was recorded through. But the link you have below reveals that this is "...the ultra-rare EMI TG12321-a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers". I thought something was not sounding quite right, in terms of similarity to the album.
Wow this sounds great. Wonder how this would translate to electronic music... I'm sure I can use it to add life to some sparkly synth plucks or to the drum bus!
I remember when the Redd come out, everyone was lowering the gain to -18 or so, to avoid it being too harsh.Do you need to do that with this? This sounds real good.
Love it on the drums! Side note - how did you get the drums to sound like that before the saturator? Was that the small kit in your tracking room or another one somewhere else? BTW - our mutual friend Terry Lesperance says hi :)
If you could get a plugin to reproduce the sound of any album, which one would it be?
J37 , any MF DOOM album
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (Ho ho)
Magical Mystery Tour, because 1967 was the pinnacle of recorded sound and musical creativity in rock.
Hand Cannot Erase - Steven Wilson
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
No plugin's ever...been able...to stop me in my tracks before. It's a beast.
That's fantastic to hear Brendan!!
What I like most about these reviews is learning what YOU are hearing and listening for. That is something you can't get from any plugin. Produce Like a Pro is helping me learn to listen like a pro. Interesting plugin. I love the REDD section, it has a low-mid warmth.
Thanks ever so much my friend! Yes, I had a blast with this plug in!
Just picking this plugin up in 2022... I'm late to the party, but I have to say that so far it does wonders on a drum parallel buss with fantastic result. Definitely worth every penny.
Got it last night as it's on sale. My reaction was exactly the same. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It's like my synth had the common cold and this plugin just opening it right up with full clarity. Unbelievable.
I'm a simple person, I see Abbey Road in the title, I am automatically hooked! Awesome showcase here!
Seems like I'm a simple person as well. I love the look, the sound and the magic of the Abbey Road stuff, When ever Wave issues a new Abbey Road plugin I cycle around the "Add to Cart" button for two days, keep it in the cart for about two additional days then and before I finally hit the "Proceed to Checkout" button. This time I was clever. I bought it straight away 'cause I knew I'd do it anyway ;-)
The plugin has just been released and there is a demo of yours already.
I freaking love it.
I also loved the berzerk demo as well. Such an amazing plug-in.
I already have it in my arsenal.
Lots of love from Spain
Thanks ever so much! Yes, truly blessed to be able to try this out!!
for the first time in my life i finally see the similarities between mixing a track and editing a photo, photographer usually take photos in RAW format cause it preserves alot of detail it looks bad in default but when u edit it u can get the texture color and detail out alot without ruining the photo, and with this plugin, it brought out alot of hiddent detail and texture to the guitar and to the vocals, this is literally and figuratively a Hidden Gem
I just got the ADT and the J37 and a couple others last night. I put the ADT on my vocal and the sax solo and they came alive in the coolest ways. Then I put the J37 on my output, after my limiter and this beautiful transparent glue happened and I can hear every element in the mix with such a clear energy it was and is breathtaking. I came down this morning thinking I may have been tired and over enthusiastic but NO. It sounded SO good . My song jumped out of the speakers. Now I want them all. This saturator is magic as well. You just proved that. Thank you Warren.
I've always thought Waves did a great job with the drive/saturation sections of their plugins. Can't wait to give this one a demo!
Thanks ever so much Toby!
Wow, another great saturation plugin and excitement enhancer. Thank you for the demo, Warren.
Thanks ever so much Marc!!
I saw this plugin in a friend's studio and played a bit with it just like you. 2 minutes in and I new I had to have it!
Loved your reaction when you popped it on the drums buss and unbypassed 😂
I currently use it on my drums and bass busses in live concerts and it buffs up my rythem section. My favourite saturator so far, I don't really see how it could be replaced as it's really is so versatile.
Thanks for the demo, I love how you let your audience listen in with you as you go
Watching you find a sound you like is a joy. I love that little head nod you give the camera at 13:50 that just says "Oh, yeah. That's it."
Hi rome8180 haha thanks ever so much my friend!!
After many years in production all I realize is that the Waves floating Multiband compressor is my fav tool of all time. Then the abbey roads gear and now this. We are living in great times indeed!
psysword absolutely my friend!! I agree 100%! It’s a great time to be making music!
That 23 minute mark was awesome sounding!
Thanks ever so much Chad!
One of the most interesting sounding saturation plugins I've heard recently... I'm actually considering buying it (struggling with some orchestral percussions VS pop song mix ). I've watched many RUclips videos about it and your review has been the most useful by far! Once again Warren, you've nailed it! Thanks a lot! I really appreciate all your efforts to help us, "mere mortals", get the best out of all the ressources out there... Have another wonderful day!
Thanks ever so much Claudius! I really appreciate it!! I'm so glad to be able to help!
Your reactions to how good it sounds are the best!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Warren. I sure am thankful for everything you've taught me through your videos over the years!
Same to you! Thanks ever so much!
I bought it after watching your video: it's the best invest I made so far! I used it on my "record vocal" set and it has gotten immediately better (I fell in love with my voice! haha) HUGE Thanks Warren !
Amazing! have a great monday you guys today i didt not have the time to start my
Protools first...but in a minute i grab my guitar and play lol😀 ...Warren
Intresting sound Nice vocals Nice track when those kicks hits verry exciting ...
Thanks ever so much my friend!! I Really appreciate it!
I just bought it. i have to say abbey road are my fave plugins. have been for years.
2 seconds of that acoustic at the start and i was sold! Incredible!!
That's amazing to hear Michael!!
Interesting plugin. It sounds like you could use it when mastering. I don't know what to make of it but I like it.
Indeed! My guess is that it will get used for that and many other uses.
I would certainly not use it for mastering. Way too heavy handed for that.
@@henrikpetersson3463 It goes up to 12!
@@naturalrestingface4909 lmao!
Awesome!! On the acoustic guitar it reminds me a lot of the BBE Maximizer. Like you would take away a blanket from the speakers :D
I have the hardware unit of the bbe maximizer, it's cool.
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
@@ScottOctober thanks for sharing!
Oooh, I love it. I've been looking for a simple saturation I like. Bought -- using your link of course ;)
That's wonderful to hear! Thanks ever so much! Have an amazing time using it!
Thanks for showing us MAGIC. Very inspiring, Warren, AGAIN!
You're very welcome Brian!
Great demo! Thanks Warren, I tested on vocals and drums, it's awesome, I cannot wait to do a complete mix with it (Sorry Decapitator ;-) -. I added it into my PT template. Hats off Waves and Abbey Road guys!
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much Chris! You Rock!
I was kinda skeptic before, but this is really bananas. It does more than just saturation though. I don't know exactly what it does, but I also don't care because It sounds absolutely amazing. Wow!
Thanks Kevin! Agreed, I'm a big fan!
I recently used it on a Bass track. Very useful for thickening it up in the mids.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
This is really nice, totally shines compared to other saturation VSTs that I have. Playing with the demo right now but I can't see myself passing it up, it seems extremely versatile and usable.
Great review, I really enjoy your infectious enthusiasm.
man my mind was blown at 21:20 ish when you opened up the mid side and Put only the sides in and all that crunchy goodness fell into place, but the middle was untouched, that will have tremendous effect on the Mix Buss if your mix isn't quite lively enough but ya don't wanna totally demolish your blends and such,
Wonderful plug in...again Waves !!
Yes, indeed!!
A lot of cool applications for this plugin!
Thanks Edwin! Agreed 100%!!
Waves Abbey Road stuff has always been first-rate.
Yes, it's rather good indeed!
aye, all apart from that studio 3 headphone room simulator nonsense! they do the saturation great on J37 and Vinyl though
@@colonelwatts Have you tried Studio 3 with the head tracking engaged? With it the spacial effects make sense and fool your ears, without it they just muddy the mix. At least to me. I don't have a great room and it' was definitely worth the $99 for me. But it's not going to be valuable to everybody.
@@colonelwatts I have both but prefer vinyl
I just bought this plug in (and usually I use stock plugins in Logic Pro) and honestly I'm really blown away. I had a vocal I needed to make more intelligible and literally just inserting this plug in gave me the high mid boost I needed to cut through the mix... all the while sounding natural and wonderful
But that’s the problem lol, If I’ll want to saturate drums then It will give me a high end boost which is too much.
This man is a wizard and this plugin is his wand.
No ones able to stop me in my tracks before. Your a beeeee
I suspect if you could emulate an Abbey Road wall plug and it would add magic
Haha that may well be true! Ultimately if you got the sound of the room, then yes it would be!!
@Dumble Door hy·per·bo·le
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Great review! they are always on point!
Thanks ever so much my friend!
@@Producelikeapro No, thank you for the great stuff 😎
@@mitcheltheelenmusic8858 you're very welcome!
I'm loving this! Wow! 😃 Thanks Warren❣️
Thanks ever so much Audrey!! You Rock!
Gotta say, I bought the plugin back in Dec, after watching this vide release. Came back today, because, despite gunning through the handbook, it only all made sense after watching you play with the controls and hearing the possibilties
On sale now for 30 bucks black friday, just grabbed it and a bunch of plugins for dirt and got 2 for free plus new CLA Delay.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
I jumped on Berzerk, this, and the MDMX plug-ins the minute they came out. Crazy good distortion. The Saturator is going in the mix bus for my next Rock album, compander and all :)
Hi The Greenhouse, NH fantastic!! I’m sure you’ll love it!!
I got an email about this this morning and I thought, "well, I've already got saturation stuff so I probably don't need it".
How wrong I was.
Haha yes, indeed! This has been the one plug in I've been asked b about more than any others!
Great demo Warren.....does magical things. I keep thinking White Album drums and Savoy Truffle. Thx for the tour!
Michael Brown you’re very welcome! I agree with the references!
5 minutes in and I already feel this is a must have vst!
Okay, finally, a vid about this plugin which features it being IN USE. I was beginning to think Waves must be ashamed of it.
YOU ARE THE GENIUS OF MIX 😱
You are very kind my friend!!
Warren (looking befuddled): "Are you hearing this?!"
Haha yes, indeed!!
Man just running the audio through the plug in!!😱😱
A H yes!
love it! LOL
Distorted hard-panned guitar buss, push the "bite" band into the Saturator and apply as needed to the sides only, leaves the less exciting center as is so it doesnsn't fight the important stuff that lives there. Absoulutely bloody excellent plugin!
Great demo - bought it and works great on GarageBand
Hi Paul that’s amazing to hear!!
Off topic but I see that you have a pair of the small JBL's up there. They've caught my eye on sweetwater, the design is impressive. I am certainly interested in hearing and learning more about them. I need a small pair of monitors.
Lord have mercy, that's one heck of a plugin!
Haha yes it is Chaz!!
Great vid and plugin ! Hey Warren just an urelated question...What Type/Brand of Console White Tape do you use?
Haha I'm not sure! I will have to check and let you know, I've had some for years!
Hey Warren, I just stumbled upon this video and it is an oldie but goodie!! I've just bought the AR Saturator based upon this video. You showcased all the different applications of this plugin so well that I knew I NEEDED it! The drum section where you demoed the plugin got me thinking of some Kate Bush album three onward vibes (I think she recorded at studio 1?). Thank you so much. Hope you are doing marvellously well and that you have a good day ;-)
thank god im seeing people appreciate waves, saw a video of a mix engineer talking about how he uses lo air on almost all of his drums, everybody was dissing waves saying that they are sponsoring him to say that, even if warren is getting paid to review this plugin, we all can see ourselves waves are one of the best plugin manufacturers if not the best, and dont tell me UAD their stuff is stupid expensive
Sounds great, haven't got this one (yet...) but lately my go to plugins are, well, Waves (love the J37). Tangent here but I saw D. Zappa in Utrecht the other night and the FOH engineer (Eran Ben Zur) runs ALL on Waves, and it was one of the best sounding shows I've been to in a long time. The band was also just killing it, just saying :)
I’m not a fan of waves stuff but this sounds like instant magic. Still can’t believe and need to demo it
Hi lazyabeats it’s pretty darn amazing!!
Love it how you explore it. And see how to use it. Thank you so much. Give us ideas how to use it properly.
This is really a great demo!
Thanks ever so much
Interesting, the waves plugin demo shows a cross over freq as opposed to hp lp and the tg or red has an off option as well. Sounds killah though
Yes, that is interesting! I wonder why that is? This was one of the first they let anyone try! So maybe it's been modded or they reviewed there's earlier?
The acoustic was a bit overcooked for the mix, but it's really very nice. Preferred the Redd for it over the TG. I have this since yesterday, along with MDMX and a free Abbey Road Chambers ;) my favourites by a mile from Waves are the Abbey Road stuff and Kramer's Tapes Tubes n' Transistors. Good one Warren!
Hi J B thanks ever so much for sharing! Tanks ever so much for your encouragement
Thank you for reviewing this :)
Sold. Another plug in for my poor little CPU to carry uphill.
Haha I hear you Mark!! You Rock!
I literally LOLed at this comment 🤣
Really helpful video & Please make one video on Tape emulations vsts buy waves on master🙏🏼
Good plugin I like it.
Wonderful Stuart!
great video! What a great plugin
Just found this video. i bought this plugin this weekend and will experiment during a mixing session. Sounds promising! ;-) Cheers Y
Toms are pitched to vocal melody....great!
Thanks for this, Warren. I am surprised that there is not a greater difference in sound between the TG and the REDD in the plug in.
I am a Beatles' freak, and even though 'Abbey Road' sounds fantastic as an album, it took me years to work out/find out that the hard acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and drums that I loved from 'The White Album' had a huge amount to do with whichever version of the REDD desk they were using at time, and I would have LOVED it if The White Album had been recorded through the REDD desk. Imagine hearing 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' through the REDD!
John and George apparently wanted the REDD for the guitars on that song, too.
And imagine if Apple had actually signed Queen - then we would have heard them through that TG.
Have you ever been testing out a new plug in on an old track like this and thought I wish I had this when I first did this song
Even on my ipad i can hear the difference clearly. Brighter, punchier, less cluttered in the mix. I need this..
Newbie says, "mostly I hear a mid-scoop when you turn it on", but it does sound better. And, it sounds much better when you bring everything else back in than when it's soloed. Okay, that was only a 1st impression before you really started messing with it. Really cool sounds! Amazing ideas!
Also, the title and location reminded me of a question I thought I might ask you for an FAQ Friday video. I looked up the Beatles's "Revolver" on Amazon (or Spotify? Not sure...) and the only version that came up was the 2009 Remastered versions, and this was across all of their releases. I thought I was hearing some crazy compression and had long been curious about their recordings, which is a HUGE rabbit hole I kinda don't want to fall into. Have you ever A/B'd these against older releases, or even vinyl? Is it that noticeably different than how I remember it or has it been processed quite a bit? I tried a search for critical reviews, but no luck. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
Yup. Bought it.
Are you planning an Abbey Road Master Chain video anytime soon? Tempted, but I wanna hear you play with it 1st.
awesome video man love it!
Oh God, my ears at 22:20, lol. Crushing the mid has my head tilting like a confused puppy.
This is so cool! I'll be saving up for mine.
Hi Romano Koen fantastic!! I love it!!
That is awesome. To me, it sounds that vocal line should be doubled - 1 using the Redd clean and the 2nd with the TG slightly dirty.
What was it that the guitars were sent through for The Beatles' Revolution? As I understand it, no amp was used. The guitars were run direct and distorted through the board or outboard gear. When I heard the distortion that this added to the vocals, that guitar sound was the first thing that I thought of.
AnAmericanGuitarist two Redd console preamps cascaded and both overdriven.
Marvellous question! It looks as though Timothe, below, has the answer!
@@TimotheCatlin Thanks! It was definitely perfect for the song!
14:12 If your head is about to explode from..STOP ME IN MY TRACKS BEFORE...YOU'RE A....Here is where you want to be.
Smartass aside, that was brilliant use of that saturator in parallel. I can't wait to try it.
My CPU started smoking just from watching this video!! Might need new speakers as well. Thanks Warren.
I Kid!!
Haha thanks ever so much John! You Rock!
how does it differ from the two separate plugins? thanks
imslicc much less versatile
I REDD the news today, oh boy ;)
Prefer the TC myself in the default state and that touch of magic it adds to the acoustic guitar reminds me of playing an electroacoustic with a fresh 9V in the preamp and brand new strings.
Sounds like the kind of saturation Owen Morris used on Gallagher’s voice on definitely maybe
Splendid
That's a great reference Stu!
I'm not a guy who thinks more plugins are the answer in the quest for sonic goodness, I have more then enough to ruin any mix. But that was impressive.
Haha thanks ever so much Cary!!
Brilliant review.
I would be interested in knowing what the TG and REDD 'programmed in' settings are, and if they too are adjustable. I could always hook up my TG and REDD but some entirely different Voodoo is happening here. My jaw dropped on the acoustic guitar.
You’re the shnizzle Warren THANKS!
You're very welcome my friend!!
Great plugin. Sounds really good. Would it be possible for you to do a video about mixing acoustic or clean guitars when they're playing melodies or arpeggios instead of chords? I've seen a lot of tutorials about how to mix rhythm guitars but not much on lead and almost none on clean or acoustic lead. At 6:18, that acoustic sounds really great, If you could talk about that would be really helpful. Than you
Not just mixing, Recoding and layering them as well, Like complete production
I recently bought the Abbey Road Collection, and I see this is now included in that bundle, but I can't seem to figure out how to activate it... unless.. they are expecting me to pay more because I made the mistake of buying their product too soon? Because that would be the last time I ever buy anything from Waves if it were the case.
Hi Jesse Goplen I’m not sure. I would say that’s a question best asked of Waves! What did you think of the plug in demo? Many thanks Warren
@@Producelikeapro Warren, your demo - like all your videos - is incredible and I can only imagine the fun I could have with the plugin. I did ask Waves about it, haven't heard back yet. I hope it's just me not knowing how to activate the license... I see some of the other Abbey Road plugins have updated versions as well and those don't appear to be activated for me either, so I really hope it's just me being a noob. There's no way I'm spending another $60 when other people are getting it with the same bundle I just bought, possibly even with better versions of the same plugins I have, too. That would be outrageous if I had to keep buying the same bundle every few months! :)
Jesse Goplen thanks for your kind words! I have a great relationship with the people at Waves and they have always looked after me and everyone I know. I do hope everything has been resolved ok!
@@Producelikeapro Yeah, Waves got back to me and said it was the folks at Abbey Road who made the stipulation, it's not their normal policy, I think they understand. They have some kind of upgrade, but it seems to similarly punish me if upgrade too soon by doing so now rather than waiting until one year after I bought the collection, because each upgrade comes with a fresh one-year update plan, but I already have a lot of time left on the update plan that came with the Abbey Road collection. I was definitely super excited after seeing your demo video and especially by the fact I thought the plugin download would be waiting for me, but now instead of feeling smart I feel like an idiot. Luckily I'm used to that feeling! :)
Hang on. I thought that this was based on the TG 12345, which was the desk that the 'Abbey Road' album was recorded through. But the link you have below reveals that this is "...the ultra-rare EMI TG12321-a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers". I thought something was not sounding quite right, in terms of similarity to the album.
Can I use this plugin for edm for example tech house basslines?
Absolutely!!
Great review, I just bought this & I'm wondering what it's capable of - a lot, obviously, thanks. By the way, what's the song?
It's great I put it on an aux and pipe various stuff in to it lifts up the Banjo in a busy mix perfect I'm Serious
sold! like how you can saturate in different freq.'s
Yes! Great feature!
I think I can hear this on John's vocals on I am the walrus.
Hi Lars Andreas Johansson you May well be right my friend!!
That compander is great, would love to know what it was used on record wise but damn!
Why don't you have the Off option on the Saturator part? Is this a Beta version?
Hi Pablo, yes, this was a beta version! Good spot!
Wow this sounds great. Wonder how this would translate to electronic music... I'm sure I can use it to add life to some sparkly synth plucks or to the drum bus!
I remember when the Redd come out, everyone was lowering the gain to -18 or so, to avoid it being too harsh.Do you need to do that with this? This sounds real good.
Love it on the drums! Side note - how did you get the drums to sound like that before the saturator? Was that the small kit in your tracking room or another one somewhere else? BTW - our mutual friend Terry Lesperance says hi :)
If someone owns the Waves REDD and/or TG12345 plugins, what if anything do those still add if the Saturator is used?