Waves Abbey Road Saturator Dynamics and Harmonic Saturation Software for Pro Audio (Download) - Manual (Page 8)

Abbey Road Saturator/ User Guide
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P
ASS AND
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P
ASS FILTERS
Sets the bandpass range of the compander.
Ranges: High pass: 80 Hz, 160 Hz, 380 Hz; default: 80 Hz
Low pass: 750 Hz, 1.5 kHz, 3 kHz; default: 3 kHz
The default settings provide the maximum compander bandwidth.
C
OMPANDER
B
LEND
Sets the mix between the compander and the input signal.
Range: 0 (input signal) to 100 (compander output)
Saturator
This section creates controllable saturation, modeled after the signal flow of two very different mixing consoles
from EMI, both of which became bread-and-butter consoles at Abbey Road.
EMI REDD 17 is a valve mixing desk, first developed at Abbey Road in the 1950s. Its saturation
sound is typically edgy and aggressive.
The EMI TG12345 , introduced in 1969, was the first solid state mixing console designed by EMI for
Abbey Road Studios. It saturates with a rounder, often warmer sound.
The differences between the saturation sound of the REDD valve-based consoles and the
transistorized TG consoles are significant. Experimenting between these two saturation types is an
essential part of creating a saturation sound. And remember that saturation behavior is very content
dependent.
You can also turn the Saturator
Off altogether.
To hear the effect of the saturator alone, switch off the Pre-EQ section and set the mix of the
compander
to zero. Set the saturator mix to 100% wet.