Waves Abbey Road Saturator

About Waves Abbey Road Saturator

The Waves Abbey Road Saturator is a meticulously crafted plugin developed in collaboration with Abbey Road Studios, designed to emulate the distinctive analog saturation and distortion characteristics of the legendary REDD and TG12345 consoles.

• Accurate recreation of both crunchy tube and smooth solid-state saturation flavors
• Incorporates the rare EMI TG12321 compander to excite the input pre-saturation
• Offers detailed pre- and post-gain EQ controls to shape the distortion character
• Features a phase switch to dramatically alter the distortion sound
• Provides flexible control over the compander’s crossover frequencies
• Includes M/S processing to apply distortion to mid or side channels separately
• Equipped with a mix control for wet/dry parallel processing
• Comes with presets crafted by Grammy-winning producers and engineers

This plugin is ideal for adding warmth and character to your tracks, from subtle harmonic enhancement to powerful distortion effects.