Waves Abbey Road King's Microphones
Vintage Microphone Emulation Plugin
Microphones Fit for a King - and a Queen
In the 1920s and 30s, EMI crafted microphones for British Royalty - King George V, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth - but these gorgeous mics sat neglected in the EMI Archive Trust for decades.
Then, in a strange twist of fate, production started on the award-winning film, "The King's Speech".
After painstaking restoration, the mics came back to life to record the film's orchestral sections, as well as "re-amp" the dialogue for authenticity.
Then the Abbey Road engineers started experimenting with re-amping guitars and synths to get unique crunchy filter-like qualities.
Clearly, the mics were never designed to be used in this fashion - but breaking the rules is how you stand out.
Features
- Modeled in close collaboration with Abbey Road Studios
- The King George V mic is the only known model of a carbon mic
- Each mic has 3 range positions: close, natural, and ambient
- 1920s and 30s mic characteristics provide "lost" mic timbres
- Vibey sonic qualities for sound design and music production
- Follow with reverb, for novel room and ambiance effects
System Requirements
- MacOS 12 Monterey and above
- Officially supported up to MacOS 15 Sequoia
- Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
- Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
- 8GB RAM or more (16GB or more recommended)
Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, and VST3
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