Abbey Road Saturator delivers the saturation of Abbey Road’s signal chain – from subtle to extreme, with tube or solid-state character.

Choose the tube sound of the REDD consoles or the round, solid-state tone of the TG12345, both calibrated together with Abbey Road’s engineers. Pre- and post-saturation EQ with high and low shelves plus a parametric midrange shapes the tone, while the rare EMI TG12321 compander, designed in 1964 as a noise reduction unit, excites tracks so they cut through the mix. Process in stereo, mid or sides, and use the Phase control to alter the character of the distortion harmonics.

Features

• REDD console tube and TG12345 solid-state saturation
• Rare EMI TG12321 compander as exciter
• Pre- and post-saturation EQ
• Mid/side processing and Phase control
• Mix/Dry control for parallel saturation
• Artist presets by Joe Barresi, Dave Pensado and Lu Diaz

Technical details

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX
• Architecture: 64 bit
• Licensing: licence key, machine-bound or USB flash drive (via Waves Central)

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe or 27 Golden Gate (Apple silicon or Intel)
• Windows 10 64-bit (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (Intel or AMD, x64)
• 16 GB RAM
• 30 GB free disk space on the system drive

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://www.waves.com/downloads/central. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.