Russ takes a look at the waves abbey road j37 tape emulation plug in.
Abbey road vinyl vs j37.
The j37 tape is once again a fruit of the collaboration between waves and abbey road studios.
It made a nice difference in the sound putting it in a place and sounding less like a dry solo instrument that wasn t a part of the underlying orchestral recording.
However that means it usually isn t ideal to go across all tracks.
It appeals more to a hands on approach for those who want the option of tweaking the sound until it fits perfectly to the source.
J37 the j37 is superior to the kramer in the sense of true high end tape emulation though again both are useful depending on the application.
The abbey road collection includes plugin models of the studios famed redd and tg12345 consoles as well as rs56 passive eq the curve bender j37 tape reel adt the king s microphones abbey road s echo chambers and reverb plates and the one of a kind vinyl plugin which models abbey road s vinyl cutting and playback gear.
Abbey road j37 tape.
This multitrack recorder was used in the famous studios during the second half of the 60s and the early 70s.
You re also given the option to play the virtual records on two distinct types of turntable with a choice of three classic cartridges.
Color wise the j37 is much more transparent imparting bluish greens to the sound.
This is the more sophisticated of the two plugins there are more options for altering the sound including three different tape formulation flavors fig.
However depending on your application that doesn t necessarily mean the j37 is better than the kramer master tape.
There are models of the various gear and controls to tweak and fine tune the analog contribution of the emulations.
Lots of use of puigtech and kramer tape and i was surprised to see that he used abbey road vinyl on a solo ethnic flute type of instrument.
It s the modeling of a four track j37 tape recorder manufactured by swiss company studer.
We re rebooting snake oil with this review of the abbey road vinyl plugin by waves.
The signal path starts on the left with a model of the tg 12410 transfer desk this imparts the sound of the solid state electronics.
Waves promises to simulate the sound of a vinyl record with this.
Abbey road vinyl includes the full signal chain as found in the studio s mastering room.
Find out what he thinks in this extended video review.
