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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Creating the Record ...................................... 18 Playing Back the Record ....................................21 Chapter 5: Vinyl, A Brief History ............................24 Improvements in Vinyl Sound ..................................25 The Decline of Vinyl ...................................... 26 Vinyl Revival ........................................27 Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... -
Page 3: Welcome
Despite this, people loved their vinyl records because they provided unbeatable sound. It’s this sound that Waves delivers in the Abbey Road Vinyl plugin. It doesn’t just add pops, clicks, and band limiting. Instead it dissects the technical elements that gave vinyl its sound and it lets you deliver anything from a very subtle recreation of vinyl for discerning listeners, to aggressive vinyl artifacts for club settings. -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Components
Abbey Road Vinyl Mono – Mono to Mono Abbey Road Vinyl Stereo – Stereo to Stereo Abbey Road Vinyl Mono Lite – Mono to Mono Abbey Road Vinyl Stereo Lite – Stereo to Stereo The mono and stereo Lite components can introduce Noise and Crackles to the selected playback Generation/Turntable/Cartridge setup, and provide control over their level and the crackle density. -
Page 5: Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide
Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide Abbey Road Vinyl emulates the entire vinyl process, from the mastering desk at Abbey Road studios, to the processing rack and vinyl lathe (resulting in the sound of the Lacquer disk generation), to the press factory (which creates the sound of the final printed generation). - Page 6 • You may turn on Auto resume control for creative effects. When Auto is activated, playback will resume immediately at the end of the slow down effect. • Experiment with automating these controls. Note: You can stop the record from spinning by clicking the left-hand side of the record. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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Page 7: Chapter 3: Interface And Controls
Chapter 3: Interface and Controls Interface Panels Full Vinyl Component Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... - Page 8 Lite Vinyl Component Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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Page 9: Controls
Higher Drive levels result in increased harmonic distortion. Note: At higher Drive levels the amplitude of the signal may be clipped (depending on your source material), which may result in lower perceived loudness. Range: 0 to 100 Default: 0 Reset: 0 Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... - Page 10 2. Print: Vinyl disc pressed at a vinyl print factory. Turntable Select which turntable you wish to use for playback: 1. Abbey Road (Default/Reset): Playback on the built-in turntable of the Abbey Road vinyl lathe. 2. DJ: Playback on a popular DJ direct-drive turntable. Cartridge Select which cartridge you wish to use for playback: 1.
- Page 11 A click is a short, loud burst created by the stylus striking a physical interference on the record. This control adjusts the level of clicks added to signal. It changes as you select different Generations/Turntables/Cartridges. Range: Off to 100 Default: Off Reset: 50 Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 12 In addition to the knob on the GUI, the Tone Arm itself is a graphic control that moves as you grab it from its base and slide it across the record. As you move the tone arm inward, HF frequency response and harmonic distortion change in character. Range: 0 to 100; 0=beginning of record, 100=end groove Default: 0 Reset: 0 Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 13 When engaged, Playback will resume immediately when the slow-down effect is completed. When disengaged, no sound will pass once the slow-down effect has ended–until the Play button is pressed once again. Range: Off, On Default: Off Reset: Off Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 14 These controls shape the character of the phase distortion by determining which frequencies of the signal will be removed from the overall bandwidth of the phase modulation. This setting changes according to Generation/Turntable/Cartridge selection. Range: 0.1 (16 Hz) to 100 (20 kHz). Default: Setup dependent Reset: Setup dependent Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 15 Range: -50 (off) to +50 Default: 0 Reset: 0 Flutter Rate Determines the rate of Amplitude Modulation (AM) applied. This setting changes according to Generation/Turntable/Cartridge selection. Range: Off (-) to 100 Default: 50 Reset: 50 Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 16 Output Level Controls the total signal output level. Range: -18 dB to +18 dB Default: 0 dB Reset: 0 dB Monitor selector Changes the monitoring of the plugin. Range: Stereo/Mono/Left/Right Default: Stereo Reset: Stereo Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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Page 17: Wavesystem Toolbar
Use the bar at the top of the plugin to save and load presets, compare settings, undo and redo steps, and resize the plugin. To learn more, click the icon at the upper-right corner of the window and open the WaveSystem Guide. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... -
Page 18: Chapter 4: Vinyl Record Production And Playback
The record production involves these steps. Where applicable, the corresponding Abbey Road Vinyl control is described in italics. 1. Transcribe the music to lacquer. - Page 19 The father is then oxidized and plated once again. The result is a metal plate that when separated from the father can be played back on a turntable to check for errors. This is called a “Mother.” The mother is used to create the “Stampers.” Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
- Page 20 To experience how playback sounds at Abbey Road mastering suites, Select AR in the Turntable section. You can also play back through a standard DJ turntable, which although not as pristine as the Abbey Road turntable, provides a classic “vinyl sound.” Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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Page 21: Playing Back The Record
The shape and design of the tone arm influence the phase distortion. Certain turntables offer linear tracking, in which the stylus moves laterally with respect to turntable rotation. This reduces phase distortion, but such turntables are expensive and relatively rare. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... - Page 22 Moving coil cartridges often have less mass, which can reduce groove wear. Abbey Road Vinyl offers three modelled cartridges: • Moving Magnet (MM)-This is modelled from the cartridge stylus that’s used at Abbey Road Studios. It is one of the best moving magnet cartridges ever produced, and is defined by very good transient response and very flat frequency response.
- Page 23 There’s a great deal of room for a consumer to shape his or her listening experience when it comes to vinyl. It’s a matter of personal taste, music preferences, and, of course, budget. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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Page 24: Chapter 5: Vinyl, A Brief History
Shellac records are durable, but they suffer from very high surface noise. Other materials were offered as alternatives, including vinyl, but no other record material was able to displace shellac commercially. This changed during World War II, when shellac was scarce. It was vinyl’s big break. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... -
Page 25: Improvements In Vinyl Sound
America (RIAA) established a specification for the recording and playback of phonograph records. By adapting this equalization curve, record manufacturers are able to decrease the average width of each groove, thus yielding greater recording times, to improve overall sound quality, and to reduce groove damage. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... -
Page 26: The Decline Of Vinyl
Caruso to Led Zeppelin. Audiophile listeners hung on to their LPs for a long time (perhaps forever), but the market had made its choice. By the early 1990s, many were declaring the death of vinyl. This was essentially true, given the many market forces standing in its way. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide... -
Page 27: Vinyl Revival
50 years before. The fun of opening the sleeve, lowering the needle, and experiencing the music in a special way. But mostly, it’s because a well-made record gives us an unbeatable sound. Abbey Road Vinyl / User Guide...
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