Waves Audio and Abbey Road Studios has announced the shipment of the EMI TG12345 plug-in, bringing to life the legendary console that epitomized the sound evolution of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.
The first-ever solid-state console created by EMI, the original TG12345 desk helped shape classic recordings by The Beatles, Pink Floyd and many others.
The Waves/Abbey Road channel strip plug-in captures every celebrated feature of the one-of-a-kind original console: the input mic preamp, down to every last detail of its harmonic distortion, hum and noise; the bass and treble EQ bands from the mic cassette; the presence EQ band from the console’s group/main section; the lush-sounding spreader; and to top it all off, the console’s famous limiter/compressor, with its distinctive sound.
The plug-in offers routing options that cover the entire TG12345 line, from the one and only MK1 desk on which it was modeled, to the final MK4 models.
In addition to the console’s original features, new elements have been added to make the plugin even more accommodating for modern mixing needs, including a high-pass filter on the compressor’s sidechain; a mix control in the dynamics section for easy parallel compression/limiting; a drive control; and more.
Waves/Abbey Road EMI TG12345:
—Based on the legendary TG12345, the first solid state console from EMI
—A complete modeling of the entire TG12345 channel strip
—3-band EQ with continuous gain and frequency
—Includes TG12345’s compressor/limiter
—A modeling of the actual desk used by The Beatles on the Abbey Road album
