This final part of our series on the Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor for Studio one Expert, Brent, concludes by looking at the Super-Fuse Drum Room Channel.

Here Brent shows us how to squash the dynamic range to brings more to the entire drum kit. He also looks at how the Super-fuse adds saturation and energy to the track. Finally, he ends the video by showing us how the entire drum mix sounds with the RS124.

The Waves Abbey Road RS124 plugin features two distinct sounds modelled from the original hardware:

• Studio models RS124 serial no. 60070B – a favourite unit used for tracking at Abbey Road from the late ‘50s into the ‘60s, due to its faster attack and release times. This is the more aggressive sound of the RS124, which creates a beautiful “squashed” sound on transients.

• Cutter is a modification with slower attack and release times. The slower RS124s were favoured for studio reduction mixes and in Abbey Road’s cutting rooms during the ‘60s. The more relaxed attack made these units suitable and more forgiving for bus compression and mastering purposes.

Features

• Precise modelling of Abbey Road’s ultra-rare RS124 tube compressor

• Silky-smooth tones for vocals, bass, drums, bus compression & mastering

• Developed with Abbey Road Studios

• Heard on every Beatles recording made at Abbey Road

• Two distinctive RS124 tube sounds included: “Studio” and “Cutter”

• Super-Fuse mode added for more aggressive results

• SC-HP, Mix knob and MS options included

• High-Frequency Roll-Off option included

For full details and videos, please head over to the Waves website.