Waves Abbey Road RS56 Passive EQ - Vintage Universal Tone Control Plugin

Waves Abbey Road RS56 Passive EQ - Vintage Universal Tone Control Plugin

The Waves Abbey Road RS56 Passive EQ models the RS56, created at Abbey Road in the early 1950s for mastering and vinyl cutting and regarded as the very first parametric EQ. The studio's recording engineers soon found it superior to the basic console tone controls of the time, and it is famously heard on The Beatles' recordings.

The plugin recreates the silky, transparent sound of passive equalisation with three bands, four frequencies per band and six filter types per band. Stereo, dual mono and mid/side processing, an EQ graph and modern enhancements make it perfect for loops, drums, synths or the entire mix bus.

• Models the rare RS56 Universal Tone Control
• Three bands with four frequencies and six filter types each
• Smooth, transparent passive EQ character
• Stereo, dual mono and mid/side processing
• EQ graph for visual feedback
• Developed with Abbey Road Studios

Supplied as a digital download with a perpetual licence. After purchase you receive a Waves serial number to register to your Waves account; the plugins are then installed and activated with the free Waves Central application, either to your computer or to an exFAT-formatted USB flash drive, one device at a time. A Waves account and an internet connection are needed to activate; no hardware dongle is required. Formats: AAX Native, AudioSuite, AU and VST3 (64-bit) on macOS Sonoma 14 or later, and AAX Native, AudioSuite and VST3 (64-bit) on Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11. Intel and Apple silicon Macs and x64 Intel or AMD PCs are supported; 16 GB RAM is recommended.