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REDD Consoles Plugin Tutorial

London's Abbey Road Studios were at the epicenter of a seismic shift that rocked the world of music during the 1960s, and changed the course of popular culture forever. The Beatles, The Hollies, Pink Floyd and countless other luminaries made musical history at Abbey Road Studios, trailblazing a revolution that resonates to this day. And at the heart of it all: The REDD consoles, custom-designed, built by and named for Abbey Road Studios' in-house Record Engineering Development Department. Renowned for their silky smooth EQ curves, extraordinary warmth and lush stereo imagery, there’s something magical about the REDDs that sound like no other consoles.

Image | Video   Waves meticulously recreated the color, character and tonal complexity of the original desks: The REDD.17 which still belongs to Abbey Road Studios, and the REDD.37 console now owned by Lenny Kravitz. The result is an impressive pair of plugins that deliver the dimension, depth and richness of these console classics.

Features

Based on the legendary REDD.17, REDD.37 and REDD.51 consoles Delivers the classic British sound of the 1960s Continuous EQ controls Developed in association with Abbey Road Studios

Controls

Amp Type determines the type of amplifier. (REDD .37-.51 only) Channel Select determines the channel configuration. Bass Lift controls the 9 dB low shelf that compensates for low frequency loss caused by using condenser microphones in a Figure 8 configuration. EQ Select toggles between Classic and Pop EQ types. The Classic treble EQ features a shelf boost or cut at 10 kHz; Pop EQ is a peak boost centered around 5 kHz, with a shelf cut centered at 10 kHz. Both Pop and Classic settings feature a continuous 10 dB of boost or cut at 100 Hz. (REDD .37-.51 only) Tone High controls high shelf equalization. Tone Low controls low shelf equalization. Monitor controls the source of the monitor output. Spread selects stereo processing mode. (Stereo component only) Drive controls the amount of drive added to the signal. Lower values result in a cleaner sound; higher values result in a more distorted sound. Analog controls the level of modeled noise and the hum. Output controls the output level of the signal. VU Meters display output VU readings.

REDD is a trademark of EMI (IP) Limited, used under license. Visit Abbey Road Studios website.

REDD.51, Studio Two/Abbey Road

REDD.37, Studio 1/Abbey Road

REDD.17

Lenny Kravitz with his REDD.37 
(Photo: Mathieu Bitton)

Since its opening in 1931, Abbey Road Studios have been known as a bastion of recording excellence and innovation. EMI's Recording Engineer Development Department (REDD) was established in 1955 by Abbey Road Studios technical engineer Lenn Page to address the needs of the then-burgeoning stereophonic format. Within a year, the team's efforts had led to the production of the REDD.1 console, Abbey Road Studios' first dedicated stereo mixing system, which consisted of a REDD.8 mixer and a rack that housed its amplifiers and other components.

In 1957, its successor was created: The REDD.17, designed by Peter Burkowitz of EMI's German affiliate, was one of the first desks to conform to the design we've come to expect from mixing consoles, with EQ on each of its eight channels. Like the REDD.1 before it, the REDD.17 was a mono/stereo board.

Later the following year, in response to the growing popularity of the four track recording format, the third in the series, the REDD.37, was released. Both the REDD.17 and REDD.37 were powered exclusively by legendary Siemens V72 valve amplifiers and, in the case of the REDD.37, at least 31 of them!

The REDD.37 was followed by the REDD.51, which used newer REDD.47 amps, and offered lower distortion and more headroom than the V72s. Originally created in 1959, it was not until 1963 that the .51 found its way to Abbey Road Studios. Four of the .51 desks were ultimately built; by 1968, they were slowly phased out by EMI's next generation of solid-state eight and sixteen track consoles, the TG series.