The Holy Grail of Smooth Compression: Behind the RS124

[@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan]

Very rich history and these EMI engineers definitely had an ear along with technical skills.

[@DanAdlingtonOnline]

The RS124 joined my list of GO TO Compressor plugins today. Great job Waves!!! I am a proud owner.

[@cjwhaley444]

SAME! What have you been using it with?

[@DanAdlingtonOnline]

@@cjwhaley444 In my projects on bass. I use it before the UA API 560 with a send to a UA Tele LA-3A. I get a fat punchy bass for rock and heavy guitar music sitting well in the bottom end. Vocals as well depending on the vocal.

[@cjwhaley444]

@@DanAdlingtonOnline that's so awesome! I'm using it on bass as well lol. Loving it.

[@josephrasbold2180]

I heard the actual units at Abbey Road back in May of 2019, the plugin does a great job!

[@VAEOMMusic]

Dont know if i need this , but the backstory got me hooked into the video 👍

[@eranddroory9987]

Waves.. Youre killing it these days. First CLA Epic and now this!!

[@peachhead1928]

Same...

[@vecchiuz2143]

On my bamboo Flutes nothing sounds Great as this compressor, i m just in love with it!

[@timbomba9478]

picks up on the dynamics of a vocal. in a nice way.

[@nantschev]

Got it today. Absolutely love it!

[@cjwhaley444]

What a great gift in the year 2020! Made a video about it where I used it on bass and it sounded magical 😍 thank you Waves and Abbey Road!

[@dazzjazz]

I used it today on drums, bass and main mix buss and it sounds fabulous.

[@iamsparta96]

Love it! Gotta pick mine up today!

[@Tonebreakfast]

Sounds beautiful , purchased it with Cyber Monday

[@squidwerks1]

Acustica Audio's Coffee suite has the Chandler Abbey Road approved RS-124 so not the ONLY plugin modeled on the sacred unit...

[@lefooo]

This compressor sounds great. Maybe Waves's best one, at least for me.

[@hamtramckchronicles]

I bought it on the strength of it's name alone. This is a FANTASTIC compressor!

[@craigmurray9605]

Just got it- sounds fantastic on snare.

[@MacReviewzOnline]

a whole compressor investment just for a little snare ? lol...

[@J_Suave317]

@@MacReviewzOnline I mean he can use it on anything. I used it on vocals and it sounds fantastic in my opinion. I personally like this compressor than the CLA-2A. But to each their own

[@MacReviewzOnline]

@@J_Suave317 yes sir!

[@craigmurray9605]

@@MacReviewzOnline just for a little snare? lol, you're new at this, aren't you?

[@MacReviewzOnline]

@@craigmurray9605 experienced mixer. just noticing that many newbs or wannabes get caught up in details having 900 plugins rather than understanding the process.

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

we have an original emi one and this plugin sounds like a caricature of it. kush audio got it right with the ar-1

[@theCloneman5]

So the first sentence is blatantly wrong. Royal Compressor and Cream do very much exist.

[@TwstedTV]

This guy in the beginning of this video says "There is no other plugin available that is modeled " which is a lie..... Yet 7 other companies made similar plugins of them. United Plugins Royal Compressor (which pluginboutique is giving away for free for a limtied time with a purchased item) and Abbey Roads actually makes the Chandler Limited RS124 hardware still, and Acustica plugins made a new plugin called Cream which is suppose to resemble but a bit far, and so on and so forth. Not to mention that people can still get their hands on the Altec 436C and Altec 438C hardware compressors. The waves plugin version looks really nicely designed as always :) I still purchased the waves version........ Because I trust waves products and their emulation that have been trusted for decades in the music industry.

[@andyleigh2784]

This is the only model that was officially approved by abbey road studios tho

[@Gerardoooooooo]

@@andyleigh2784 Wrong. Abbey Road itself, not Waves, released an official software plugin emulation of the RS124 a number of years ago. I still own it and use it, mate.

[@robbiemichaels2347]

Cant frigging use it in Mixbus nor CLA Epic which I bought and is usable with the reversing of the GUI. Bonkers

[@kingech_B15]

Need it

[@nelsonstarr5356]

It's about freaking time! This has been almost a travesty in the whole EMI Abbey Road/Waves/Softube/Chandler nonsense reorganization and drama. This plugin was already released in a very respectable form by Softube years ago. Then it was mysteriously dropped from availability for several years (never made it to 64 bit). Then a small company UnitedPlugins put out (apparently) a very good version with 3 different selectable sub-versions available within the one plugin (as was the case with Softube, as I recall...here there are only 2). But UnitedPlugins' price was around $125, which was a bit much. Now, finally, the company that has been officially putting out all the Abbey Road gear for years has finally released this. As Mirek Styles says, this is the most critical part of the whole Beatles sound. So, that it was unavailable as part of the "Beatles" package, was a major tragedy. Finally we can get our hands on this thing--and for a killer price (I bet UnitedPlugins wishes they had lowered the price now)! For $39.99, this is literally a steal. This is easily one of the best compressors of all time. I am so giddy that it is finally available again and that I now own it. This is just great!! Thank you Waves and Abbey Road!!

[@Tryggvasson]

you're most welcome.

[@factofrealitytv4294]

i love anything and everything waves! just wish i could afford them... :(

[@lairdey]

Check out the specials page. They run deep discounts all the time! ;)

[@Tryggvasson]

it's $30-40 a piece, cut in half on cyber monday - which is a generic name for most any day of the week - when you get 2 free plugins for every 2 bought. it doesn't get cheaper than this, except if you find someone to pay you when you buy stuff. compare to plugin alliance - $350 a channel strip, for instance. and i like waves' sound and concepts better.

[@Tryggvasson]

being the inquisitive nature that i am, can i inquire if this is the same compressor that one (myself included) can find on the tg mastering and tg12345 channel strips? cause if so, i already have it. twice. sounds good, not complaining. was only wondering if i could feel part of the new release without having to pay more money.

[@waves]

Hi Olaf, this is a completely new compressor plugin, not the same one from the TG12345 channel strip 🙂 Also, keep in mind that you can always demo our plugins and check it our for yourself 😉 Our demos are fully functional 7 days temporary licenses so you can fully evaluate how the plugin sounds.

[@Tryggvasson]

@@waves new plugin, got it, but is it of the same compressor - model?

[@matt_nyc_audioengineer]

How in the WORLD does this have almost 40k views and less than 500 likes... 🤦🏻‍♂

[@andymacc]

Yes x

[@justin1603]

great plugin but stil...the waves update plan/ costs incl waves central are a joke and pain in the a.. in 2020

[@infinagon]

So, what type of compressor is it?

[@curtiscole9151]

tube comp

[@juliusebola9389]

It's a valve/tube vari mu design, like a fairchild

[@m9shamalan]

just bought it and it wont run on OSX Sierra! great.

[@Fwuzeem]

He says there is nothing else quite like it, but there is Cream by Acustica already

[@TwstedTV]

And United Plugins Royal Compressor and the Chandler Limited RS124

[@Fwuzeem]

@@TwstedTV not really, since the Chandler is a recreation and not the same thing. That would be Acustica Coffee rather than Cream. United Plugins have a good one, which is the Royal Compressor.

[@joost3783]

Not true there are plugins like this. The Royal by United plugins and it's actually pretty good.. And you don't have to pay for upgrade plans **** ***

[@justin1603]

if they would cancel their idiotic update plans i easily would buy their abbey road bundle and some more stuff and i am sure they would have hundrets of new custumers...even i know quite a few musicians who also feel fooled bout their silly update plan philosophy and so they do not buy any waves stuff like myself...

[@tramer76]

Two video demo/promos from Waves and not one example of this on a real bass guitar? Just Synth Bass? SMH

[@adralicus]

Yes I was thinking that as well. The synth bass was completely out of context especially when he was talking about it sounding great on bass guitar!

[@davidsteadman1613]

Your too young to discuss this subject, "heresay" ;)

[@martywhite2988]

Key phrases in every ad for any compressor: it's silky, smooth. There was never anything like it. 🖕

[@Tryggvasson]

actually, that's a fake news bulletin right out of the box, cause united plugins have royal compressor, modeling the same unit - in fact, 3 separate units of that same model, complete with different attack times, hold, plus extra auto gain. the good news stop here, though, cause it's more than 3 times the price, looks uglier, and once you got it you have to put it on every album, cause you can never transfer the license. and it doesn't have abbey road written on it, which leaves you feeling uncertain, nor the "british proper blue" grey color. interesting video, nonetheless.

[@bjh3661]

Saying "very unique" is just like saying "almost infinite". Either it is unique or it's not. I would say that all twenty-five of these compressors are unique. But I don't work for Abbey Road. I'll get my coat and see mysef out...

[@v1o]

No its not. Those two terms mean completely different things. In the English language there are varying degrees of uniqueness, something can be quite unique, not so unique and even very unique. And also something unique to you might not be unique to someone else.

[@juliusebola9389]

unique isn't a binary category, infinite is. One is a light switch, the other is a dimmer switch.

[@Tryggvasson]

extremely infinite. the other 24 will be emulated in separate plugins.