WAVES: ABBEY ROAD
REDD.17
USER GUIDE
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction....................................................................................................3
1.1 Welcome..................................................................................................................3
1.2 Product Overview....................................................................................................3
1.3 About REDD............................................................................................................4
1.4 Components............................................................................................................4
Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide..........................................................................................5
Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls...................................................................................6
3.1 Interface...................................................................................................................6
3.2 Controls...................................................................................................................7
Chapter 4 – The WaveSystem........................................................................................10
4.1 The WaveSystem Toolbar.....................................................................................10
4.2 Preset Handling.....................................................................................................10
4.3 Interface Controls..................................................................................................13
4.4 Waves Preferences (Pro Tools only).....................................................................15
REDD is a trademark of EMI (IP) Limited, used under license.
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 Welcome
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1.2 Product Overview
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 console.
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.
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1.3 About REDD
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.
1.4 Components
WaveShell technology enables us to split Waves processors into smaller plugins, which
we call components. Having a choice of components for a particular processor gives
you the flexibility to choose the configuration best suited to your material. REDD.17
includes the following components:
o REDD.17 Mono
o REDD.17 Stereo
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Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide
1. Open the REDD.17 on a track.
2. Adjust Tone Low and/or Tone High as needed.
3. Adjust the drive control to increase or decrease the distortion level, until the
desired result is achieved.
4. Using the output control, adjust the output level as needed.
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