An emulation of three custom-built Abbey Road tube consoles for the punchy, warm pop sound of the 1960s.

The REDD consoles were custom-built in the 1960s by Abbey Road’s in-house Record Engineering Development Department and are known for silky-smooth EQ, extraordinary warmth and serious punch when needed. The plugin models the raw, colourful REDD.17 and the upgraded REDD.37, both based on Siemens V72 tube amps, as well as the legendary REDD.51 with its famous REDD.47 preamps. Turn up the REDD drive for that raw, hard 60s sound, while the minimalist yet musical EQ controls make bass, drums, guitars, synths and loops pop with warmth.

Features

• Three console channel strips with different characters
• REDD.17 and REDD.37 model the Siemens V72 tube amps
• REDD.51 models the legendary REDD.47 tube preamps
• REDD drive for the raw, hard 60s sound
• Minimalist yet highly musical EQ controls
• Designed in close collaboration with Abbey Road

Technical details

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX
• Architecture: 64 bit
• Licensing: licence key, machine-bound or USB flash drive (via Waves Central)

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe or 27 Golden Gate (Apple silicon or Intel)
• Windows 10 64-bit (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (Intel or AMD, x64)
• 16 GB RAM
• 30 GB free disk space on the system drive

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://www.waves.com/downloads/central. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.