Waves Abbey Roads Plates reverb, WOW. Very impressive!
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:14 am
Anyone here tried the Waves Abbey Roads plates reverb? This plugin is truly a special accomplishment by Waves and shows they've come a long ways. The plates sound rich, organic and alive. They sound amazing and Waves ARP IMO is the best plate reverb plugin out here. I have not used it in a real project yet but I can tell it will get a lot of use in the near future. This reverb eats a ton of cpu so people who think modern computers are invincible juggernaughts might get a big surprise with this plugin and afterwards see things differently . I'm glad Waves no longer use dongles and have lowered their prices. The ARP reverb is currently on sale for $99, I bought it a few days back since I fell in love with it instantly after demoing it wich is rare for Native plugins. I love Mechanical reverbs wich are the analog reverbs of old (plates and spring reverbs) for they sound magical to me when done right. If I get anymore super-hungry plugins like this plate reverb my next computer will be under-powered before I get it in the door.
I see Waves also now have a subscription model wich seems to be the sad direction every major company on the market is now going. Cloud subscriptions seems like a clever way of slowly taking ownership from users and only allow for renting. Currently it's a buyer's-market and it seems many companies are colluding to take the market from the buyers with stuff like subscription models. I want no part of that stuff myself, i'll continue to flat out buy my plugins when needed and if subscriptions become the only options i'll likely stop spending all together. I'm very surprised some consumers actually purchase these subscription plans. Subscriptions are definitely the direction the industry's going, I'm not convinced that type of paradigm change will be successful for the Audio industry like it is for Adobe but if it does become successfull it will be a VERY VERY sad day.
Here's a link to the Waves Abbey Roads plates, its still on sale - http://www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-road ... erb-plates
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I see Waves also now have a subscription model wich seems to be the sad direction every major company on the market is now going. Cloud subscriptions seems like a clever way of slowly taking ownership from users and only allow for renting. Currently it's a buyer's-market and it seems many companies are colluding to take the market from the buyers with stuff like subscription models. I want no part of that stuff myself, i'll continue to flat out buy my plugins when needed and if subscriptions become the only options i'll likely stop spending all together. I'm very surprised some consumers actually purchase these subscription plans. Subscriptions are definitely the direction the industry's going, I'm not convinced that type of paradigm change will be successful for the Audio industry like it is for Adobe but if it does become successfull it will be a VERY VERY sad day.
Here's a link to the Waves Abbey Roads plates, its still on sale - http://www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-road ... erb-plates
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