Waves The King's Manuel utilisateur
WAVES : ABBEY ROAD
THE KING’S MICROPHONES
USER GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 3
1.1 WELCOME ............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................. 3
1.3 AFEW WORDS FROM ABBEY ROAD...................................................................................................... 4
1.4 CONCEPT AND TERMS............................................................................................................................ 6
1.5 COMPONENTS........................................................................................................................................ 7
CHAPTER 2 – QUICK START GUIDE.................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 3 – INTERFACE AND CONTROLS..................................................................................... 8
3.1 INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 CONTROLS............................................................................................................................................. 9
CHAPTER 4 – THE WAVESYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 11
4.1 THE WAVESYSTEM TOOLBAR ............................................................................................................. 11
4.2 PRESET HANDLING.............................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 INTERFACE CONTROLS ........................................................................................................................ 14
4.4 WAVES PREFERENCES (PRO TOOLS ONLY).......................................................................................... 16
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 Welcome
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1.2 Product Overview
The Waves: Abbey Road – The King’s Microphones plugin is a digital audio processor,
created in concept by Abbey Road Studios and engineered by Waves. The plugin is
based on three historical microphones currently held by The EMI Archive Trust, which
belong to the royal family and were used by its members in public addresses.
The microphones are:
oKing George V (circa 1925) – Carbon microphone
oKing George VI (circa 1936) – Dynamic moving coil microphone
oQueen Elizabeth (circa 1936) - Dynamic moving coil microphone
These iconic microphones were used to record the score and speech dialogue for the
multi award-winning hit film The King’s Speech.
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1.3 A Few Words from Abbey Road
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is an iconic symbol in the international music industry. The studios
have been at the heart of British music for almost 80 years and been the home of
countless landmark recordings and innovative techniques, equipment and technology.
Today, Abbey Road Studios is one of the most technically advanced recording, mixing
and post-production facilities in the world. For many years the studios benefited from
EMI’s research and development division, which custom-built mixing consoles, outboard
gear and microphones to meet the needs of studio engineers and artists. Most of this
equipment was only available to EMI studios and was never sold commercially.
The Royal Microphones
In the 1920s and 1930s, EMI had the honour of crafting special microphones for the
British Royal family for use at important and significant occasions. From this extremely
rare collection, three microphones have been used as a basis for this unique plug-in.
H.M. King George V model:
This Carbon microphone was designed by Marconi–Reisz circa 1925. It is comprised of
fine carbon dust held between output electrodes, fronted by a mica diaphragm and
encased in a grand marble shell. The microphone needs a constant DC voltage which
can be achieved today with a domestic 9v battery.
Carbon microphones are rarely used today. Despite this model’s limited bandwidth and
relatively high noise floor it was one of the best microphones available at the time,
therefore this particular microphone has a wonderful coloured sound unlike any
manufactured today.
H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth models:
Both of these microphones are based on the EMI CPM201 model. These moving coil
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microphones were specially built in 1936, encased in silver by G & S Co Ltd of London.
The front grill bears individual insignias of GRVI (George Rex VI) and E (Elizabeth) and
the top of the silver 'headlamp' style microphone is adorned with the Royal coat of arms.
The diaphragm is made of PVC and shaped almost like a loud speaker cone. It is
presumed these microphones were designed for outside broadcast, as they are more
robust than the more popular ribbon microphones of the time.
Use on Sessions Today
These Royal microphones and many other fascinating EMI memorabilia and equipment
are held in special storage by the EMI Archive Trust, based in Hayes. Peter Cobbin,
Abbey Road Studios’ Senior Engineer, was visiting the archives about 12 years ago
when he noticed an ornate box on one of the shelves. Upon asking, he was told that it
housed a microphone made for King George the V.
Peter thought nothing more of this until recently, when composer Alexandre Desplat
asked him to record the score for the award-winning film ‘The King’s Speech’.
Remembering what he had found over a decade earlier, Peter was keen to borrow the
King George V microphone for inspiration during the film’s recording sessions in Studio
One.
He was delighted to discover that in addition to microphones created for King George V
and Queen Elizabeth, the archives had the microphone used by King George VI, the
central character of the film.
The EMI Archive Trust kindly agreed to loan the microphones, and upon their arrival
Peter was curious to see if they could actually function. Lester Smith, Abbey Road
Studios’ legendary microphone technician, was able to get three of them working.
As three microphones were available, Peter placed these in front of the orchestra in a
Decca Tree formation – this became known on the sessions as the Royal Family Tree.
The oldest, King George V was placed in the centre position, with the two moving coil
microphones on either side. The King George V carbon microphone has a narrower
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frequency response and a very special “1920s radio” type sound, which worked
beautifully in conjunction with the fuller sounding stereo pair. Each microphone has its
own unique sound; the Queen Elizabeth model has a little more bottom end than the
King George VI. All three microphones have a beautiful, colourful tone that wowed the
film’s director and composer in the control room.
The Royal Tree was used extensively on the music mix for the film (in conjunction with
more traditional orchestral microphones). The director was so impressed by the sound
these microphones produced he was determined to find a way of using this unique
quality for the film’s speeches. Keeping in mind the film’s dub mix was already
underway, Peter found a solution to this by re-recording all the flat ‘speech’ dialogue
through a speaker and back into the Royal microphones at Abbey Road Studios. It is at
this time Peter thought this microphone effect would make a great plug-in.
After the film was finished, it was only too tempting to try these microphones out on other
sources to see how they sounded. In the relatively acoustically transparent vocal booth
in the Penthouse at Abbey Road Studios, a B&W 802 loudspeaker was set up in front of
the microphones. Drums, guitars, vocal and synths were then played and ‘processed’
through the microphones at different proximities.
Peter’s curiosity was rewarded with some fantastic and unique ‘filter’ type effects. The
resulting plug-in allows sound designers, engineers, producers and musicians all over
the world to give their audio the ‘royal’ treatment!
1.4 Concept and Terms
The King’s Microphones plugin is a special EQ filter processor that recreates the unique
tonal character of each of these microphones, with three proximity positions for each:
Close, Ambient and Natural.
Close emulates the response from a source located 5cm from the microphone capsule,
creating a warmer tone through proximity.
Ambient emulates the response from a source located 40cm from the microphone
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capsule.
Natural emulates the basic response of the microphone, without any proximity effect or
artifacts
All positions were created “on axis,” meaning that the source is directly in front of the
microphone capsule.
1.5 Components
The King’s Microphones plugin consists of two components:
The King’s Microphones Mono
The King’s Microphones Stereo
Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide
The King’s Microphones plugin is extremely easy to use.
Insert the plug on the audio track you wish to process.
Play your audio source through the plugin.
Listen to its tone.
Click through the various microphones and positions to find the setting that is best
suited to your source.
Use the Gain control to set your level and avoid clipping as needed.
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Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls
3.1 Interface
The King’s Microphones graphic user interface is divided into 3 main sections:
The top section is the WaveSystem Toolbar, which provides general plugin
functions, detailed in Chapter 4 of this manual.
The middle section displays a picture of the currently selected microphone and
information about the selected position.
The bottom section includes controls for microphone and position selection, gain
knob, trim control, peak meter, and clip indicator.
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3.2 Controls
Microphones / Positions
KING GEORGE V
Range: 1 (Close), 2 (Ambient), 3 (Natural)
KING GEORGE VI
Range: 1 (Close), 2 (Ambient), 3 (Natural)
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Range: 1 (Close), 2 (Ambient), 3 (Natural)
Gain / Trim
GAIN controls input level.
Range: -48dBFS up to +12dBFS
TRIM is used to adjust input gain, to eliminate clipping or boost a weak signal.
Range: 0 to 12
The Trim button displays the amount of gain adjustment needed in order for the signal to
have the highest possible level without clipping. Clicking the Trim button will
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automatically apply this value to the Gain knob, and reset itself to display the trim
information for the new gain value. Adjusting the gain knob manually will also reset the
value on the Trim button.
Peak Meter / Clip LED
PEAK METER displays the peak level in dBFS.
Range: -48 to 0 dBFS
CLIP (image above, top left) lights up when the signal peak surpasses the full digital
scale. It will remain lit until it is manually reset by clicking on it, or anywhere in the meter
area.
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