Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor: Compressor Plugin

You've heard the original units on almost everything the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road. You've heard it most famously on Paul McCartney’s immortal bass lines. There’s a reason why Abbey Road considered these heavily modified Altec compressors their “secret weapon.” More recently the RS124 sound has been a favorite of Grammy-winning mix engineer Tony Maserati taking advantage of its unique compression tone on Beyoncé's and Alicia Keys' vocals.

Rescued from the Abbey road archives several original RS124 units were restored to fully operational status in 2000. And now thanks to Waves’ meticulous modeling the RS124’s legendary sound is yours. Ultra-Rare Tube Compression: Bass and Beyond RS124 was an Abbey Road modification of the Altec 436B compressor: only 25 units were ever made.

It shaped the thick creamy tones of nearly every Paul McCartney bass line in the Beatles: “Come Together” is a prime example. Abbey Road engineers would typically push the input deep into 15-20 dB of gain reduction producing wonderfully lush results. Two RS124 Flavors: Studio vs. Cutter No two RS124s sounded exactly the same.

The Studio model emulates the famous 60070B unit known for its more aggressive sound that squashed transients with faster attack and release times.