File:Altec RS124 compressor (1960s), Abbey Road Studios.jpg
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DescriptionAltec RS124 compressor (1960s), Abbey Road Studios.jpg |
This device could be called the secret weapon of The Beatles, The Shadows, The Zombies and other classic artists who recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the 1960s. The compressor was brought in from America to be used as an automatic volume-control device. Finding it not quite up to their high standards, the technical engineers at EMI redesigned it. The new design was called the EMI RS124. Just a few dozen were made, and only a small number survive today. After years of storage at Abbey Road, they were recently revived and brought back into daily use. Modern engineers and producers rediscovered its special sonic qualities and declared the 1959 design to be as good as (or better than) any modern equipment. Once back in use at the studios, the RS124 became so popular that Abbey Road emulated it with software, enabling engineers worldwide to experience the amazing EMI designon their own recordings.
In 2004, Abbey Road Studios launched a range of audio products with the aim of providing users with tools to create and produce music based on their legendary equipment, engineers and acoustics. To date the studios have released a limited number of products that faitfully recreate some of EMI's most celebrated equipment, ranging from software plugins and hardware emulations of vintage EMI outboard gear, to sampled instrumentsrecorded using their collection of vintage microphones, mixing consoles and tape machines. These products mean that engineers and producers worldwide can own an authentic piece of the 'Abbey Road Sound'. |
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