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The Abbey Road Reel ADT Black Friday deal from Waves takes 79% off, bringing this vocal double-tracking plugin to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
Reel ADT is an Artificial Double Tracking plugin. It turns one vocal take into what sounds like two separate performances, using the tape delay method Ken Townsend developed at Abbey Road Studios for John Lennon and the Beatles.
Waves says it is the only plugin that delivers the authentic tape delay-based ADT effect, and that it was designed in close collaboration with Abbey Road Studios.
Many modern doublers just delay a copy of the audio to thicken the source. Original ADT worked differently.
The doubled sound sometimes landed ahead of the reference track and sometimes behind it, and that constant movement kept the doubling richer and more interesting rhythmically.
Reel ADT models two tape machines, one for the source and one for the double. Each has its own saturation, wow & flutter and pitch fluctuations, so the two tracks read as distinct takes rather than a copy with a delay on it.
Waves says the models are based on the iconic tape recorders still in use at Abbey Road.
Tape speed can be set manually, driven by an LFO, synced to the host or randomised. Varispeed fluctuates the delay speed of the doubled parts, and you can choose between manual and automated Varispeed control.
Here is the feature list:
Waves describes the plugin as delivering Abbey Road's complete vocal double-tracking process.
On Mac, Reel ADT runs on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or newer and comes as VST and AAX.
If you track vocals in the box and want the doubled part to drift against the lead the way tape did, the two-deck design and the speed modes are where the work happens.
Yes. The Abbey Road Reel ADT Black Friday deal takes 79% off, bringing the plugin to $29.99, and it runs until Nov 26, 2026. Reel ADT is a vocal double-tracking plugin from Waves.
It creates Artificial Double Tracking from a single vocal take. Two modeled tape machines, one for the source and one for the double, each add their own saturation, wow & flutter and pitch fluctuations, so the result sounds like two distinct vocal tracks.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, for macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. On PC it comes as VST and AAX and requires Windows 10 or newer.
Yes. The plugin includes a low-latency version for live performance. It uses delay-only ADT. You can also assign the manual control to MIDI, which the maker says gives maximum authenticity.
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