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The Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Black Friday deal from Waves brings the plugin to $29.99, which is 79% off, with the offer ending Nov 26, 2026.
The RS124 is a compressor plugin for vocals, beats, bass, synths and mix buses. Waves built it with Abbey Road Studios, and it is based on the heavily modified Altec compressors the studio considered its secret weapon.
The maker describes the original units as the sound behind almost everything the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road. Waves points to Paul McCartney's bass lines as the best-known example.
Several original units were pulled from the Abbey Road archives and restored to working order in 2000. Waves modeled that hardware for this plugin.
Grammy-winning mix engineer Tony Maserati has also used the RS124 sound on Beyoncé's and Alicia Keys' vocals, according to Waves.
Waves lists a pair of RS124 variants, Studio and Cutter, each with its own tube character, plus a Super Fuse setting that pushes the compression harder. You can process and monitor in mono, stereo, left, right, mid or sides, and an optional Auto Hold helps cut compression artifacts. A sidechain highpass filter keeps bass and kick tight when compressed, the dry/mix knob enables parallel "New York style" compression, and an optional high-frequency roll-off softens the tone. The sidechain highpass matters most on low-end material. Filtering the detector keeps the lows from driving the gain reduction as hard, so a bass or kick can keep its weight after compression.
The dry/mix control lets you blend the compressed signal with the untouched one. That is the parallel setup many engineers build with a bus and a send, here inside a single plugin.
Presets come from Beatles remixer Guy Massey and a range of other artists, so there are starting points ready to load.
On Mac, the plugin supports macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later and comes in VST and AAX formats.
Yes. The Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Black Friday deal takes 79% off, which brings the plugin to $29.99. The offer ends Nov 26, 2026.
The plugin includes two RS124 versions with different tube flavors, called Studio and Cutter. Waves also adds a Super Fuse mode, which the maker says gives an explosive, aggressive compression sound.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, supporting macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. On PC it comes as VST and AAX and needs Windows 10 or later.
Yes. Dry/mix controls let you blend the compressed and uncompressed signal for parallel, "New York style" compression. A sidechain highpass filter and an optional Auto Hold feature give you more control over the result.
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