The King`s Microphones User Manual
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1. 14 4 4 WAVES PREFERENCES PRO TOOLS 16 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Welcome Thank you for choosing Waves In order to get the most out of your Waves processor please take the time to read through this manual In conjunction we also suggest that you become familiar with www wavesupport net There you will find an extensive Answer Base the latest Tech Specs detailed Installation guides new Software Updates and current information on Authorization and Registration By signing up at www wavesupport net you will receive personalized information on your registered products reminders when updates are available and information on your authorization status 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 King George V circa 1925 Carbon microphone King George VI circa 1936 Dynamic moving coil microphone o Queen Elizabeth circa 1936 Dynamic moving coil microphone These iconic microphones were used to record the score and speech dialogue2. direct control via the keyboard e Using the mouse click and drag on the value window to adjust Some value windows support left right some up down as you hover over a button arrows will appear to let you know which direction of movement that button supports You may also use your mouse wheel to adjust parameter values e Using the arrow keys click once with mouse to select the button and then use up down left right depending on the direction supported by that button to move in the smallest incremental steps across the button s range holding down the arrow keys will move faster through the range e Using key entry double click on the button to open the value window and directly enter the value from your keyboard If you enter an out of range number the button stays selected but remains at the current setting System beeps if system sounds are on Some plugins have link buttons between a pair of value windows allowing click and drag adjustment while retaining the offset between the controls Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 14 Sliders Click or scroll the mouse wheel on the slider itself or anywhere within the sliders track The numerical value of the slider settings is displayed in a hover window above the slider path Hover Box Hovering boxes will appear and display the control value when hovering with the mouse over the control Multiple Control Selection One of the most powe
3. 4 1 The WaveSystem Toolbar All Waves plugins feature the WaveSystem toolbar which takes care of most administrative functions you will encounter while working with your Waves software The features of the WaveSystem toolbar are the same on practically all Waves plugins so familiarity with its features will be helpful whichever plugin you are using Toolbar Functions KAR Opens the plugin About box Undo Undoes the last 32 actions Redo Redoes the last 32 undone actions Setup Toggles between two presets useful for comparison of parameter settings L R Arrows Move to the previous or next preset A B Copies the current settings to the second preset register Load Recalls presets from file Save Saves presets in the Waves file formats Opens the PDF manual for the plugin you are using 4 2 Preset Handling Preset Types Factory Presets are permanent presets in the Load menu Due to the simple nature of The King s Microphones plugin it does not offer any special factory presets but will allow saving and recalling of user presets and settings using the Save and Load preset buttons of the WaveSystem Toolbar located at the top of the plugin User Presets are your favorite settings of the plugin saved as a preset in the Load menu under User Presets User Presets can be overwritten and deleted Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 11 Setup Files may contain more than one preset For exampl
4. for the multi award winning hit film The King s Speech Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 3 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 m
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6. e a single file can contain all the presets for a session When you open a Setup File all its setups become part of your Load pop up menu for fast access This can be particularly useful with multiple instances of a plugin in a single session By saving all the settings you create into a single Setup File they can all be quickly available for every instance of that plugin Loading Presets and Setups Click on the Load button to see the Load pop up menu The menu is divided into four sections If a section is not currently available it will not appear in the Load pop up menu Open Preset File Select to open any setup or preset file whether from the Library or your own creations Filename xps Displays any currently loaded Setup File and its presets Factory Presets Displays the default Factory Presets User Presets Displays any loaded User Presets Saving Presets and Setups Click on the Save button to see the Save pop up menu Four options are available If an option is not currently available it will be grayed out and inaccessible Save to New File Select this to start a new Setup file There are two prompts first for the setup filename then for the preset name You must provide a name for both the setup file and the preset Click OK ENTER to complete the save It is a good idea to create a folder in which to save several setup files for a project Save File Name Preset Name Overwrites the setti
7. e 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 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 5 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 c
8. icrophones 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 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth models Both of these microphones are based on the EMI CPM201 model These moving coil Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 4 microphones were specially built in 1936 encased in silver by G amp 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 wnen composer Alexandre Desplat asked him to record th
9. ne and information about the selected position e The bottom section includes controls for microphone and position selection gain knob trim control peak meter and clip indicator Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 8 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 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 9 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 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 10 Chapter 4 The WaveSystem
10. ngs of the loaded preset whether a User Preset or a preset from a Setup File with the current settings If a Setup File is currently loaded the name of the Setup File is displayed followed by the name of the preset itself If a User Preset is loaded its name is displayed Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 12 Save to File Name As Saves the current settings as a new preset into the Setup file that is open if one is not open the option is grayed out You will be prompted to give the preset a name Put into Preset Menu As Save the current settings into a User Preset that will always be in your Load menu until deleted You will be prompted to give this preset a name User Presets are stored in the plugin s preference file Please note Special characters such as etc are not supported in preset names Deleting Presets You may delete User Presets and presets within a Setup File Factory Presets and Setup Library files cannot be deleted or overwritten 1 Hold the Command Mac Control PC key down 2 Click and hold the Load button to see the pop up menu 3 While still holding the Command Control key select the preset or setup to delete 4 A confirmation box will appear allowing you to cancel or OK the deletion A B Comparison and Copying ASB The Setup A Setup button be clicked to compare two settings If you load a preset in the Setup B po
11. ontrol 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 amp 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 Natu
12. ral 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 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 6 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 Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 7 Chapter 3 Interface and Controls 3 1 Interface ilaste The King s Microphones graphic user interface is divided into 3 main sections e The top section is the WaveSystem Toolbar which provides general plugin functions detailed in Chapter 4 of this manual e The middle section displays a picture of the currently selected micropho
13. rful features of the WaveSystem is the ability to select and adjust multiple controls simultaneously Using the mouse drag select the desired group of buttons or graphic controls by clicking and holding at a point outside the controls and forming a rectangle that includes the controls you wish to adjust Alternatively press and hold Shift while clicking the mouse on any control you wish to link This method is useful when you want to select two or more controls that are not adjacent to one another TAB Functions TAB moves the selected status to the next control with shift TAB moving in the reverse direction Additionally the Mac has an option TAB function for down movement and shift option TAB for up movement where applicable If you have several Value Window Buttons selected TAB functions will take you through the selected controls only Hitting Esc or Return will return the focus to the DAW application Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 15 4 4 Waves Preferences Pro Tools only When launching Pro Tools hold Shift to view the Waves plugin Preferences window The following options are available Don t use AudioSuite plugins Don t use RTAS plugins Rescan all plugins HUI control surface support low resolution Enable single click text entry Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 16
14. sition this will not affect the preset loaded into the Setup A position and vice versa If you want to slightly modify the settings in Setup A you can copy them to Setup B by clicking on the Copy to B button then alter Setup A and compare with the original Setup B The name of the current setup will be shown in the title bar on platforms which support it and will switch as you change from Setup A to Setup B Note an asterisk will be added to the preset name when a change is made to the preset Waves Abbey Road The King s Microphones User Guide 13 4 3 Interface Controls Controls can be in one of three states e Not Selected where the control is not the target of any user entry e Selected where the control is the target of mouse control entry only e Selected and Active where the control is the target for both mouse and keyboard entry e Toggle Buttons Toggle buttons display the state of a control and allow switching between two or more states Single click to change the control s state Some toggle buttons have a text display which updates with the current setting and others bypass solo or monitoring toggles illuminate when the control is active Some plugins have link buttons between a pair of toggle buttons allowing click and drag adjustment while retaining the offset between the controls Value Window Buttons Value windows display the value of a control and allow click and drag adjustment or
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