Summary of Contents for AbbeyRoad Brilliance Pack
- Page 1 Brilliance Pack Version 1.0 Plug-Ins for TDM and Native User’s Guide www.abbeyroadplugins.com...
- Page 2 PROPRIETARY TO SOFTUBE AB OF SWEDEN AND IS PROTECTED BY PATENT SE25332 AND PENDING PATENTS US2004-0258250, EP1492081, JP2004-183976 Abbey Road Studios Web site: http://www.abbeyroadplugins.com Email: plugins@abbeyroad.com Credits Product Development: Abbey Road Studios & Softube AB GUI and Programming: Softube AB...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1 — Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 2 — Installation and Authorization ………………..………………………………………… 7 3 — Using The Brilliance Pack ………………..…………………………………………….. 8 RS127 Rack ..……………………………………………………………………………………... 9 RS127 Box ………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 RS135 ………….……………………………………………………………………………………11... -
Page 4: Introduction
1 — Introduction Welcome to a little Abbey Road brilliance. Throughout the ‘60s there were a number of small boxes dotted around Abbey Road, which were simply known as ‘Brilliance’ or ‘Presence’ boxes. In this era, engineers were looking for ways of adding presence to their recordings, especially in popular music. Enter the Brilliance boxes: these simple passive equalizers were portable versions of the grey RS127s that were rack-mounted into the studio control room patchbays. - Page 5 And so, in the spirit of the ‘60s, we have included this “not so precise” effect by providing two RS127 plug-ins: the grey rack version and the green standalone unit with the transformer effect. I have seen old setups where engineers used two RS127s in series for heavy EQ treatment, and I can highly recommend using these EQs on guitars, keyboards and vocals.
- Page 6 Abbey Road engineers to work at 8 kHz. TDM and Native Versions The Brilliance Pack is provided in TDM, RTAS, Audio Unit and VST formats. The plug-ins are compatible with all popular audio applications for Mac and Windows.
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Page 7: Installation And Authorization
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the ‘Synchronize’ button. You will then be able to transfer the Brilliance Pack license from your iLok.com account to the iLok Smart Key, thus authorizing it for the plug-ins. -
Page 8: Using The Brilliance Pack
3 — Using the Brilliance Pack Using the Brilliance Pack in a project involves inserting one of the plug-ins on a track, then adjusting the parameters as needed. To insert the plug-ins on a track: 1. Select an insert point on the track you wish to use a plug-in on. -
Page 9: Rs127 Rack
RS127 Rack The RS127 Rack plug-in recreates the original Brilliance Control. It boosts with a broad or ‘blunt’ bell-curve response and gives a ‘medium blunt’ bell-curve on the cut settings. FREQUENCY kC/S. This control sets the centre frequency at which the plug-in will boost or cut in kilocycles per second - (kHz). -
Page 10: Rs127 Box
RS127 Box The ‘RS127 Box’ plug-in recreates the standalone RS127 unit along with effects caused by interaction between components in the RS127 and an interfacing transformer. kC/S As on the RS127 Rack plug-in, this sets the centre frequency at which the plug-in will boost or cut in kilocycles per second (kHz). -
Page 11: Rs135
RS135 The RS135 plug-in provides an accurate model of the EMI 8 kHz boxes. It has a single control, which sets the amount of boost, and provides the same ‘medium sharp’ bell-shape characteristic as the original boxes. The Gain control sets the amount of boost in decibels. It provides up to 10 dB of boost in 2 dB steps.