Waves Abbey Road King’s Microphones: Microphone Emulation Plugin
In the 1920s and 30s
EMI crafted microphones for British Royalty—King George V
King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth—but these gorgeous mics sat neglected in the EMI Archive Trust for decades. Then
in a strange twist of fate
production started on the award-winning film
“The King’s Speech.”
After painstaking restoration
the mics came back to life to record the film’s orchestral sections
as well as “re-amp” the dialogue for authenticity. Then the Abbey Road engineers started experimenting with re-amping guitars and synths to get unique crunchy filter-like qualities. Clearly
the mics were never designed to be used in this fashion—but breaking the rules is how you stand out.
Features:
- Modeled in close collaboration with Abbey Road Studios
- Each mic has 3 range positions: close natural and ambient
- Vibey sonic qualities for sound design and music production
- The King George V mic is the only known model of a carbon mic
- 1920s and 30s mic characteristics provide “lost” mic timbres
- Follow with reverb for novel room and ambiance effects
Requirements:
| Platform | CPU | RAM | Disk | Notes | Additional Requirement | Audio Card | Ports | Internet Required | 32 Bit Support | 64 Bit Support | Plugins |
| mac | Intel or Silicon Architecture | 8 | 16 | Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| windows | X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU | 8 | 16 | Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$997.50
Original: $3,325.00
-70%Waves Abbey Road King’s Microphones: Microphone Emulation Plugin—
$3,325.00
$997.50


Description
In the 1920s and 30s
EMI crafted microphones for British Royalty—King George V
King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth—but these gorgeous mics sat neglected in the EMI Archive Trust for decades. Then
in a strange twist of fate
production started on the award-winning film
“The King’s Speech.”
After painstaking restoration
the mics came back to life to record the film’s orchestral sections
as well as “re-amp” the dialogue for authenticity. Then the Abbey Road engineers started experimenting with re-amping guitars and synths to get unique crunchy filter-like qualities. Clearly
the mics were never designed to be used in this fashion—but breaking the rules is how you stand out.
Features:
- Modeled in close collaboration with Abbey Road Studios
- Each mic has 3 range positions: close natural and ambient
- Vibey sonic qualities for sound design and music production
- The King George V mic is the only known model of a carbon mic
- 1920s and 30s mic characteristics provide “lost” mic timbres
- Follow with reverb for novel room and ambiance effects
Requirements:
| Platform | CPU | RAM | Disk | Notes | Additional Requirement | Audio Card | Ports | Internet Required | 32 Bit Support | 64 Bit Support | Plugins |
| mac | Intel or Silicon Architecture | 8 | 16 | Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| windows | X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU | 8 | 16 | Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |














