Abbey Road Studios are pleased to announce the release of the new Brilliance Pack plug-ins at Summer NAMM 2008. The Brilliance Pack provides authentic emulations of the EMI RS127 and RS135 EQ units, which were built in the early 1960s to supplement the EQ on the legendary REDD mixing consoles. These ‘presence boxes’ were used on countless seminal recordings at Abbey Road during the ’60s, including almost every album by The Beatles.

The plug-ins retain the operation and response curves from the original hardware and provide control of frequencies which can improve the presence and definition of recordings and help instruments stand out in a mix. The software is compatible with all popular DAW applications and can be used on mono, stereo and multichannel tracks.

Three plug-in modules are included:
1. RS127 Rack is modelled on the original rackmount Brilliance Control.

2. RS135 recreates the 8kHz boost unit

3. RS127 Box plug-in was created by modelling the standalone Brilliance Control with an EMI transformer used to connect it to modern consoles. The plug-in features an exaggerated response or ‘transformer effect’ at some settings, which is due to an interaction between the RS127 and the transformer.

The Brilliance Pack Features:

• Three plug-in modules: RS127 Rack, RS127 Box and RS135
• EQ curves from vintage Abbey Road hardware
• Exact replication of original design and controls
• Automation and control surface support
• Provided in TDM, RTAS, Audio Unit and VST formats

Peter Cobbin, Director of Engineering at Abbey Road Studios, says: “Put simply, they’re brilliant! I can highly recommend using these EQs on guitars, keyboards and vocals. If you find that &plusmin;10 dB is not enough, do what they did back then use two of them!”

System Requirements:

• Pro Tools 7.x or any AU/VST host
• Mac OS X or Windows XP
• iLok Smart Key and ilok.com account

The Brilliance Pack is priced at US $199 and is available to demo and purchase now from http://www.abbeyroadplugins.com

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Tags: audiounit, eq, ilok, rs127, rs135, rtas, vst

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