Video: Mixing a Song with the Waves Abbey Road Vinyl Plugin

Watch mixing engineer Dave Darlington (Avicii, Sting) as he goes through the Vinyl plugin step by step and shows how he uses it to add the unique sonic qualities of a vinyl record—punch, warmth, cohesion—to a digitally recorded song. Learn more: https://www.waves.com/vinyl

00:00 General overview

04:29 Quick tour of the plugin’s controls

11:26 Using the plugin (piano/vocal verse): Lacquer vs. Print; TG desk; choice of turntables and cartridges

14:36 Full-band chorus & bridge: more on the above controls

21:15 Adding wow and flutter

22:29 Phase distortion section

23:50 Tone arm location’s impact on the sound

25:17 Slow-down/stop mechanism

26:53 Recap of various plugin controls

Music: "Crazy Under the Moon" by Jacob Jeffries