Apparently the compressors were employed on pretty much all the Beatles classics, often by dialling in a lot of gain reduction. These custom RS124 compressors saw extensive use at Abbey Road Studios during the 1960s, where Geoff Emerick reportedly used one for punchy bass sounds while Ken Scott liked their effect on guitars and Norman Smith favoured them for their glue‑like mix‑bus abilities.īut RS124s were also used on occasions for mastering in Abbey Road’s cutting rooms. This was famously the case with the Abbey Road RS124, which was based on a much modified Altec 436B valve compressor, and built back in the days when studio outboard smelled of toasted Bakelite and gently cooking transformer windings. Abbey Road Studio’s tech team have a long‑standing reputation for making extensive modifications to off‑the‑shelf equipment.
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