Thanks to its lower DSP usage, users can easily place Neve Preamp plug-in instances across multiple channels, turning their favorite DAW into a classic Neve console. UAD-2 hardware owners can also employ the Neve Preamp plug-in for mixing and tone shaping - without ever leaving the box. The Neve Preamp also supports Universal Audio’s Unison technology, giving UA Audio Interface users the Neve preamp’s all-important impedance, gain staging, and circuit behaviors that have contributed to making it a recording icon. Owners of UA Audio Interfaces can now track through an iconic Neve preamp in real time, with a low DSP use vintage analog channel. By thoroughly modeling the dual-stage "Red Knob" preamp and output amplifier with obsessive detail, the Neve Preamp plug-in replicates the sound and behavior of the original preamp with stunning accuracy. The Neve Preamp plug-in combines sonic attributes and features of both the coveted 10 designs and provides all the features, bandwidth, and attitude of Rupert Neve's original hardware design, as heard on countless classic recordings.
The pinnacle of Neve preamp design is the classic 1073 module with EQ, but Neve also briefly produced the 1290 module - a rare, preamp-only version of the 1073.
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The range of analogue colours it paints is vast, and its sonic clarity and depth are fabulous.Available now for $149, the Neve microphone preamp is an undisputed audio masterpiece, adding the genuine Neve sheen, richness, and thick musical detail to any signal that passes through it. Free with new Apollo Twin SOLO/DUOs The new Realtime Analog Classics bundle features all of the plug-ins in the Analog Classics bundle plus UA’s new 610-B Tube Preamp & EQ plug-in and vintage guitar and bass amp emulations from Softube both of which work seamlessly with Apollo’s onboard Realtime UAD processing. This new 1073 is a huge step up from the original UAD model, and not just because it simply sounds better, but also for the inclusion of the Apollo input preamp stage, which really is a potential game-changer. But if you intend to mix with the plugin in your DAW, when using, say, a UAD-2 Duo unit, you'll only be able to run 4 mono or 2 stereo instances (though the EQ section can be disabled to reduce DSP usage).
If you're recording through it as a Unison input stage, it's not so bad, as you only need to record through it once. One caveat is the enormous DSP demands of the new 1073, consuming 40% of a single UAD DSP chip per mono instance, and 67.6% for a stereo one. The long-throw output fader adds colour- useful for a bit of overdrive. The low shelving band is a coarse control that works to add or subtract weight at 35, 60, 110 or 220Hz, while the passive high-pass filter shaves off bottom-end at 18dB/octave from a 50, 80, 160 or 300Hz rolloff point. The air of the 12kHz shelving band is there, as is the extreme but smooth nature of the mid-range bell band, with its distinct colouration. The new EQ algorithms better portray the tasty non-linearities of the real thing.
And all of this is before you've touched the drive levels and the high/low impedance switch.
"Audio recorded through it comes at you with a definition and solidity that you can almost reach out and feel"Īudio recorded through it comes at you with a definition and solidity that you can almost reach out and feel - if you're not already a believer in the theory that the quality of the preamp is as important as that of the mic it's connected to, this will leave you in no doubt. The Apollo's own preamps sound good as they are, but insert the 1073 and the difference is night and day. UA's new 1073 sounds absolutely stunning. The only 1073 input feature not present on the Unison version is the switchable 300/1200 Ohm mic impedance. It works beautifully, too, and with other Unison-enabled plugins (the API Vision Channel Strip and UA 610), the versatility of the system is beginning to be realised.
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