Setting up shop in Little Shelford in the ’60s, Mr. Rupert Neve started designing audio equipment in the tube console era but made his mark with solid-state designs. With their “big iron” transformers, Neve consoles deliver wide, linear bandwidth while maintaining audiophile quality throughout the spectrum for rich, full-bodied sound with formidable lows, assertive midrange presence, and sweet, airy highs.Īt Sweetwater, the name Neve commands reverence.
The name Rupert Neve is synonymous with custom transformer-balanced Class A circuitry, and AMS Neve continues to innovate in that realm with their state-of-the-art Marinair transformers, found on the mic inputs of the 1073OPX. While today’s 1073OPX retains all its vintage bona fides, AMS Neve remains an R&D-driven company that continually improves their classic designs to meet and exceed the performance requirements of today’s hybrid analog-digital workflows. With a generous 70dB of gain on tap, the 1073OPX handles even your lowest-output passive ribbon mics on quiet sources. Since the 1970s, the Neve 1073 has reigned as the most sought-after mic preamp and equalizer on the planet - one reason being its inimitable sound, another its impressive versatility. Legendary, authoritative “big iron” sound Note: The digital I/O module is an optional extra and is not included as standard. Mic input sources benefit from Neve’s proprietary Marinair transformer-coupled input stage, and sources can be connected directly to the front-panel mic/line/DI inputs for convenient recording in the studio control room.
NEVE 1073 PREAMP KIT SOFTWARE
The 1073OPX packs eight legendary 1073 preamps into a 2U rack unit with front and rear connectors for comprehensive connectivity to any studio, stage, or broadcast environment, while modern remote-control software gives you two-way control with total recall of all settings. It also offers an optional digital module with USB and Dante digital connectivity, priming the legendary Neve preamp sound for its next half century of prominence. Carrying on the 1073 pedigree, the AMS Neve 1073OPX gives you eight remote-controlled 1073 preamps with Neve Marinair specification transformers.
With its uniquely euphonic tonal quality, seductive warmth, low-mid punch, and subtle harmonic distortion, the Neve 1073 has, for a half century, provided studios of all sizes with the industry’s most esteemed front end for producing radio-ready product that blasts right out of the speakers. Guitar Workshop Keyboards & Synthesizers Shop By CategoryĬase Finder Drums & Percussion Shop By CategoryĬable Finder Microphones Shop By CategoryĬase Finder DJ Equipment Shop By CategoryĬable Finder Band & Orchestra Shop By Categoryīand & Orchestra Accessories Accessories Shop By CategoryĮxplore our product finders Shop By Category These overtones were tweaked to perfection by Andrew Scheps himself, resulting in beautiful and authentic saturations.Case Finder Live Sound & Lighting Shop By CategoryĬase Finder Software & Plug-ins Shop By Category Using innovative procedures to model the acclaimed Marinair transformer, Waves has meticulously captured all the sonic characteristics of the 1073, including its harmonic distortion. And to top it all off, the Waves MS matrix has been added to let you apply different equalization to mid and side stereo content.
Additionally, for the first time ever, a little-known 10kHz midrange band discovered in the original 1073 schematics but operable only on the rare 1078 channel strip has been modeled and incorporated into the plugin. The Waves Scheps 73 is a colorful 3-band EQ modeled on the classic 1073 console's EQ and mic preamp module and developed in association with world-renowned mixing engineer Andrew Scheps ( Adele, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Lana Del Ray, Metallica, Jay-Z.)Įmpowered by Waves cutting-edge technologies, the Scheps 73 EQ features interrelated bands that adhere to the 1073’s original specs and precisely emulate its behavior: a fixed 12kHz high-frequency band, switchable low and midrange bands with cut and boost controls, and an 18dB/octave high-pass filter.