Perfectly excellent records have been made on API stuff with no Neve involvement what so ever. but no, they're not the be all-end all of recording. or if you're getting the new ones you have to figure out why you're spending almost 3 times the amount for an input strip than you really have to. If you're looking at real Neve modules then you have to determine if they've been maintained by a competent tech, if the switches are still any good. There are a whole bunch of exceptionally cool other flavors out there that haven't been raised to this legendary status by a bunch of cloners who are trying to make a couple bucks by suckering the uneducated into thinking they're getting a $5,000 piece of history for the low, low price of $1,999. My take on is that if you have to ask this question you should look around a whole hell of a lot and try a ton of things, Neve stuff included, before you purchase a got damn thing. Now my question for the originator of this thread is 'why Neve'? Have you ever tried one? Are you under the impression that it's some magic bullet that will make your recording spring to life? after that they're basically a 1084 with a much cooler cosmetic. and need to have the line input modified so it has one. They are usually out of a Neve 8058-8068 consoles.Yes they are usually out of an 8058, 68, or 88 console. You may want to consider a Neve 33102 module, it is sort of in between a 1073 and a 1081 (very musical sounding EQ). But with Drums ewspecially I like to mix on 1081.Īgain If I was stuck ANY of the above I'd be happy. So a combination of the above is always great.

You have Shelf or Bell choices for the Hi and lo bands. It's EQ section is much much more versatile though. But I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crakers. I is Class A/B and not quite as full sounding as the channels mentioned above.

The 1081 is a competely differrent anaimal. The 1084 is the best of these three in that the top band has a selection of Freqs. The 1073 is the same but the toip band is 10k. The 1066 has a fixed top band 12K, a mid band with selectable freqs. If you want a more flexible EQ, the 1084 (not 1081) is the one you want.1066, 1073, 1084 = Class 'A' with 3 band EQ and Hi-Pass filter.

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