The internal resistor would need to be changed to a value that, in parallel with the value of the fader, presented 5Kohm to the equaliser. If the channels were taken out of a console and racked or fitted in a lunchbox, the addition of a fader to the center of the module could shunt the internal resistor and cause the equaliser to drive a lower impedance than it was expected. As the channel amps were a front end to a console and the fader was in the routing unit that followed it, the 10** modules had an internal 5Kohm load for the equaliser. Neve equalisers were designed to work into a 5Kohm load.
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some more significant than others, especially changes in the early days to reduce clicks on the gain switch (that changed the loading on the input transformer) and the mod to the EQ switch that added extra components to the circuit path.Ģ. It's true that, in its lifetime, the 1073 went through at least 20 design changes.
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Peter Weihe wrote on Mon, 16 October 2006 16:53 Suddenly all the praise and myths that I had heard about the 1073 made sense. When I listened to my tests again some weeks later I was very surprised that I chose the Brent Averill 1073 as my favorite mic pre on most of my guitar tracks. There are many aspects about the Great River that I like better than about the 1073. It's really one of the best mic pres that I have heard and if I had to decide only to use one mic pre for all sources it would definitely be on the list. I think Dan Kennedy and you did a Great job with the Great River. I discovered that for me there is a reason. To me, between the Great River stuff and the Portico stuff there is no reason to revisit the ugly grey modules with the shiney red switch cap at the top. Then I read a comment by Geoff Tanner that there were about 20 different versions of the 1073 and some of them were not properly loaded when being used outside their console. However I loved the sound of my guitars through the vintage Neve console at EMI studios cologne.
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I thought they were a bit dull in comparison and a bit too thick in the lower midrange. Everyone love the musical result.Īfter a long and exhaustive test I made with Neve 1073 clones and mic pres inspired by the 1073 I completely agree with Terry.Īmong the vintage Neve modules that producers and engineers had brought to my studio sice the hype started in the 80th I had never really liked one and always preferred my Helios console. The best was attempted with components then available. Those old transformers may not have been "very high performance," but the things they did to sounds have been universally loved and admired by almost everyone using them. What I was referring to is that in the ORIGINAL designs, certain things that might not even meet spec in the new designs just sounded good. However it's hard to believe that it was Rupert Neve's goal to design a unit with such a tiny power supply one day? Naaaah, the first one is still much better.īut I understand that a designer and an artist has to move on. I have experienced that a lot and that after I had tried to play a similar solo to the first take but tried to improve certain things I very often had to accept that the other people in the room said:
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He just didn't get certain things he had in mind like timing and tuning perfect. We all know the situation when a musician nails a great first take solo intuitively and everybody in the room loves it but only the player thinks that he can still make it much better. now whether or not it meets anybody's use criteria is entirely up to them. The "Portico" range of products comes closer to his personal design criteria than his earlier work. In my conversations with Rupert there is a design goal for which he, as a design engineer, has been striving to achieve since he built his first _ in his Mum's attic. cuz you ain't.Fletcher wrote on Wed, 11 October 2006 17:45 but seriously, don't walk into one thinking you're walking into a "Neve" thing.
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whether or not the MP-2NV suits your sense of aesthetic or fills a purpose within your arsenal of tools is your business. Judge the MP-2NV on it's own merit as it was never intended to be lumped in with the Neve-a-likes. but from there, the transformers are different, the component selection and layout are way different from the "Neve" and "Neve-esque" stuff, the overall noise floor lower, the frequency response extended, yada, yada, yada. it just started with a 1073 drawing because you have to start somewhere. The MP-2NV was not designed to be "Neve-esque".