Neve® 1073® Preamp & EQ Collection
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Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection
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O. Debby
Very good!
Dont get wrong...
It's not the real thing, it doesn't handle my Ribbon mic's for example the way the real thing could...
But for the sound and character? It's better than any other (similar) plugin out there.
Personally I believe that for vocals (unison) you need a good preamp and a good compressor. (Hardware, class A, metal box)
For what comes after this plugin is super!
For everything else... Drums, bass, guitars... It works amazingly! (Unison)
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Awesome plugin
It is incredible for recording, very crisp and with a lot of character, preferable over every other preamp.
G. Clarke
1073 for EVERYONE!
I worked on a desk full of 1073 in the 80's and 90's and for decades I've been missing that "thing" being able to drop a 1073 on the input of the console page and record it on the way in is just another amazing bonus UAD has given us in this "tools treasurebox' they've been creating.
I just need to figure out how to take the Apollo on the road and use it when I mix live shows!
d. dekker
Stunning!
Huge step up from the legacy model and so great as a Unison preamp on just about everything so far. I only wish I could run more instances on my Quad Apollo. Keep up the great work!
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My ultimate stop for plugins' search: UAD
Hello everyone
I am a sound quality freak which comes to me before anything else. From pillar to post, i demoed almost every plugin on earth as i also had iLok required for some company's plugins.But when i bought my Apollo Twin Duo and demoed almost all UAD plugins, my quest ended.I bought Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Plug-In Collection,Precision De-Esser Plug-In and now Ampex ATR-102 .
I have stopped using money for anything else but UAD plugins.The pristine sound quality i get with them is matchless.They give you the depth and harmonic clarity with smooth transience yet punchy. UAD is a dream and i have never been so impressed by anything.I will continue to amass this wealth until i have all i require.
Thank you very much UAD.
C. Cederberg
Best 1073 emulation so far!
Best 1073 emulation so far!
L. Rollins
Quirky controls, but a helpful UAD manual helps
This is the first Neve thing I've worked with and I initially found the controls to be completely unintuitive with cryptic board legends. However, after reading the manual to wrap my head around the conventions, everything started to make sense. Once I had these squared away, it was remarkably easy to dial in the sweet spots for my mix. The manual mentions that "there are a total of ten different areas where the circuit can clip," and I'm keen to try to find each of them!
M. Ihmor
Holy cow!
The the 1073 is probably one of the most "legendary" pieces of gear and everybody is raving about its tonal qualities. Since I never had the opportunity to get my cold dead hands on the real one, I pretty much had most of the plugins of this badboy - Slate, Waves Scheps 73 and a couple of freeware knock-offs.
Again UAD showed the competition who's boss - this rendition of the 1073 is for me by far the best sounding plugin out there. Its my go to plug for kick and snare - with only those three knobs you instantly can turn dull cardboard into punchy drums. Not to mention fiddling with the preamp for some extra hat.
BUT
With over 67% DSP you are forced to use it sparingly unless you have a couple of octos...
A. Srinivasan
Warm as Warm can be!
The Neve 1073 is a piece of work! I think every producer must have this in his/her arsenal!
S. Gough
Automatic "Make it sound good" button
Seriously, if you need warmth or cohesion on a track/group of tracks, driving the preamp section of this plugin while matching volume with the fader can add that analog saturation you're missing. It almost acts like a tape machine in that sense. The EQ is great for initial tone shaping. Depending on the track, you may need another band or two from another EQ to take care of the surgical moves, but again, where this plugin really shines is the preamp section. Put it on a drum bus and drive it up 15 dB on the line side (match the fader to -15dB)...good things happen
P. Matthews
Neve 1073 is my new Go To preamp Plugin
I used to use a whole army of preamps. I used a 4-710D for guitar cabinets and drum tracks, Focusrite Isa 220 for bass guitars and vocals, and a host of ART, Roland and other preamps for various purposes. I have sold ALL of them over the past year. This plugin replaced several thousand dollars worth of gear. I now work on only my own projects so, no need to have racks full of gear to impress the punters. This leaves me with the Neve 1073 plug, the only preamp I need.
F. Ramfos
Neve 1073 Pre-amp
Really love the sound of it...keep up the good work Universal Audio
Thank you
D. Barrington
Assuages Vocal Harshness
I did demo's of the 610's and this Neve. It took out harshness in my voice and or Microphones that I normally cringe over.
I've been searching for a long time for something. Whether to sing different, find the "perfect" microphone. When it's really EQ that I needed. Lacking the expertise to apply EQ in the mix in the right places, this Neve plugin yields a recorded track that makes mixing so much easier.
I don't hear the difference Unison makes, but I use it anyways while recording. I've applied this as just a mix plugin and it does the same thing to my vocals already recorded. Magic plugin.
Makes me pine for the real Neve. I don't wanna know how much better it is.
m. worrell
amazed
I got hosed on the price and it is a real DSP hog to say the least (15% on my apollo quad) but the sound is just amazing. Pity I can't use very many instances of it at once
M. Ionescu
Amazing plugin
The sound is incredible. It needs resources, but the result is excellent!
M. Krämer
very nice plugin
I use it with the Neumann TLM 103 for vocal recording and it gives the signal some kind of saturation, just makes it fat and less sounding digital. But it is very DSP hungry :) The EQ Section is very musical and works on almost every source
C. Rippy
excellent
the 1073 sounds fantastic! Big cpu hit, but worth it.
K. Shattuck
Distorted and clicky
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I actually like the sound of it but when I play back it sounds distorted. Still working with it. I think the UNISON stuff is bullsh*t. I don't find it to be any different than using the insert slots. Whatever. It's also extremely huge. I am going to try to use nothing but a wee limiter. THat way I don't have to worry about some stupid rotten plug in trouble.
o. froning
So good
What can i say, if it sounds good it is good ! I need more thumbs.
D. Willbanks
I can't say enough about this plugin!
It adds something to guitar that I didn't even know was missing! The sound of this thing is amazing. It's so simple to get great sounds.