Originally introduced as part of the 80 Series consoles in the 1970s, these colorful preamps are known for their fat, warm sound and rich low end. The Neve 1073 is arguably one of the most popular preamps in the history of recorded music. “The Sound of ’73” – UAD Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Plug-In Collection The only new features are an impedance switch and a switchable -20 dB pad. In terms of features, the UAD 1073 sticks very closely to the original design. The UAD 1073 also utilized UAD’s Unison technology, which allows you to use the plugin while tracking. The UAD 1073 captures all of the original’s unique circuit behaviors, including all 10 clipping points from the preamp and EQ stages for that classic gritty class‑A saturation. UAD offers “the only authentic end-to-end circuit emulation” of the Neve 1073. We put some of our favorite 1073-style plugins through the paces on drums, bass, guitars and vocals with the following settings: Drums The selectable high-pass filter can be set at 50, 80, 160 or 300 Hz. The low band controls a shelf with selectable frequencies at 35, 60, 110 and 220 Hz. The midband controls a bell curve with selectable frequencies at. The top EQ band controls a fixed shelf at 12 kHz. In addition to a single gain control knob, which can be used to drive signals until they saturate, the 1073 also features a three-band semi-parametric EQ and selectable high-pass filter. The original 1073 preamps utilize a very streamlined design.
Vintage Neve 1073 preamps sound amazing, but their limited feature set and astronomical price tag push many engineers towards digital alternatives. In this roundup, we’ll break down the top five plugins based on the Neve 1073 to help you figure out which one is right for you.
Luna is available now for Mac as a free download for owners of compatible UA audio interfaces.The Neve 1073 is arguably one of the most popular preamps in the history of recorded music. Stay tuned for our next article where we look at the additional Luna Extensions including Neve summing, sample libraries from Spitfire Audio, and of course the Ravel and MiniMoog virtual instruments. So there’s plenty of free content to get you started within Luna, but that’s far from the whole story.
Many of these ‘ rompler ’ virtual instruments have a couple of standout patches and a lot of filler, but we were thoroughly impressed by every patch inside of Shape’s extensive library. It offers the ability to layer up to four presets together with a per-part effect send levels and easy to access global controls such as amp envelope and filter cutoff. It’s diverse, multi-gigabyte sample library covers everything from pianos to drums, to synths to orchestral ensembles. For a completely free bundled instrument, Shape sounds fantastic. One of our biggest Luna surprises was the inclusion of the ‘Shape’ virtual instrument, one of three Luna Extensions instruments announced at launch. If you own the Studer A800 UAD plugin, you automatically get the Studer Luna Extension at n o extra cost. Oxide is included for free, and the Studer A800 model is available as an additional purchase. Just unfold a channel strip’s tape slot and you’ll find the option to activate one of two Luna Extension Tape emulations. One of the most commonly utilised categories of UAD plugins is the tape emulation and this concept has been built directly into Luna. No longer do you need to leave your DAW to instantiate Unison plugins or set up headphone mixes.
On top of that, much of Console’s (UA’s mixer software for Apollo and Arrow interfaces) functionality has been integrated directly into Luna.
We thought we’d take a look at what’s included for free right out of the box, and we will explore the additional content in an upcoming article.Īll Apollo and Arrow interfaces include the Analog Classic plugin bundle and Luna, of course, has well-integrated UAD plugin support. UA offers a way to extend Luna’s functionality via what they call Extensions, and some of these are paid add-ons but several of them are included for free. Universal Audio’s new recording software Luna is here! Apollo interface owners have long been dreaming of a UAD focused recording platform, and now they have one, for free! UA’s Apollo Twin and Arrow interfaces offer a reasonably affordable way into the UAD ecosystem and the fact that they now include Luna, a full-featured recording program, is a huge bonus.