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anonymous 16 January 2002

Hi. Can anyone recommend a specific recording with extensive use of Neve preamps, both vocal and for tracking instruments? A recent recording with a clone would be fine. I have seen the mantra repeated here numerous times and would like to hear for myself. I am a hobbyist getting serious about my tone.

How crucial is the EQ to the Neve sound? Does a clone w/o EQ still sound like a Neve. For example, I can probobly afford one really good preamp, and would prefer it be dual channel. Vintech makes a dual channel 1272 clone w/o EQ for under 1400.00. Their single channel X73 has the EQ at 1900+. How much of a difference would there be in faithfully capturing what the original sounded like?

Lastly, before I buy and start calling around...how do you pronounce Neve?

Regards,
Jak

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anonymous Thu, 01/17/2002 - 02:23

One of my favourite neve records is 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' by AC/DC. It has all the hallmarks of vintage neve tones. Punch, warmth, tone and fidelity and a rock band hitting the straps!!!. This record was tracked and mixed on the very same neve console that i work on regularly. It is a custom Neve 8024 (one of two)that were specially ordered for 'Albert's Studios' in Sydney Australia where meany of AC/DC's first albums were orginally tracked and mixed. This mixer is still kicking major ass after nearly 30years!!!!, granted that it sometimes needs a bit of TLC and maintainence. However IMHO it is without doubt the coolest little Neve around.

check it out @
http://www.hothouse.net.au

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aaqktk6kx9kra

PEACE
Wiggy
2" till I die!

PEACE
Wiggy

anonymous Thu, 01/17/2002 - 11:35

"Dirty deeds" and "Highway To Hell" are some of the most rocking records of all time. Great band, great songs, great e/gtr work and GREAT fucking singer! The blues cut on "Dirty Deeds" has unreal gtr work by Angus... I wonder how much more seriously he would have been taken in the blues world if he had not been strutting his stuff in short pants & schoolboy cap in a truck driver's' hard rocking band? I mean this guy can play (or could) some serious blues licks...

Ah, gotta love those drunken background vocals too! great stuff.

Eric :) ;) :w:

anonymous Thu, 01/31/2002 - 09:53

Originally posted by jakula:
Neve Campbell?

Neve mind the bollocks, heres the sex pistols?

I Neve You, like the flower needs the rain?

Sorry to re-activate this post after a while...but I couldn't resist...
"Don't Neve me this way" (apologies to Thelma Houston).
AND couldn't help but notice..so apart from the Sex Pistols, Australia leads the way in landmark Neve recordings? Cool! Any other landmarks recorded in other countries - or do we rule?

atlasproaudio Thu, 01/31/2002 - 19:21

I still yet have to find something that captures what a Neve (or the Vintech or Brent A...basically the same thing) can do for my tone. A huge amount of upper end studios had Neve 80 series in the mid-late seventies. Seems like a lot of places dumped them for SSL's after a while, but you'll see that while the SSL's or whatever change around, the Neve is still the staple, and for a reason...the sound.

anonymous Thu, 01/31/2002 - 22:32

Originally posted by atlasproaudio:
I still yet have to find something that captures what a Neve (or the Vintech or Brent A...basically the same thing) can do for my tone. A huge amount of upper end studios had Neve 80 series in the mid-late seventies. Seems like a lot of places dumped them for SSL's after a while, but you'll see that while the SSL's or whatever change around, the Neve is still the staple, and for a reason...the sound.

So what do you think is the problem? A lack of a comprehensive listing of recordings done using Neve
equipment that enables you to match and compare? Perhaps it's all the other links - which
mic's (including mic techniques) - what was it recorded onto - particular vocal, drum, guitar, synth etc. sounds - monitoring - mastering. Perhaps it would be helpful if you could identify particular recordings (I know you're trying to do this with this post) but I don't quite understand
the base upon which you're founding your quest..
particular examples or the admittedly stellar reputation this stuff has? It's legacy and continuity is claimed/promoted by quite a few manufacturers now, from Amek to Focusrite.
What sort of stuff are you recording eg. Anything like the examples noted above?

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