![]() ![]() The Neve A88 console at Wessex boasted 28 input channels incorporating the 1073 microphone/line amplifier/EQ module. The 1073 story begins in 1970, when Rupert Neve was asked to design a new transistorised console for Wessex Studios. That Neve sound is everywhere, so what has made it so special? ![]() It’s in the top five pieces of classic gear for so many producers, and the demand for its sound has ensured it’s been remade, reworked and reimagined into many a modern-day piece of hardware and software. Push them further to identify the company’s most revered design and the reply will almost certainly be as simple as four numbers, the 1073.Īs legendary analogue recording equipment goes, the Neve 1073 mic preamp is up there with Neumann mics, Pultec equalisers and Fairchild limiters. Ask any number of recording engineers to name a classic make of mixing console and chances are the top answer will be – give or take the odd SSL – Neve. ![]()
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