Neve channel strip suite for Ableton Live
What’s inside
- Six devices covering the full signal path: Pre 873, EQ 873, Pre 881, EQ 881, Diode Comp 854 and Bus 872, modelled on the Neve 1073, 1081, 2254 and 1272 circuits
- Class A and Class AB preamp designs: Pre 873 models the single-ended class A circuit with its even-order harmonic character; Pre 881 models the push-pull class AB output stage for a cleaner result at normal levels, with high-order harmonics at the extremes noted by Rupert Neve himself
- Serial number system: every device carries a six-digit serial that draws transformers, inductors, resistors, capacitors, output stage bias and compressor rectifier diodes each within factory tolerance, so no two channels ever measure quite the same
- Consecutive serials come from the same production batch for a matched stereo pair; distant serials spread wider across the tolerance window, broadening the stereo field and giving the track more space
