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Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection
4.8 (460)

Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection

Neve’s premiere analog console, at your fingertips.

  • Sculpt your mix with Neve’s premium large-format analog console sound
  • Get the clarity and openness of Neve’s famous 88RS transformer-based mic preamp
  • Shape your signals with legendary Neve 88RS Formant Spectrum EQ and Dynamics sections
  • Control Apollo interface mic preamp gain staging and impedance directly from the plug-in via Unison™ technology
  • Create a modern Neve analog console in your DAW

Runs on macOS or Windows. Requires an Apollo audio interface or UAD Accelerator. View full system requirements.

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Neve’s Premiere Analog Console, at your Fingertips

The Neve 88 Series is a paragon of large-format analog console design. Introduced in 2001, the 88 Series is renowned for its startling depth, airiness, and clarity — deftly encompassing the best of all Neve designs that came before it. Now for the first time, you can track through an authentic emulation of this modern masterpiece — complete with its famous mic/line preamp, cut filters, dynamics, four-band EQ, and post-fader output amplifier.

Record "Through" the Neve 88RS with Apollo

UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime through the Neve 88RS Channel Strip plug-in using your Apollo, giving you the sound of the original high-end hardware’s line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors.

Sculpt with Neve's Formant Spectrum EQ

The 88RS is outfitted with broad range, minimum-phase 12 dB high and low cut filters to shape any signal during tracking or mixdown. In addition, Neve's famed Formant Spectrum four-band EQ, perfect for ambitious tonal strokes or precise surgery, offers classic Neve color on any source.

Crush or Expand with Neve Dynamics

With versatile and musical VCA-type limit/compress and gate/expand modules, the 88RS’ dynamics sections can precisely tailor any source; transparently smoothing a lead vocal, bringing excitement and immediacy to a percussion bus, or even providing frequency-dependent gain reduction for de-essing.

What They Say

The UA Neve 88RS gives me the same butt-kicking power that I get from the console... It's the sound I'd expect from a real Neve.

Ryan West

Eminem, Kid Cudi, Jay-Z

The UAD Neve 88RS Channel Strip has changed my sound completely. Now my drums have that bottom end that sits perfectly in the mix.

Hector Delgado

A$AP Rocky, Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey

The new UAD Neve 88RS plug-in is the channel strip I call home. It has all of the warmth and color of the analog console and its mic preamp is simply as sweet as it gets — I love it for vocals.

Jimmy Douglass

Pharrell, Timbaland, John Legend

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Reviews

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  • JD Profile picture for Josh D.
    Josh D.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    20 hours ago
    Clean

    The Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection has completely transformed my voiceover workflow. The Unison preamp delivers an incredibly clean signal without raising my noise floor, while adding the legendary Neve warmth and depth that gives my voice a rich, authoritative character.

    The EQ and dynamics are intuitive, musical, and transparent, making it easy to dial in a polished, broadcast-ready sound right from the source. As a full-time voice actor, this has become my go-to channel strip. If you’re looking for a plugin that combines pristine clarity with classic analog character, the Neve 88RS is worth every penny.

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    Štefan K.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    Great and inspiring channel strip

    I have to write another review after using the Neve 88RS plugin for a long time. This plugin has really helped me take my mixes to the next level with how good it sounds. Its sound is really warm and natural. The treble on its EQ has the right spark here, the whole sound feels really expensive. Great and inspiring channel strip. Thank you UA.

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  • SB
    sabra b.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
    Is this the best UAD Channel Strip?

    This was the only Channel Strip I didn't own and I regret not getting it sooner. I own a real Neve preamp and this sounds exactly like it. The compression is incredible and has a vibe to it. Everything is colored in a wonderful way.

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    Anerson E.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
    Finally a proud owner.

    This is my favorite plugin from the Neve family. You can't make it sound bad, just pure perfection. And thank you to Niky for the discount.

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  • WM
    William M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    A great channel strip

    I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to pick the 88RS up. This is now on every mix.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you’ll need an Apollo audio interface, UAD-2 Satellite, or UAD-2 PCIe card to run these plug-ins, using the onboard DSP. The plug-ins run on the hardware itself, without adding strain to your computer’s CPU. In an Apollo, onboard DSP processing allows you to run realtime UAD plug-ins with near-zero latency, and even record that processing directly to your DAW.
Yes, you can start a fully functional 14-day demo from any plug-in bundled with the UAD software. Simply click “Start Demo”, and start using it in your DAW.
UAD-2 licenses follow the hardware, it does not matter which computer they are connected to. You can have up to six UAD-2 devices registered to a system in your Universal Audio account, which share those licenses. See UAD-2 Plug-In Licensing Explained for full details. Authorization of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD Meter & Control Panel Application.
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