Neve® 88RSTM Channel Strip Collection
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Neve’s premier analog console expertly emulated – featuring Unison™ mic preamp modeling.
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. Not surprisingly, Neve 88 Series consoles are found in some of the world’s finest studios and scoring stages, including Skywalker Ranch and Capitol.
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, plus post-fader output amplifier — exclusively for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces.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
Mix with artist presets from Jimmy Douglass, Andrew Dawson, Joey Waronker, and Ryan West
Create a modern Neve analog console in your DAW
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The only end-to-end Neve 88RS Channel Strip Circuit Emulation
Universal Audio’s all-new Neve 88RS Channel Strip for Apollo and UAD-2 precisely emulates the unique circuit behaviors of Neve’s flagship large-format mixer. Modeling the mic/line preamp, cut filters, dynamics, four-band EQ, plus post-fader output amplifier with fanatical detail, the Neve 88RS Channel Strip plug-in replicates the luxurious, high-fidelity sound of Neve's ultimate mixing console.
Unison Technology for Apollo
Harnessing UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology, the Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection gives you all of the 88RS mic/line preamp’s impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and circuit behaviors that have made it the modern benchmark in analog preamp design. The secret is Unison’s bi-directional control and communication from the Neve 88RS plug-in to the physical mic preamps in Apollo. And the results are nothing short of spectacular.
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.
Add Depth and Openness with any UAD hardware
Of course, the Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection isn’t just for Apollo owners. UAD-2 owners can use the Neve 88RS Channel Strip for amplification, EQ tone shaping, dynamics control, or adding the Neve sheen to any source, without going outside the box. With the Neve 88RS Channel Strip's complete console channel emulation, plus the included DSP-lite Neve 88RS Channel Strip Legacy, you can craft your projects with the stunning analog clarity of the 88RS.
“Just running signals through the UAD Neve 88RS plug-in without any dynamics or EQ engaged, adds a beautiful, warm character. Driving the gain on the preamp sounds legit too. I’m excited to mix with it as a virtual console.”
– Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, Other Lives)
“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)
“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, Jay-Z)
“The Neve 88RS plug-in is emulated with astonishing precision. You can get tons of character by driving the input gain and using the EQ and dynamics to shape sounds with accuracy. It sounds and feels like the real-deal console to my ears.”
– Ryan West (Eminem, Kid Cudi, Jay-Z)
“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)Watch The Reviews
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Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection
Customer Reviews
Z. Netz
September 18, 2024
Smooth, clean and expensive sound.
When I first demoed it, it wasn't as shiny and in-your-face as SSL, but once I started using it on many tracks, suddenly, everything fell into place with the slightest effort, much better...
Read MoreS. Saied
August 6, 2024
Getting Warmer
I wish I could describe in words atomic characteristics that this plug-in adds to Whatever you apply this to. I’ve used it on guitar base and drum so far and it’s very smooth...
Read MoreD. Antoshvili
July 15, 2024
Neve 88RS Channel Strip - Super! also legacy version to use the Gate and Eq on drums , base , short sounds ...
Neve 88RS Channel Strip - Super! also legacy version to use the Gate and Eq on drums , base , short sounds ...
Read MoreM. Sengelman
July 6, 2024
I use 88RS on my vocal chain with 1073
I put the legacy version with a gate on together with 1073 on vocal chain and can simulate a quiet room at my rather noisy home with a condenser mic. Combined together sounds smooth but...
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Key Features
Exclusively Neve licensed, Universal Audio modeled Neve 88RS Channel Strip
The world's premiere preamp and channel strip from Neve’s Flagship Large-Format Analog Console
Models entire Neve 88RS circuit path, including transformer, preamp, Filters, Dynamics, EQ and output amplifier
Flexible Gate, Expansion, Compression and Limit functions, musical to surgical "Formant Spectrum" four-band parametric EQ post or pre dynamics
Realtime UAD Processing with Apollo audio interfaces
Physical input impedance and front panel control of Gain staging and other preamp parameters with Unison technology
Mic, Line and Hi-Z inputs with Unison mic preamp technology
Tactile control of Gain staging and common preamp parameters with Unison mic preamp technology
Purchase includes Unison-enabled Neve 88RS console channel strip, plus separate Neve 88RS Legacy with smaller DSP footprint
Requires a UAD DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection
Z. Netz
Smooth, clean and expensive sound.
When I first demoed it, it wasn't as shiny and in-your-face as SSL, but once I started using it on many tracks, suddenly, everything fell into place with the slightest effort, much better than with SSL. The EQ and compressor are so spot on that it's hard to go wrong with them. Also, you can achieve some coloration with the preamp if you want. Smooth and warm but also clean, the 88RS always sounds expensive. It has probably the most expensive sound from the UAD library.
S. Saied
Getting Warmer
I wish I could describe in words atomic characteristics that this plug-in adds to Whatever you apply this to. I’ve used it on guitar base and drum so far and it’s very smooth transparent but ads warm colour that I can’t describe in words.
D. Antoshvili
Neve 88RS Channel Strip - Super! also legacy version to use the Gate and Eq on drums , base , short sounds ...
Neve 88RS Channel Strip - Super! also legacy version to use the Gate and Eq on drums , base , short sounds ...
K. Kim
사운드가 촥 붙습니다.
찾는 사운드입니다.
M. Sengelman
I use 88RS on my vocal chain with 1073
I put the legacy version with a gate on together with 1073 on vocal chain and can simulate a quiet room at my rather noisy home with a condenser mic. Combined together sounds smooth but uses hardly any dsp on my Apollo Solo. But it would be good if console had a built in gate.
树. 陈
Neve 88RS
具有良好的动态，这个不会你失望得。
M. Schneider
simply a useful upgrade from the legacy
The conplete Neve sound in a box.
M. Breu
Nice Neve Sound
It gives you that Neve sound, with good dynamics that I've been able to use with pretty much anything. Little different from a 1073 or 1084.
T. T
Excellent DSP - crap UAD owner loyalty
I've owned the 88RS since it was first released (classic). Uaudio doesn't understand customer loyalty. Is it right to release a new version of the 88RS, and tell existing owners that they'll have to fork over more money for the new version of the same plugin? Does that make sense? An upgrade path shouldn't cost you the same amount as a discount deal... $99. I would understand maybe $30 for the upgrade. That's reasonable, but not $100 or more for the plugin that should be upgraded for existing owners.
Don't lose face... regain your honor and make existing 88RS owners whole.A. Giroux
Neve enough said
Love this thing on my Martin D18. Makes my guitar stand right out in the mix
K. Kaspersen
Good channel strip
Good for tracking, mixing.
I think i never will have enough channel strips, it shapes the sounds so special from channel strip to channel strip, this one doesn't dissapointK. Fenton
Sounds Right
I have tried many, many channel strips. I purchased the Neve 88RS
today. Inserted it on a project I had been working on and the difference was night and day to the strip I had been using. No looking back, this is the strip I will be using on any lead vocal.K. Fenton
Sounds Right
I have tried many, many channel strips. I purchased the Neve 88RS
today. Inserted it on a project I had been working on and the difference was night and day to the strip I had been using. No looking back, this is the strip I will be using on any lead vocal.O. Junior
Million Dollar Sound
I must confess, I'm constantly experimenting with different channel strips, and while I can list a myriad of fascinating features in each that make them stand out for specific tasks, the truth is, I consistently have the same impression about the Neve 88RS: Everything passing through it sounds like a record! I can't quite put my finger on why, especially since it's such a clean and transparent console, but its preamp has the ability to make everything sound polished, smooth, and big in a way that makes it seem like the recorded material is of much higher quality than it actually is. The compressor is smooth and natural, EQ is not harsh at all, and the preamp is magical. I only wish to see it gain a UADx native version or even become an extension for Luna.
W. Meis
Its Neve
no more to say :-)
p. voltan
BALANCED STRING SECTION
This combined with Ocean Way Studios brings to life hours of recordings gluing the feel of balance of the string section and being in a real space. excellent.
N. Jeremic
The sound of movies!
In short: THAT is the sound of film scores!
T. Glosser
Love NEVE
Just try it you'll like it, HEY Mikey !!!
S. England
Great Channel Strip
Love this
s. fujimoto
plain sound
You'll notice a good sound.
