AMS NEVE 8801
The complete channel strip from the world’s most accomplished studio console – the 88RS.
Combining the iconic Neve® mic preamplifier, powerful EQ and the incredible 88R dynamics processor; the 8801 delivers Neve console sound in a convenient 1U rackmount design, with the convenience of Total Recall™ and digital conversion.
General Specification
- Complete channel strip from the revered 88RS console in a single rackspace
- Hand-built and hand-wired by Neve® in Burnley, England
- Genuine Neve® mic preamp with High and Low Pass Filters
- 4-band equalization with highly musical, full-range sound
- 88RS-style compressor and gate
- Insert send and return
- EQ or filters to sidechain
- USB port for direct connection to Mac or PC
- Optional Neve analogue-to-digital converter
Preamp Specification
- Microphone input impedance (balanced): 1.2k Ohms
- Microphone input headroom: +26dBu (reference 0dBu)
- Microphone input gain range: 0dB to 70dB (using PAD)
- Line input impedance (balanced): 20k Ohms is able to encompass signals from sources referenced to +4dBu or to -10dBu
- Line input headroom: +26dBu (reference 0dBu)
- Line input gain range: -24dB to 24dB
- DI input impedance (balanced): 750k Ohms
- DI input headroom: +20dBu (reference 0dBu)
- DI input gain range: -44dB to +24dB (using PAD)
Output Specification
- Line output impedance: <50 Ohms
- Main output Maximum output: +26dBu into 600 Ohms
- Frequency Response: +/- 0.2 dB 10Hz to 20kHz, +/- 0.5 dB 10Hz to 40kHz Line Input to Main Output
- THD + N: < 0.005% Line Input to Main Output, 20Hz to 20kHz, using a measurement window of 10Hz to 80kHz
- Noise: Line Input to Main Output: < -89dBu
- All the audio blocks in circuit: < -80dBu
- All noise measurements made between 20Hz and 20kHz using a measurement bandwidth 22Hz to 22kHz
Dimensions
- Width: 48.2cm (19 inches)
- Height: 4.4cm (1.75 inches) (1U)
- Depth: 24cm (9.5 inches) – without the power socket plugged in
- Weight: 3.0kg (6.6 pounds)