You get two channels of 88RS preamp and an audio interface for 1245US.
There’s also a built in headphone amp.
Did I mention it is compact? I will recommend that you leave room for the unit to breathe because transformers build up heat.
I have a good amount of outboard already but I am considering this.
This one looks really cool. I would also like to take it for a spin.
Also, I hope they are doing a 4 channel as well.
Yeah would start to get interesting if they expand the range into more inputs
I just ordered one of these. Can’t wait to get it.
Please post your review when you get it. Thank you
Word. I haven’t owned any really fancy converters before, but I do use a Korg-MR2000S currently.
Any takers yet? Curious to know how this would work with an SSL SIX. It seems like a lovely interface, interested, but not sure if it is silly to combine with the SIX, maybe not it’s intended purpose. Currently, using an Apogee DUET 2 with the SIX, works great, but the DUET is on it’s last legs and probably needs to be replaced next year. Apogee Duet 3, Neve 88M and Arturia Studiofuse are on the short list.
I think this guy’s review is noteworthy
Yes, good review, this vid made me aware of the device, he has a specific use case for location recording. Probably pretty good for a small project studio as well, depending on your i/o needs.
I’m immediately skeptical of a review that complains about the drivers for an RME interface, especially one where the interface being compared against the RME is new-to-market.
I thought the point was more general, the RME being an example, no software at all for the Neve on a Mac, just straight USB compatibility.
Doesn’t the ADAT connection in the back allow to add inputs and outputs to it (up to 10 I think)?
I’m guessing there are some drawbacks to do so that I don’t understand. Just asking out of curiosity.
You can switch the RME into Class Compliant mode and get the same result. It’s covered in a large section of the Babyface manual.
EDIT: Spelling.
Yeah I thought the comment about RME drivers was strange too, but I took it as more of a ‘I like not having to deal with software’ comment and that it could have been any other interface in the RME spot.
With the Neve I really appreciate that it includes adat out as well as adat in. So many in this form factor don’t. It would be nice if it also had a second pair of monitor outputs though.
Do we know if it can be used as a standalone pre?
I think you can, it will still need to be USB powered though, no PSU option. But as I understand it, you can bypass the AD converters by using the send out and use the pre-amps standalone that way.
Yeah I figured that’d be the way to do it via the sends at least, if not the main outputs. I totally missed that it doesn’t have a separate power input though
I would keep this in mind with this interface before buying that the MINIMUM gain is +21dB on Mic (range of +21 to +68dB) and +13dB minimum on instrument, meaning these inputs are likely to clip on many (maybe even most) sources. I’m confused at these design choices/oversights, as it’s difficult to determine who the target audience will be if not for remote or personal use. For remote you want to leave a lot of headroom, which is not possible at a minimum of 21dB gain. For personal recording you’ll likely be plugging in guitars and basses (or worse, keyboards), which will most certainly clip the instrument ins. For VO work, the sensitivity of most modern condensers means anything but normal-level speech will run risk of clipping the mic input as well. Perhaps Neve will silently revise the design like they did with the 1073LB’s output. Lots of potential, but not something I’d be comfortable using for anything with its current shortcomings"
What about putting a mixer in front of the Mic inputs?
Did you get one @Prints?
This looks great but the headroom seems like an odd choice and a pain if I’m not running the inserts into something with a volume control or from a mixer in the first place
I got one, but have only been using it to monitor my rig and haven’t recorded any audio yet so I can’t say much yet. I think it sounds great so far though.