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Originally Posted by audiomichael Aside from AMS Neve and Chandler's LTD-2 are there any other Neve style compressors out there. It seems that with the popularity of the 2254, and 64's and 33609's that there'd be a bunch of clones out there. The Daking compressor has a 33609 release time (but does it take on the Neve characteristic?), and even the chameleon Distressor doesn't have a Neve setting!  |
A big part of the Neve compressor sound is the sidechain.
On the 2254 its a 1272.
Its a big part of its sound.
Just running your audio through it without compression makes the tracks sound big.
What i've noticed when recapping Neve compressors as opposed to the modules is that one little cap change makes a big difference in its sound.
These things were designed in a certain way where the components are really interdependent.
You can't just replace an older cap with a newer more modern cap and expect better results.
Actually it makes the sound worse.
You have to replace them with the exact caps that were used.
To go to to such detail gets expensive and time consuming.
But that's what it takes to get the sound right.
A lot of the newer clones just don't go to that route.
They add new features and such but the mojo is gone.
That's why i like the AMS reissues.
You open it up and its matched part for part with the originals.
With an improved power supply it just sounds fantastic.
As i have stated the to my ears the reissueJD is the best 33609 made yet(or that i've heard).
Yeah its not cheap...but its a Neve.
