Neve Portico 5012 on Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drum OH clips

[nukmusic]

http://www.thelisteningsessions.com/session10.htm

may be a repost?

Neve Portico 5012 on Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drum OH

[fuzzface777]

ELECTRIC GUITAR SECTION:

To my ears, and only cheapass laptop speakers to listen with ( at the moment)
the mp2 sounded most defined and less colored and a little fuller, however a little sterile, tinny in the high e string on the chords at times.

THe Portico sounds very close the 3124 without the silk. THe portico has comparatively more upper mids and some neve color ( very similar to my old script mxr phase 90 coloring) in fact the portico tracks almost seem to have the effect of phase or volume swelling whereas the api or mp2 tracks don't have that. THe silk kinda throughs some more of that phase 90 sound on the overall sound, smoothing things out, but blurring the edges too, it is an effect-I guess.

The api 3124 was impressive, seems to have an evenness about about it, modern yet vintage sounding, seems to have less bass or a slight scooped eq sound...

my .02

[Joost]

Too bad I just saw this. I never got to hear a comparison between the Neve and others, but I must say the Neve sounded better to me than the API and the Sebatron (no competetion there), but the

On the acoustic guitar tracks:
What was up with all the noise on the Sebatron track. I personally liked the Portico the best of those four. I always find it hard to put these things into words, but I thought the Neve sounded bigger and the API was a little duller or flatter than the Neve. The Great River almost sounded dull (not as in boring but as in muffled) compared to the API and the Neve.

[u b k]

i get so distracted by the differences in performance on the drums. still, i'd love the api for anything that needed to be punchy, and i'd love the GR for anything that needed to be thicker, less aggressive.

api is so damn sweet. is there anything it can't do?!


gregoire
del ubik

[nukmusic]

Ok..........What makes it any Better or different than the Pure Path series?

http://www.rupertneve.com/porticorange.html

Designed for the Pro Audio milieu of the 21st century, Portico™ modules embody new Rupert-designed transformers, very short audio paths, minimal negative feedback and discrete single-sided transformer-coupled outputs that leave no possibility of crossover distortion. They are built to work together in a variety of configurations – compatible with any existing high quality transformer-coupled vintage modules, including the genuine range of my original units. Such modules may be confidently included in the Portico™ chain with the sure knowledge that the sound of your favorite classic module will not be diminished.

VS

http://www.amek.com/products/purepath/index.html

Only the Pure Path® range of signal processing devices could bring the latest technology designed by Mr. Rupert Neve and crafted by AMEK.

[thermos]

What makes it better than the pure path series is the sound. The 9098 compared to the portico was laughable. The portico killed it in every conceivable way.

[nukmusic]

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