Music

88 RS

With its unmistakable Neve qualities of exquisite design, peerless craftsmanship and legendary Neve sound, the 88RS continues the Neve bloodline of analogue consoles with a remarkable advance on anything heard before. The Neve 88RS has set new standards as the ultimate analogue console and has become the signature of excellence for the world’s premier studios, engineers, producers and studios including Abbey Road, The Village, Ocean Way Skywalker and Plus XXX.

Professionals throughout the world have chosen the full, clean sound of the 88RS console. Its high bandwidth pure audio path, superior dynamics, greater dynamic range and greater control make the 88RS the first choice for recording and mixing the purest high fidelity recordings.

Highlights

• Designed for full surround from the ground-up
• The clearest pure signal path with NO VCA's
• Motorised large and small faders
• Encore Plus automation
• AFL surround solo monitor
• Latest VCA technology for low noise and excellent low level distortion
• Overpress PFL on each channel fader
• Four main output faders, L/R, C, S, and LS/RS 
• Fader starts on all channel faders, all VCA group faders and all output faders
• Solo system defaults to safe mode
• Acoustically optimized frame
• Supplied with or without patch
• Enhanced ‘S’ channel strip
• Enhanced spectral Neve formant equalisation
• Legendary Neve soft knee compression
• 24 step precision volume control
• Two faders per channel strip
• Remote mic amp option
• 5.1 monitoring as standard
• Audio performance beyond 24/192 digital

 

Performance

With its 100kHz bandwidth, surpassing 192khz digital recording quality, and comprehensive surround capabilities, the 88RS has been engineered to deliver recordings at the best conceivable quality onto any format at any sample rate, capturing all the energy and atmosphere of the original performance as perfectly as possible.

Central to the ground-breaking technology utilised within the 88RS is a completely new electronic and mechanical design. Though based on classic Neve attention to audio quality, ergonomics and mechanical detail, the 88RS takes advantage of the latest analogue technology.

The addition of the stem mixer and eight track scoring panel confirms the 88RS's position as the ultimate console of choice for scoring, music recording and mixing.

Control Surface

The 88RS uses a conventional in-line recording console architecture extended to address the evolving needs of the 21st century studio, in particular those of surround sound production. The no compromise design is linear from start to finish, with no VCAs even in the monitor section. Users of the Neve V-Series and other high-end analogue consoles will immediately be at home with the control surface.

Automation

The 88RS is supplied with the groundbreaking Encore Plus automation system as standard. Encore Plus brings the best of Flying Faders for music together with the Logic automation system for post-production, creating the ultimate music and music-for-picture automation system.

Options

The 88RS comes with a range of options including the SP2 Scoring Panel, the powerful Stem Mixer and Classic Neve remote mic pre-amps. A range of essential features for broadcasters are also available, including a redundant PSU, VCA fader system and rugged streamline frame designed purposely for OB trucks.

Testimonials

“The best console to have ever been designed” –Simon Rhodes – Abbey Road Studios – www.abbeyroad.co.uk

“Neve consoles are the Rolls Royce of the industry.. You’ve go to do the right thing by your business. You’ve got to buy the right console at the right price. When it comes down to it, the Neve has the edge on any other.” – Sir George Martin – www.airstudios.com

“I sat down and mixed on the 88RS and I just fell in love with it. I can say without reservation that the 88RS is the finest sounding analogue console made today” Allen Sides – Ocean Way – www.oceanwayrecording.com

“The 88RS is truly the next level of aural quality and console flexibility. The sonic quality of the console is unbelievable” – Leslie Ann Jones – Skywalker Sound, www.skysound.com

“The sound of the 88RS is unbelievable. It is the best sounding desk we have ever heard. It’s a beautifully engineered, exquisitely manufactured piece of gear” – Jeff Greenberg – The Village – www.villagestudios.com

“This is the best sounding console I have ever heard” – Al Schmitt , www.villagestudios.com

“The new Neve 88R at the Village gave me the sound and integrity associated with vintage 1066 and 1081s, while providing the convenience, ergonomics and reliability of a modern desk.” – Roy Thomas Baker

“The 88RS is an awesome console. It’s the ultimate in analogue consoles.” Tom Misner – Studios 301 , www.301.com.au