AMS Neve 88C Dual Desktop Dynamics Unit
Description
88C - Dual Desktop Dynamics
Bring the Neve 88R VCA Compressor sound to your desktop. The 88C delivers iconic sound quality, versatile control, and legendary character—perfect for mixing, tracking, and mastering in your studio, whatever the size.
Neve’s VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) compressors were first introduced in the early 1970s with the 50 Series consoles. These compressors offered greater precision and flexibility compared to the classic, gentle compression of the Neve Diode Bridge design. Over the decades, VCA compressors have become a cornerstone of Neve consoles, featuring prominently in iconic models like the VR and 88R series. The 88C continues this legacy by incorporating two complete VCA compressors derived from the 88R console’s channel strip.
The 88C is powered via USB 3.0+ through a USB-C connector, enabling seamless desktop operation directly from your computer. Its USB-powered design also enhances portability, allowing it to connect easily to any USB 3.0-compatible wall adapter when you’re on the go.
Building on the success of the 88M two-channel mic preamp, the 88C features a durable leatherette casing. Its robust, road-ready design ensures maximum portability, whether you’re working in the studio or on the go.
With a maximum +18dB threshold and built-in limiting capabilities, the 88C is the perfect companion to the Neve 88M for precise transient control. It also excels as a standalone stereo or mono compressor, delivering up to an impressive -50dB of gain reduction!
The 88C offers variable ratio settings, extending to full signal limiting. Paired with the ultra-fast attack of the 88R compressor circuit, it excels as a brick-wall limiter, making it ideal for mastering applications.
Leveraging the advanced attack circuitry of the 88RS channel strip compressor, the 88C’s adaptive attack design delivers a seamlessly organic response to input transients, balancing musicality with uncompromising precision.
Key Features:
• 2-channel desktop compressor/limiter
• 2 complete VCA compressors, derived from Neve’s 88R console channel strip
• Compact, portable, rugged chassis
• Convenient USB-C bus power
• Balanced TRS I/O
• Optimized gain reduction
• Independent meters for input, output, and gain reduction
• Ratios from 1:1 to full brickwall limiting
• Adaptive Attack Technology automatically responds to transients while maintaining the character of your recordings
• Program-dependent, triple-time-constant auto-release
• Variable sidechain filtering with 3 additional sidechain filters for fine-tuning response, preventing over-compression, and focusing on the frequencies you want to enhance
• Automatic Anti-Breathe Technology eliminates undesirable artifacts
• True bypass for easy A/B comparison
• Precision VCA feed-forward dynamics
• Mono/dual/stereo linking