STN L-401 Vintage Console NEBULA
Team ARCADiA | 14 September 2024 | 188.96 MB
Vintage 1960’s American console path. Discrete circuitry, with transformer character.
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Vintage 1960’s American console path. Discrete circuitry, with transformer character.
The Series One was the first major console endeavour from Neo-Technology, and we saw their design come into being in Chicago in the late 70’s. The Series One preamps and line input are quiet and life-like and excel on anything needing a warm and natural feel. You can run your tracks and samples through these to give them an added boost or do a bit of filtering also. The simple, very clean signal path contributes to the overall elegance of how the sound is handled. This console has been only slightly modified to improve the DC and Audio path by improving dynamics, details and multi-dimensional sound.
One of the classic Neev consoles of the early 70s is the N14. This high quality, Class A desk, was the first of the “80 series” of legendary top class consoles and it bears “His” name. His preamp modules have established themselves as the most sought after mic-pres in the history of recording. This is especially true for vocals. The amazing summing amp gives a rich, warm and fat sound…that “magic Neev sound”!
The Modern Flagship eQualizer has set new standards as the ultimate analogue processor and has become the signature of excellence for the world’s premier engineers, producers and studios. This equalizer is very usable and controls most situations effortlessly and musically, with a smooth filters section, a sweet top-end and powerful lows, with less midrange aggression than a classic British eQ. Modern Flagship eQualizer manages to sound clean and crystal clear without being weak and characterless. There is little apparent colouration, just a maturity of tone.
High Quality Vintage German Broadcast Equipment, the BP1 is a LP and HP filter with either 12dB 18dB or 24db per octave. It is perfect for filtering duties during mixing to cut unwanted frequencies in precisely the low or high ranges. Thanks to the varied filter gradients and overlapping frequency ranges, it is possible to work very surgically in the frequency spectrum. It sounds fantastic on Reverb and Delay giving depth and 3D ambience. It’s a perfect addition in mastering for external sidechaining a compressor to allow the compressor to respond only to a specific frequency range. But real Magic happens when you use it in the M/S technique* by use it flat for the mid – it just cut at 18Hz with natural 6dB slope – and at taste on the side: your mix will sound more finished and tridimensional with more punch and definition.
The punchy EQ: The legendary sonic signature of an early 80 s classic: the Brown 02 which was featured on countless 1980 s recordings. This punchy EQ has a unique character which sculpts the sound perfectly to fit in the mix. The programs: Carefully sampled @96kHz in a professional recording studio with hi-quality audio and digital cables and master grade converters with audio levels perfectly matched and calibrated. They are precisely programmed without normalizing or other destructive digital processing. The programs don’t sound processed, harsh or digital as most plugins do, but instead sound like a natural extension of the original audio, gluing your tracks in the mix with an analog vibe.
The legendary sound of the 1980’s era was mastered with this German console which makes program audio sound better just by passing through it’s circuits. When you shape your sound with this console the results will be fantastic, regardless of musical style. The unit has been completely refurbished and returned to the original as new conditions. This technical intervention restores the unit to the original sound and it can then rightfully be called “vintage”. It’s the same sound you can listen on thousands old hit records. The most critical, and most difficult task is to refurbish the unit without making changes to the original character and sound. This is achieved by the thoughtful choice of the right electronic components, and expert skills and experience in electronic engineering.