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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 170 - Chapter 19: Neve 88RS Channel Strip
Neve 88RS Controls
Overview The UAD Neve 88RS controls are divided into four main sections: dynamics,
EQ, cut filters, and global. Each section and control is detailed below.
In the UAD Neve 88RS plug-in, 0dBFS is calibrated to +4dBU plus 18dB of
headroom, so 0dBFS is equivalent to 22dBU.
Signal Flow The output of the cut filters is fed to the input of the dynamics or EQ section
(dependent upon the Pre-Dyn switch). Understanding this signal flow will help
you obtain a more predictable result (see Figure 46 below).
Dynamics
The dynamics section consists of a gate/expander and a lim-
iter/compressor. The controls for each of these two dynamics pro-
cessors are arranged in vertical columns, with the gate/expander
controls in the left column, and the limiter/compressor controls in
the right column. Both processors can be individually activated or
disabled.
The settings of the gate do not affect operation of the compressor,
and vice versa. The same sidechain signal (EQ'd or not, depend-
ing upon Pre EQ switch) is sent to both the gate and compressor.
The gains for both the gate and compressor are computed based
on that same signal, then both the gate and compressor gains are
applied in the same place, by a single gain-reduction VCA (see
Figure 46 above).
Figure 46. Simplified signal flow within UAD Neve 88RS
Pre-Dyn Switch
(swaps Dyn/EQ order)
Input
Cut
Filters
EQ
Output
Gain
Gate/Exp
Comp/Limit
Dynamics
VCA
Output