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“In a couple words if you love the way audio sounds this thing is magical. I am not a preamp connoisseur so take this with a grain of salt but.the Neve 511 is the thing that 'made the difference'.” Best of all, all I had to do was plug in my mic and turn it on. Big, rich vocals and deep clarity on an KM 184 recording acoustic guitar. “This preamp is the new star in my little studio. Don't be scared to raise the gain knob and get a little hot, this pre can handle anything!” “The Neve 511 is a must buy, the thickness and richness of the vocals are incredible. “In many back to back tests, this Neve won out in nearly every shootout for having the right amount of body, clarity, and smoothness.” Loving it on bass and guitar but amazing for vocals as well. The silk setting gives you that vintage Neve sound if you want it, or you can dial it off for crystal clean detailed sound sources.
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The quality built into it is evident as soon as you unbox and inspect. “I picked a 511 pre last year and just did a repeat. “This thing is clean as a whistle and packs a punch. There are many imitators, but there is only one Rupert Neve, and my love for his signature sound has never dwindled.” The Silk texture takes you closer to Neve’s vintage designs so you’re able to achieve the best of modern and classic approaches. “Sonically, the 511 sounds great on nearly anything you put through it, working equally well with loud and soft sources. “Easily worthy of finding themselves in the best studios in the world.” In fact, I wish all 500-series modules were built this well!” “The 511 mic preamp is a joy to use, delivering clean or vintage characters at will…construction is to very high standards. By manipulating the Texture control, the amount of Silk can be changed from essentially absent, to well beyond the amount of coloration found in vintage units. With Silk / Texture engaged, the distortion characteristic and harmonic content of the unit are very reminiscent of many of Rupert’s class-A vintage designs. This adds a sparkly sheen to the top end, and is often ideal for sources including vocals, strings, pianos, and other acoustic instruments. Pushing the Silk button engages the Silk Red circuit, which enhances harmonic content generated by the highs and high mids of your source. Signals below the selected frequency are attenuated at a rate of 12db / octave, getting rid of proximity effect, building rumble, air handling, motor hum, etc. It is a valuable aid in any signal chain, but particularly so in a microphone preamplifier. The high pass filter is continuously variable from 20-250Hz and engaged by the HPF switch, which illuminates when engaged. The symbol “Ø” is often used to denote opposite polarity. Push button inverts the polarity of the signal path, and illuminates when engaged. When the 511 is clipped, the highest red LED will hold longer depending on how far above the clip threshold the signal was. The color range proceeds from green for lower level signals, yellow for intermediate signals, and red for high levels. When the Gain switch is set to Unity (0 dB), the 511 can handle a balanced input signal of more than +20 dBu without an input attenuator pad – this is a unique feature that allows the 511’s Silk circuit and other features to be applied to line-level sources.Ĭontinuously variable +/-6 dB control to fine-tune level.Įngages phantom power on the microphone input, as supplied by the 500 series rack.Īn eight-segment LED bar-graph meter displays output level (pre-Silk). A 12-way precision rotary switch controls gain from 0 to 66 dB in 6 dB steps.