Monoprice Releases Stage Right Studio 2‑Channel 1073‑Style Microphone Preamp

Since Rupert Neve designed the original 1073 preamplifier, this solid-state circuit was copied, replicated, reversed-engineered, sampled, emulated, and sound-shaped. And yet, these days any home studio is able to buy a 1073-style microphone preamp that is simply a good analog, transformer-isolated version of the original. Monoprice is now the latest company to join the club with its faithful looking and impressive Stage Right Studio 2-Channel 1073-Style Microphone Preamp.

The April 2021 edition of Voice Coil is now available and combines a wide range of topics for loudspeaker industry professionals. Starting with "Practical Considerations for Quality Control Testing of Loudspeakers," to an overview of innovations in wires and connectors, and a directory of cable and connector vendors. And, Vance Dickason looks at two compression drivers matched with factory-supplied horns - the ND1TP from Eighteen Sound and the CD-11Nd from Acustica Beyma. Now available in print and digital.

Rupert Neve, an innovator and business owner whose analog audio equipment designs have become an essential component in music recording, live sound production and home hi-fi systems, died on February 12, 2021 in Wimberley, Texas. He was 94. Rupert Neve's name will forever be synonymous with quality audio equipment. At 94, Rupert remained engaged and passionate about his work, spending most days on a perpetual series of audio electronics projects and continuing to mentor numerous design and development projects.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Neve 1073 classic microphone preamp, AMS Neve announced the 1073OPX, a brand new Octal Microphone/Line/Instrument Preamplifier that is designed to meet the needs of the modern studio environment. Originally the preamp was used in all channels of the Neve A88 console at Wessex Sound Studios in London. Installed in 1970, the Neve 1073 is one the most admired microphone preamplifier circuits, and also one of the most emulated. Now, AMS Neve created an 8-channel version with optional integration features.

Shown for the first time during the 2019 CanJam London Show, Rupert Neve Designs introduced Fidelice, a new product range for the high-fidelity audio market. The initial Fidelice product lineup includes the Precision Headphone Amplifier, Precision Phono Pre-Amplifier, and Precision Digital-to-Analog Converter. The Fidelice range was designed specifically as a response to the attention generated in the high-end segment by products such as the RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier.

Arturia launched an exciting new range of software plug-ins leveraging the company's expertise in analog circuit emulation. The first of two new packages includes recreations of Rupert Neve’s classic solid-state 1973 Preamp, Trident Studio’s A Range console preamps, and a classic Telefunken V76. The filters package includes modeled circuits from Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim’s Matrix-12 and the famous SEM-filter. All software recreations include valuable tools and add-ons.