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USER MANUAL

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Page 2: ...ylan FRANCE www arturia com Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia The software described in this manual is...

Page 3: ...n this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing However Arturia reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update the hardware tha...

Page 4: ...excellence and accuracy This led us to conduct an extensive analysis of every aspect of the Neve 1073 hardware and its electrical circuits even modeling the changes in behavior over the course of tim...

Page 5: ...liders 14 3 3 3 Relative Control option 14 3 4 MIDI controller configuration 15 3 5 The lower toolbar 16 3 5 1 VU Calibration 16 3 5 2 Bypass 16 3 5 3 CPU meter 16 3 6 The Preset browser 17 4 1973 Pre...

Page 6: ...equipment was Phillips Records Ltd Neve was commissioned to design and build a series of equalizers to enable his clients to change the musical balance of material that had been previously recorded T...

Page 7: ...the Neve devices with selectable switching frequencies of 700Hz 1 2 2 4 3 6 and 7kHz and a boost cut of 16dB and Low Shelf with switchable fixed frequencies of 60 100 and 220Hz and again a boost cut...

Page 8: ...all of Arturia s virtual synthesizers and plug ins TAE combines major advances in the domain of synthesis Linear Frequency spectrum of a well known software synthesizer Linear frequency spectrum of an...

Page 9: ...was a Class A The first transformer keeps the original sound of the original Neve amplifier while the second is a novelty introduced by Arturia to give the users some sound variation based on another...

Page 10: ...gram the Arturia Software Center 2 1 1 The Arturia Software Center ASC If you have not already installed the ASC go to this web page https www arturia com support updates manuals Look for the Arturia...

Page 11: ...You can load as many instances as you find useful and you will also find some other useful features You can automate numerous parameters using your DAW s automation system Your settings and current p...

Page 12: ...he interface of the 1973 Pre visible by clicking its name in the Mixer Now start your DAW and play the loop It will sound the way it was recorded By default all parameters are in a neutral position Th...

Page 13: ...tion For that you need to click the MIDI icon in the right side of the upper toolbar Now many of the controls in the 1973 Pre become purple which means they are ready to learn MIDI automation controls...

Page 14: ...capable of This plug in is more flexible than you probably would expect at first sight due to the relative simplicity of its User Interface That will always be the main focus of every Arturia product...

Page 15: ...write the active preset with any changes you have made so if you want to keep the source preset also use the Save As option instead See the next section for information about this 3 2 2 Save As If you...

Page 16: ...resized from 60 to 200 of its original size without any visual artifacts On a smaller screen such as a laptop you might want to reduce the interface size so it doesn t dominate the display On a larger...

Page 17: ...ontrol knobs is red That means it has already been assigned to an external MIDI control It can be reassigned though Remember that you can also assign the Preset Forward and Backward arrows to an exter...

Page 18: ...f control one which sends only a few values to indicate the direction and speed at which a dial is turning as opposed to sending a full range of values in a linear fashion 0 127 for example To be spec...

Page 19: ...opy the current MIDI assignment setup or delete it import a configuration file or export the currently active one This is a quick way to set up different hardware MIDI keyboards or controllers with 19...

Page 20: ...are very important features so let s take a closer look at them 3 5 1 VU Calibration The 1973 Pre has two VU meters one when in Single Channel mode at the top right of the control panel By clicking th...

Page 21: ...ight preset There are two columns The first one lists the Presets by Name or by Featured Featured are presets that were classified as important by Arturia The second one lists the Presets by Type or D...

Page 22: ...to be noise tolerant and for further processing for example in a mixing desk The working level is usually called line level Many of us probably still remember the days of vinyl records Vinyl records w...

Page 23: ...e a power supply This is because it requires energy to boost a signal Currently the preamps get the energy from the main power circuit of the mixer Older preamps like the V76 had their own power circu...

Page 24: ...a particular sound in a mix allowing it to breathe by boosting the frequencies that are more important and sometimes also by decrementing those same frequencies in other instruments We may also use it...

Page 25: ...this type of devices Therefore the audio enters through the preamp section controlled by the Input Gain knobs This section adds saturation and harmonic distortion to the signal The Transformer switch...

Page 26: ...ffectively reaches its shelf state A High Shelf EQ band boosts or cuts high frequencies and a Low Shelf EQ band boosts or cuts low frequencies This is the type of circuit that s used in Hi Fi systems...

Page 27: ...or cut of 16db Anyway mixing is about sound and the best way to judge that is to use our ears Focus on the sound and use the EQ boost or cut at will Besides the boost cut knob the Mid Bell and the Lo...

Page 28: ...en 24dB and 24dB We also have a switch that lets us choose between two different types of transformers This is an add on introduced by Arturia Type 1 is the original transformer while Type 2 is a diff...

Page 29: ...o Link to the Off position we enter the Dual Mono mode In this mode each channel works independently as if we had two mono channels There is a third mode that is activated by changing the Stereo Mode...

Page 30: ...d a stereo clip in that track A full mix or a sub mix would be better for the test we want to do Load an instance of 1973 Pre as an insert in that track Open the 1973 Pre window Check that you have th...

Page 31: ...lmost a mono signal the Mid channel Note that even though we turned each of the two channels almost off we still got sound on both left and right speakers This is because we are making changes in the...

Page 32: ...nd EQ with Shelves for the High and Low frequencies and Bell Peak for the Mids To round out the picture we have a High Pass filter on the bottom to cut the extreme low frequencies One difference we ha...

Page 33: ...ne on the right is sweepable and allows us to choose any frequency within its range It starts as low as 360Hz the lowest fixed frequency selectable in the original and goes all the way up to 7 2kHz wh...

Page 34: ...ower left which is the switch that turns Off the filter Off is the default position On the lower part of the EQ section below the filter controls we have two button switches These correspond to the sa...

Page 35: ...controls the saturation level drive added to the sound Its values go from 80dB to 20dB with the default position in 80dB When we increase this value we increase the saturation level However we will no...

Page 36: ...troduces a slight variation in the kind of saturation produced by the Neve 1073 This second type is a custom recreation of the transformer of another famous piece of vintage equipment By default we ha...

Page 37: ...ough As we said changes in the channel on the left the Mid Channel affect the way we perceive the sound in the center of the stereo spectrum while changes in the channel on the right the Side channel...

Page 38: ...range Bell Low Shelf High Pass Filter and the EQ and Phase switches were already explained previously in the Single Channel configuration so please read that description p 28 1973 Pre Double Channel E...

Page 39: ...e Input Gain knobs we have the Output Trim knobs Like it happens in the Single Channel configuration these control the overall volume for each channel and go from 24dB to 24dB Default value is 0dB no...

Page 40: ...R True Stereo mode Stereo Link Off and Stereo Mode at M S Mid Side mode Stereo Link is automatically turned Off Stereo Link Off and Stereo Mode at L R Dual Mono mode 5 2 3 Some final words Some final...

Page 41: ...es other than storage purposes You shall have no further right or interest to use the software other than the limited rights as specified in this Agreement Arturia reserves all rights not expressly gr...

Page 42: ...apply to you All programs and accompanying materials are provided as is without warranty of any kind The complete risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with you Should the program...

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