

The 1073 has a 3-band EQ and there is also a post fader output. With the plugin, you can emulate a Neve preamp and then use the EQ to change the frequencies in your recording. Image credit: Universal Audio Check Universal Audio The 1073 is the only end to end Neve 1073 emulation. The Neve 1073 is one of the most revered class A transistor mics and line amps that give total clarity, sheen, and bite to your recording.

The Universal Audio Neve 1073 plugin is a channel amplifier that is one of the best preamp and EQ circuits to ever come out. Universal Audio Neve 1073 – Most Revered Preamp The 550B also has a feature called ‘proportional Q’ which automatically widens the filter bandwidth at its minimum settings and narrows it at its highest settings.īoth of the EQs are great for getting that classic sound that only vintage EQs can provide. The 550B offers 7 filter frequencies reaching up to 5 octaves per band (there are 4 bands) with bands 1 and 4 offering a shelf or peak filter if you so desire.

The 550B is more of a sweetening EQ but can also be used to solve frequency problems that the 550A might not be able to fix. High and low EQ can be selected as either shelving or peaking, and you are also able to insert a band pass filter. Wavetable VST plugins like MASSIVE and MASSIVE X tend to focus on helping producers create something unusual and completely different to traditional instruments, and can be more useful for experimental productions than other VST plugins.The 550A offers repeatable equalization at 15 frequency points and 5 different boosts that are then divided into 3 overlapping bands.

Some VST plugins strictly model themselves on reproducing sounds you would expect from analogue instruments, but others go way beyond that. Polyphonic VST plugins create more than one note at a time, so are great for building complex melodies, chords, and harmonies, while monophonic VST plugins play one note at a time and are commonly used for basslines. There are several varieties of VST plugins for synth sounds that are worth noting. Almost any instrument can be turned into a VST plugin, and more often than not, when you need a certain kind of sound there’s a VST plugin for it. VST plugins can be used in a wide variety of ways to create synth sounds for songwriting and production.
