Neve® Summing
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Neve Summing
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P. Conrad
Adds depth and clarity
Analog Summing has been a dark art in getting mixes to sound REAL. A computer can do a great job calculating all the signals digitally together, giving you an overload of detail and overstimulating your ears. Analog Summing gives you smooth detail and a pleasing sound, adding depth and clarity. I know, because I do a lot of analog summing in my workflow. And I still do, but the Neve Summing extension allows me to do it all in the box and get everything to 8 stereo groups to feed my Analog Summing box (which is 16 channels). My mixes are sounding way better, cuz I used to cheat by doing half digital summing and half analog. Now, my digital summing is always done using the amazing sounding Neve Summing extension. WORTH EVERY PENNY. A reason to use LUNA.
S. D’Kay
Overpriced
Sad to see that the pricing of this plug is as much as the Moog, which is way more complex plugin. This should cost no more tha $99, as it just does 1 thing: add saturation. At least sell it with a discount for people that owns other Neve plugs.
D. Barkman
The difference is incredible
No pitch, no trust me's, no bs... Just pick a song you've done that you are REALLY proud of the sound and then drop those stems in Luna. Now turn on the Neve Summing extensions, you'll be sold. It's NOT just a plugin, its a System Extension. It's a new thing, don't be afraid, just embrace and appreciate NOT having to fork over $250,000 for this kind of sound.
K. Kenk
Best summing on digital domain
Sounds absolutely fabulous.
B. Dawson
Fantastic Sound
UA have succeeded in capturing the feel of an analog console within the digital realm. Neve summing sounds particularly great when used cumulatively; create those busses!
L. Williams
Awesome add on
I took the 14 day demo for a spin and I fell in love with it instantly. The Lo impedance really does something for my mixes. It adds a noticeable amount of cohesion to every source. Worth the 299 in my opinion. I’ll be purchasing after my trial is up! Thank you UA!
D. De Angelis
WOW Universal Audio - You did it again!!
WOW... is all I can think of!! Instant gratification is something you cannot put a price-tag on, PERIOD! The entire LUNA system gives me just that, especially the NEVE Summing!
I come from the analog world big-time and I never thought I’d say this but....UA has truly achieved analog tone in the digital world!!
Thanks UA..
J. Desir
Nice Beautiful Perfect
Great Job the entire UA team Bravo the neve summing is top worth the price
Luna v1 looks great so far thanks
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Fan of UAD
This plugins works as advertised. So happy!
A. Reverberi
The sound of an 80 series in LUNA
Great sounding summing option for Luna. It really captures the depth and smoothness of an old Neve Console
B. Smith
Love it
A great Buy. I love the way it sounds, makes my mixes sound fuller. I can’t believe people are really complaining about Neve Summing Being free. It was never said to be free. Most of you are engineers, Open your ears. Luna was free. You can always go buy a the 3,500 dollar summing hardaware.
J. Dockerty
Greatness Well Done UAD
I have been demoing this piece of greatness, adds warmth and glue To perfect every mix. Don’t mind the others who wrote reviews about how it was meant to be free, it wasn’t. And it’s not UAD’s fault people can’t read or listen and watch videos where they were told constantly it is a paid add-on.
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Try the 14 day demo and throw this into your workflow for a bit. I've been really impressed with how the summing helps more sterile stems come alive a bit quicker. I find myself reaching for processing on individual tracks and busses a bit less. I love the harmonics introduced, the beefy yet clean low end, and the clear cohesion in the mids. The clever impedance switch, headroom knob, and trim make it super quick and easy to adjust gain staging for optimal saturation and levels across a whole mix. Bravo UA! How about a Helios desk next?? :)
D. Case
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talking about the quality of the Neve Summing, it adds an amazing fullness to the bus it’s on and stacking them across a project gets me where I need to get much faster than I could with my old workflow. It’s a winner.
T. Wheeler
Do The Math
We were very close to purchasing a Neve 5088 console because of the sound of the Shelford channels we already have - a 16 channel unloaded is $40K. We were looking at the $150K for the loaded 32 channel.
I decided to wait until Luna was released to see if it came anywhere close...
Not only is it close, it's amazing - and even more usable in ways you just can't do with a physical console. I have had nothing but latency nightmares trying to track drums with Logic and even Pro Tools and my first test with Luna was spot on!
I will gladly spend the price of a decent single plug in ($299) to turn a Mac Pro into a Neve Summing box - and I'll take the difference and buy a Tesla, or two.
D. MCALLISTER
Smoking!
Brings the mix to life. Instruments become so much more musical.
S. Katzman
Amazing
Neve summing sounds incredible. I was watching the NAMM livestream and it was mentioned that it would be an additional feature of Luna, I never saw anything to imply that it was free. This Neve summing is definitely worth the price, it adds a great warmth and realness to the tracks.
B. Stern
V1 Wow
Long-time PT user. It took five minutes for me to realize the amazing potential of LUNA. It just sounds heads and shoulders better- instantly night and day better- Deeper, Richer. And it’s way way more fun and easier to use! Bye bye Pro Tools! Is V1 missing some essentials? Absolutely. But thanks UA for keeping me busy for hours playing with this awesome early iteration during these crazy times. I call it a heroic release!
C. Jérôme
Vraiment cool ... mais...
Cette interface est vraiment une réussite , mais le neve summer ou le stud a 800 ( je garde l'oxyde) a ce tarif gâche tout le plaisir ... j'aurai aimé qu'ils soient intégrés ou beaucoup moins cher... j'attendrai une éventuelle offre avant de le prendre ... je mets 4 étoiles pour le moment . Merci
C. Calinescu
Indelible and Unreplicable Sound
I use Logic as my primary DAW and really until Luna catches up on some of the pro features that will remain so. That being said, mixing and mastering in Luna is... WOW. What a sound!! I have a Logic session duplicated in Luna and I tried every single plugin imaginable on buses in Logic to try and emulate Neve Summing sound including the Waves NLS series. Not a chance. Luna Neve Summing is what will give it a bright future and what sets it apart from a typical DAW. Now I just want to see the features in Luna start rolling (video support being key for me as I work with picture). Until then, I’m more than happy to use it as my ‘go to’ mix and master.
