AMS Neve 8424
Little is documented about the AMS Neve 8424. The surviving record is a single product overview. It gives no production years, no original price, and the Archive's collection holds no period reviews of this model. The Archive's period press does include a 1985 facility item recording Dallas Sound Lab's installation of a Solid State Logic SL 6000 E Series 56-channel automated console and an AMS DMX15-80s stereo digital delay (Recording Engineer, April 1985, p.120). What is known is this: the 8424 is a small-format 24-channel analog recording and mixing console from Neve's small-format line, built for hybrid studio workflows that pair digital multitrack with analog summing and processing.
Its defining feature is a pair of handcrafted 1073 preamps mounted on board, built to the original 1073 specification to give the classic Neve tone at the key input stages. The console handles up to 48 mono signals at once. Each channel has dual inputs, switchable inserts, and a third channel-strip input for expanded routing. Four mono groups cover the busing.
Known specifications:
- 24-channel analog recording/mixing console
- Two onboard 1073 preamps (original spec)
- Up to 48 mono signals at once
- Four mono groups
- Dual inputs, switchable inserts, third channel-strip input per channel
- Dimensions: 1190 × 850 × 500 mm (W × D × H); weight 53 kg
- Matching console stand sold separately at $1,111
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