User manual
88 Series Outboard / 8801 Issue 7.6
Brief Description & Characteristics
• High quality transformer coupled microphone preamplifier identical to that
used on the 88R console with 0dB to 70dB of gain.
• Switchable Phantom Power.
• 20dB Pad on Microphone and DI inputs.
• Line input with -24dB to +24dB of gain.
• High impedance DI input.
• Phase inversion switch.
• Overload indication at each gain stage.
• High Pass and Low Pass filters switchable between channel path and
Dynamics sidechain.
• Dynamics processing based on 88R circuitry.
• Compression/Limiting with auto release.
• Gate/Expander/Ducker.
• Dynamics Sidechain linkable to other 8801 units.
• Key input.
• Compressor and Gate gain reduction meters.
• Balanced switchable Insert.
• 4 band EQ based on the 88R console, switchable between channel path
and Dynamics sidechain.
• User definable channel path through Dynamics/Insert/EQ using Audio
Router function.
• Line output with +10dB of gain control.
• Headphone output.
• Optional Digital Output Card (AES/EBU/DSD).
• User recall/store current state via Neve Recall software.
• USB link to PC or Mac.
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