AMS Neve Launches Genesys Black – Digitally Controlled Analog Console
We have you now: Announced during the 137th AES convention and on display at the Professional Audio Design booth, the AMS Neve Genesys Black is a digitally controlled analog console.
Let’s clear up what, exactly, that means for this modern-age Neve:
- Automation Control from any DAW
- DAW Communication via AES, MADI, or Firewire connection – Meaning users can plug their laptops into Genesys Black and control the board with the automation they’ve already written.
- Touch Screen Monitor for dedicated DAW control section
- Customizable Channel Setups
- Compact Footprint
- Digital Recall/Reset
- All while maintaining Neve’s signature sound
The Genesys Black G16.
These are just a few quick examples of what digital does for the new console. The analog side of hybridity offers Neve 1073 mic preamps, 88R-style EQs, and optional 1084 EQs, 88R-style dynamics. The Genesys Black can also be expanded to feature a 32-fader, 64-input setup.
This video demo from AES will further enlighten you:
Check out the landing page for additional details. You can also contact PAD’s Genesys Black specialist John Songdahl at johns@proaudiodesign.com. Here are more details from AMS Neve:
Genesys Black, hand-built in our UK factory, combines superb analogue design and true Neve preamp circuitry with hands-on DAW control and connectivity for Pro Tools, etc. And it’s modular, meaning you don’t have to wait until you can afford the full 32-fader system to become a Neve-equipped studio. In its basic 8-channel configuration you get 8 channels of mic/line preamps plus 16 channels of DAW control and 16-channel analogue summing at mixdown. And eight auxiliary buses, and eight group buses. And 5.1 monitoring.
There’s a ‘classic Neve’ look and feel to the controls, but take a closer look and you’ll see they’re ultra modern too: every switch is ‘soft’. The benefits go far beyond letting you customize your set up to suit the way you work. It also means every routing decision and every switch setting can be saved and instantaneously reset. Add the legendary sounding Neve analogue EQ and optional dynamics cassettes and you can instantly recall these settings too. Just think of the reconfiguration time that saves when you’re juggling multiple projects in your studio.
Basic Configuration (Genesys Black G16)
- 8 channels of Neve 1073 mic pre/line amplifiers
- 16 channel DAW monitoring
- Dedicated DAW control section w/ touch display
- Total Reset & Total Recall
- Motorised Analogue/DAW control faders
- 8 channels of Neve 88R-style, 4-band EQ
- 8 channels of 192kHz A/D/D/A (FireWire/AES/MADI)
- 8 Auxes (4 mono and 2 stereo)
- 8 groups, 2 main outs
- 4 stereo effects returns
- 16ch, 8t, 2t and monitor metering
- 5.1 mixing & monitoring
- 2 cue mixes
- Full talkback capability
- Internal PSU
- USB stick store, load & reset
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