Rupert Neve Designs Newton Channel Strip  From Neve

Rupert Neve Designs is proud to announce the Newton Channel, a powerful modern channel strip born from a legendary sonic lineage. Its intuitive design provides classic sound on demand, with all the instantly-recognizable character, musical tone-shaping abilities, and proven reliability that define a Rupert Neve Designs product. Equally well-suited for a project studio, voiceover setup, large-scale commercial facility or live sound rig, the Newton gives more engineers, producers, and artists a chance to join the RND family than ever before.

The name originates with Rupert’s birthplace – Newton Abbot, England – and reflects the sonic journeys of his life: from Newton Abbot to Wimberley, vintage to modern, and everything in between. The Newton includes a fully Class-A mic preamp with a sweepable high-pass filter, a musical 3-band discrete EQ section with LF & HF shelves and a fully parametric mid band, a fast & flexible VCA compressor, and custom Rupert Neve Designs transformer-coupled outputs with RND’s beloved harmonic color stage: variable Silk Red & Blue.

The Newton’s input stage accepts both mic and line level signals, the compressor’s action can be linked with a second Newton, and 31-position detented controls are used throughout. This makes the Newton ideal not just for tracking, but also for stereo bus processing when paired with a second unit. The compressor can be placed pre or post EQ, and both the EQ and compressor can be fully bypassed via switches on the front panel. 

Like many other recent Rupert Neve Designs products, the Newton Channel also offers both Main and -6dB Outputs, the latter enabling engineers to fully drive the Newton in order to achieve more transformer harmonics without clipping the next device in the chain. Coupled with variable Silk Red and Blue modes to enhance musically relevant harmonic content across two different frequency ranges, the Newton offers a wide variety of sonic coloration possibilities ranging from clean & transparent to over-the-top vintage tones.

The Newton Channel is made in the USA and begins shipping worldwide in June 2023.

Mic Gain

12-position rotary switch that controls the microphone preamp gain in 6dB steps. For line level input signals, set the Mic Gain to the “0dB” position.

48V

Push-button switch that illuminates RED when +48V Phantom Power is engaged.

Ø (Polarity)

Push-button switch that illuminates AMBER when engaged and inverts the phase of the preamp signal.

TRIM

31-detent potentiometer that allows the user to adjust the preamp gain within a range of +/- 6dB.

HPF

Push-button switch that illuminates GREEN when the high pass filter is engaged.

FREQ

31-detent potentiometer that allows the user to adjust the cutoff frequency of the Sallen-Key high pass filter within a range of 20Hz to 250Hz.

EQ IN

Push-button switch that illuminates GREEN when the EQ section is engaged.

LF

31-detent potentiometer that controls the amount of boost or cut for the low frequency shelf within a range of +/- 12dB.

60/150

Push-button switch that selects between the two available low frequency shelf frequencies: 60Hz (OUT) and 150Hz (IN).

MID FREQ

31-detent potentiometer that controls the frequency of the midband peaking EQ within a range of 220Hz to 7kHz.

MID

31-detent potentiometer that controls the amount of boost or cut for the MID FREQ peaking EQ within a range of +/- 12dB.

8K/16K

Push-button switch that selects between the two available high frequency shelf frequencies: 8kHz (OUT) and 16kHz (IN).

HF

31-detent potentiometer that controls the amount of boost or cut for the high frequency shelf within a range of +/- 12dB.

COMP IN

Push-button switch that illuminates GREEN when the compressor section is engaged.

THRESHOLD

31-detent potentiometer that controls the compressor threshold range from +20dBu to -30dBu. When the input signal rises above the set threshold level, compression begins with a soft-knee at a 2:1 ratio.

RELEASE

31-detent potentiometer that controls the compressor release time. The overall timing range available is 50mS (FAST) to 500mS (SLOW). Note: Attack time is fixed at 20mS.

GAIN

31-detent potentiometer that controls the compressor make-up gain within a range of -6dB to +20dB.

PRE EQ

Push-button switch that routes the compressor section ahead of the EQ section when engaged.

SILK

Illuminated push-button switch that toggles through the three available SILK modes: OFF, RED, and BLUE.

TEXTURE

31-detent potentiometer that controls the amount of SILK harmonics added within the transformer output stage when SILK is engaged.

GR and OUT Metering

8-segment LED meters that indicate compressor gain reduction (dB) and output level (dBu).

POWER

LED that illuminates GREEN when the Newton Channel is powered ON.

REAR PANEL FEATURES

POWER

IEC AC power inlet with integrated power switch. 100-240VAC at 50/60Hz. 35 Watts maximum AC power consumption.

GROUND LIFT

Slide switch that lifts XLR Pin 1 from chassis ground on the MAIN OUT as well as the -6dB OUT to help isolate from ground interference.

-6dB OUT

Balanced XLR output utilizing a lower level, secondary output on the custom Rupert Neve Designs transformer.

MAIN OUT

Balanced XLR output utilizing a custom Rupert Neve Designs transformer.

LINK

1/4” TRS jack that allows two Newton Channel compressors to be linked together for stereo compressor operation. *Only intended for use with other Newton Channel LINK jacks.

INPUT

Balanced XLR-1/4” TRS combo jack input that can be used for MIC or LINE level signals.