NoiseAsh releases NEED Preamp and Eq Collection: 6 NEW British Preamp - Eq units with great features
by NoiseAsh   21st December 2021

Massive! Will try ASAP.

Looks good.

I just have the NoiseAsh Pultec, and it's pretty good.

It’s a Quality Collection people!!! I would totally Recommend them, great Feel and tone from each piece.

The price is good but no upgrade/crossgrade price for owners of Need31102 and Ruletec?

Need more money .......

Forgot to add

10% off incase you didn't know.....

NOISEASHDISCOUNT10 .....

That Portico one is just a pure beauty !!!!!!! Oh boy !!
@ NoiseAsh : any portico comp on the corner ?

Instant buy!! I have enough experience with the RuleTec Collection and the 31102 to know that these new ones will also be superb.

C'mon! The existing 31102 Console EQ is duplicated in this collection, yeah, if you already own it (I can't be sure, but it doesn't appear there are any enhancements that have been made, as -most obviously- it hasn't joined its EQ comrades in having Nuance Deviation, and there's no mention of any upgrade in its description), but she's now accompanied by her own dedicated mic-pre partner; along with dedicated pre's and console eq's from the 73, 81, and 84 series; not to mention that we get a RND 5033 EQ thrown in !!** (But, whaaaat?! You couldn't lay your hands on a 5043 to model!? Lemme know, I can lend you mine...), and...all...this...for...$149.00??? Fuhgedaboudit!

**BTW, I saw what you did with the Nuance Deviation!



Okay, yeah, mighta known that @ Jeezo would 'scoop me!' LOL We were probably typing at the same time, but you're just a quicker typist I guess! And @ Mr Grim , darned -I wish I'd seen the coupon before I ordered! But it's still one helluva great price as is. No regrets here! Besides, I ordered so quickly that I guess I might have the first digital Serial Number!

I have and still enjoy the 31102 and RuleTecs, so I will certainly demo these over the next few days.

I hope their Technology doesn't Model any Tolerances though

This is an amazing collection and easy to use to get polish and sophistication. Very deep!

Dang. Looks beautiful. And the “ Extremely accurate circuit reproduction” quotes on the website is tempting.

Where are the hardware A/B comparisons? Or did you also forget to do them / post them even thou you had the hardware in your possession for months?

I'm feeling curious about the 533.

I could not get past the looks of that Portico. I have the Steinberg portico set but was wanting something more current so I snatched the collection without even having to argue with myself.

Be sure sure to post impressions of how they compare against each other if you have the time. The Steinberg/Yamaha Portico collection were the only plugins to get approved by Neve himself when he was alive.

I had the Steinberg versions. They were very good.

ddmf's 6144 EQ was so close to the Steinberg version, I sold it - the comp too. They were way overpriced too, and with another dongle.

They sound pretty close actually but I think the NoiseAsh one sounds a bit better. It's more open sounding with more depth and more tight and focused to my ears. I could close my eyes and almost not be able to tell the difference after setting the two up to sound the same except for the points I mentioned. Maybe someone with better ears than me can point out little details but for me not enough difference to matter. Sure, Neve approved the Steinberg but that was many years ago. The coding on plugins wasn't what it is today and have come a long way since. Who knows, Neve might approve the NoiseAsh 533 if he was still alive for all we know. It's that good imo.

Check your email. Code sent to existing customers. I almost had a fit, but I’m glad I checked my email. Expires in 2 weeks. All I NEED is a minute. lol.

I like the 533 EQ. Very flexible. Will have to dig into a little deeper with the ND-whatever and also see how the high end boost works when stacked a few times.

As far as comparing to the hardware. If the plug-in sounds good, does it matter how close or not. Those comparisons always been a fools errand. Unless your choice is buying the plug-in or the hardware (533). Which is never case 99% of the time.

Well, "way overpriced..." Obviously mileage varies, but that was back in the day when premium plugins still largely commanded premium prices. I had / have the Steinberg collection too, and they are (still) damned good. I consider the use I got out of them, even just up to before DDMF EQ came along, well worth my investment. And I still throw a 5033 plugin on significantly more than I do the 6144. (Might be loyalty talking some here, though). Anyway, neither DDMF or NoiseAsh (yet!?) has offered a 5043 Compressor.

You might remember as well, but back when the Portico plugins first came out there were people who had hardware who said that the hardware was indistinguishable from the plugins, some even selling their hardware. I didn't have the EQ but I have a hardware 5043 and did a lot of close listening at the time. On lots of tracks / mixes yes, it was indistinguishable; sometimes it wasn't, but even so, 95% 96% there (and maybe even some of that was bias from me wanting to hear some difference) is pretty darned good. Both the plugins and the hardware are topnotch -a worthy addition to the legacy of equipment that wonderful man bequeathed to us.

EDIT:

I'd meant to say also, 1) that I respect your opinion, and certainly the DDMF is a great plugin; and 2) that I have Cubase Pro as my main DAW, so that's a Dongle there. Plus VSL licenses work with it, so I've additional reason to keep the dongle (although I wouldn't mind in the slightest if they went with different Copy Protection).

Any vintage U47's, U67's or 251's you want to swap me for more current clones? JK, and I swooped on this collection as well!

The new GUI's are amazing, one and all. I hope the RuleTec collection (and the Need 31102) will benefit from a refreshment at some point as well.

I own both the Pultec and 31102 plugins but received no email with a crossgrade code, and yes I searched all my folders.

How much discount is the crossgrade offer?

Went over to the website to login to my account and they have the MOST annoying email/newsletter subscriber splash screen that keeps popping up every 5 seconds blocking my entire view.

There is no way to "X" out of it or close it that I can see. I literally cannot even look at anything for more than 3 or 4 seconds before it takes over and I have to back out with the browser.

It popped up and prevented me from even viewing the promo video for these.

OMG - It actually keeps popping up while I'm trying to purchase and I have to keep backing out of my cart. Ridiculous.

Lol. This whole bundle cost the same as that four knob SSL violet plugin.

That sounds damn annoying. I was able to click it and make it go away -but we may be on different systems.

Anyway, didn't reply to say that. I purchased the Collection after the initial announcement, and my discount email didn't arrive until after I'd purchased. For me, it was $30 and I own what you own, so probably your discount as well. So, well worth it -I'm pretty sure I was signed up for the newsletter anyway! They don't send a lot of stuff at all. Minimal, really.

Yeah I have an account there so I'm sure I'm "subscribed" to their newletters. In any event, I tried "subscribing" just to make this annoying bast*rd disappear, and I keep getting a blank white page that says "registration failed". probably because I already have an account!!

I went back and checked again. Literally popping up every 5 seconds. Using Chrome. i'm going to move over to another computer and try some other browsers.

*Update* the ESC button will clear it. The "X" was out of screen view on my 14" tablet.

Please do sound comparisons vs the hardware. Only then we would know how close these are.

My ITB needs are so well met by the Kit/Blackbird plugin that I can't imagine really using these, but I buy everything just to support devs and the Portico offering is unique.

I noticed that sometimes, using the 533, there's audible clicks from oversampling or something in mid/side mode. I don't notice that on the 84, for example. Also, it's really annoying to go into m/s mode in the 533 and still have things linked.

Hmm. I'm tempted to replace PSP E27 with the 533 because it gives finer control - fewer EQ dials, but Q and whatever frequency I want rather than what E27 has available. Pretty close, though, in terms of "clean" EQ. Honestly, my next test will be ProQ3 vs the 533. I'm liking the sound of the 84 preamp with the 533. The E27 used to eat CPU, but now, after optimizations, it's using less than half that of the 533.

EDIT: A little Pro3 comparison, and... it's 98% a workflow thing. I can almost match the curves of 533 perfectly with ProQ3. Which might make the 533 worthwhile but.. hmm. Of course, ProQ3 also uses a tiny fraction of the CPU in comparison. I'm still liking the preamps, since I can add the 84 ahead of ProQ3, for example.

It matters solely to the marketing of the thing, I think. If their aim was to match the hardware and they make it look and sound like the hardware and say and sell it as such, then it’s on the developer to make it so, not on the customer to pretend that’s not the hope and just be happy it sounds like something good, and who cares what that is anyway. I don’t quite follow that thinking just because no one that came before achieved the goal, so therefore no one will. Developers are proud to get as close as possible. They care. That’s what people are buying, that’s what we are all excited about right now. Isn’t it? Access to Rupert Neve!! I have no issue with a newly designed color eq that sounds incredible that isn’t based on hardware eq. But as soon as there is a claim, then it should be put to the test. And then, if it falls short, how’s it compare to other like plugins that fell short but still sound great? And then, ok, it sounds nothing like what is says it is, but does it still sound good and useful? No?