Rupert Neve Designs MBC Demo & Review 

Thank you for the kind words Daniel! :) will keep working away on them.

Thank you so much Martin! :) I won’t give up!! :D

Thanks so much Georg! :) will keep working on them.

Thanks Tim! :)

Thanks Ant! :)

Thank you for the kind words Tonvater! :) I hope that it can be both elements.

Thank you so much! :) dynamics are everything!

Thanks Bob! The clocking thing really blew my mind.

@@alecbrits I clock with Apollo as well.. part of me is like, “well, geez… and the other, is like , well ok…. Lol”

It’s a great unit for sure! :) glad you are enjoying the unit.

That’s the thing with the X16, that upper midrange bite and loss of clarity in the bottom end. :) the clocking blew my socks off really. Was really surprised by that.

Thanks so much Dom! Will keep working on it! :)

Thank you so much! :) will keep working on them!

Thanks Paul! :) it’s a great unit, and like you say, the clock alone is a huge leap forward. Combined with the silk, limiting and ADC it’s a no brainer.

It all adds up.

Thanks so much! :)

Ahh! Congratulations on the purchase. I really miss having it in the studio. :)

Thanks Max! :)

That would be a lot of fun to try for sure! :)

Thank you Guido! :) it’s a serious piece of kit for sure. 👌🏽

Thanks Thomas! :) Working on it.

@@alecbrits great to know......

Thanks Thomas! :)

It’s a gorgeous combo isn’t it. 👌🏽👌🏽

@@alecbrits it really is. BTW that song you have there is lovely. Where can I hear it in full?

Thanks Dion! :)

Thanks! :) apollos are good converters indeed. But for those who wanna step up, these are a great option.

Thanks James! :)

I’m still baffled by how different the Apollos can sound with a dedicated clock. Absolutely incredible. Those Burls are wonderful units for sure!

For real? I think the Burl might be a good converter to get for recording

Thank you so much. :) congrats on your purchase! Perhaps in future I could try the MBP.

You have made a VERY good choice! :)

That’s the plan!! :D

It’s a solid piece of kit for sure. :) I like that you can pick whether you want the transformers, silk or limiting. Or just lovely and clean. It’s a bit of a chameleon which I really enjoy too. Thanks for the kind words!

It’s pretty impressive! :)

Thanks Jack. :)

I have done a review on the Darth Limiter, I also use the Mastering EQ daily. :) plug-in control is the only way!

It’s a huge difference right?! Crazy. Let me know what you find! :)

Thanks Kevin! :) great choice on the SCM45a’s what a lovely set of monitors to work with. I hope you enjoy the MBC when you get it!

Thanks for the input! :)

Thanks so much Nils! :) they are indeed all original tunes all through the channel. Really appreciated that comment!

@@alecbrits Wow man, I'm impressed! Are they available somewhere (spotify, vinyl..)? I mean seriously, these are really good songs! Thanks for the great work!

Hey Nkozi! :) I will be doing a studio tour soon!

That is part of the release plan in the future! :)

Thanks! :) I use a pair of Atacama stands on each speaker, not the most ideal solution, but it’s what I have to work with for the moment. I have them filled with Rice, and they seem to work quite well! :)

Oooffff… I don’t have enough hours in a month to do that! :) oh yeah! They would be great to compare to each other for sure.

Thank you so much!! :D

It’s really made me curious to experiment more with other clocks to hear the different tones. I’ve not yet tried a Grimm, but I’ll have to look into them and see what the deal is! :)

All great options! :) and yes, the Bettermaker stuff really has spoiled me.

Thanks! :)

Hey Chris thanks for the feedback! I just worked with it to the point where it felt right to me.

@@alecbrits And there's nothing wrong with that! But I've seen a few videos where the sound was being pushed into the limiters, and they did sound fantastic! I actually played a bit with a MBP and did the same. The RND limiters are top notch!

That MBC would add two channels to your converters provided the Apollo you used has SPIF or AES. :)

Thank you so much! I use OBS to capture my screen and my Apollo outputs. :)

It’s connected via AES to the Apollo. The console has three mix outputs. So I can route one set to the Apollo’s and the sending to the MBC. That way I can create two separate monitoring Channels in logic. :)

Hey Matt, they are quite different beasts really. For my personal taste, I would like to just have a console full of API’s and that would be just fine for me. :)

Hi Irene! :) the Audient consoles are great, lovely open sounding and extremely reliable. I believe the ASP-880 have similar mic pre’s. I really enjoy working on my console. :)

@@alecbrits Thanks Alec,, 🍻😎👍‍‍❤️

I’m using Google translate here. That’s interesting that that you say that there is more space with the sound card, I do find that sometimes things feel more open with a really solid interface.

I’m excited to try one in the future. :)

Hey Mathias! The MBC does not really do much in the clipping department from what I can tell, the limiter does most of transient shaping from my experiments. The last example in the video was the unit pushing quite hard. :)

@@alecbrits Thanks

Thanks for the input. :) I think the functionality of this conversation is a little different than simply harmonics and width.

Yeah. :) it’s the clocks in the MBC that change the overall tone of the Apollos.

I know right?! Really surprised me.

I would look into a the Rupert Neve Master Buss Processor for all of those functions and a couple more. :)

@@alecbrits O.K. Thanks ... :)

@@alecbrits I'm back again watching this baby ... Rupert Neve Master Buss Processor is great but all this can give you plugins if you know how to use them, but they can't give you top of the line transformers and silk options that give the sound that larger than life feel. Limiter is useful for the final stage (as the last compressor limiter) after preliminary mastering just to add that extra glue at the end. You can achieve all and more of what Master buss Processor does with plugins, but you can't have it all that that this unit does and be right at the door of digital domain. Since Rupert Neve Master Buss Processor is all analog (no digital output on the back) you have to spend another 5000 dollars just to make it work. So, yeah. This unit first, all the other options later when you're already famous. 😄😄

Thanks! :) small things that can be fixed innit?

The MBC is only a AD Converter yes. How ever it’s clock can change the tone of your interface quite dramatically. :)

@@alecbrits aaaah right, thanks! If you ever get one, I’d love to see a clocking comparison with the Grimm CC2, the maker of those is an old acoustics teacher of mine and I’d love to see how his “best clocks in the world” are as good as he tells everyone😂

@@matthijsblomjous3671 I cant find a single audio demo of grimm clock online anywhere, i'm interested in hearing how mbc and grimm compare to each other also..

AES. :)

@@alecbrits aes and world clock cable ?

@@ppmkalymnos3991 yes. :)

@@alecbrits thank you very very much!! Waiting the mbp + mbc+ shelfords combo video review 🙂

@@ppmkalymnos3991 hahaha, that’s an unlikely video sadly.

Thanks for the feedback. Have you shot them out against each other? :)

@@alecbrits Yes, I did. Difficult to pass the lavel of Burl Converters and Prism. I work in classical and Hi-Fi music, and I consider Burl a revolution in audio for many reasons. This one is a nice converter but has nothing really soecial to offer except the limiter and the silk that they put in almost every piece of gear they make. Neve makes nice stuff especially the 5025, but the overall quality- price- ratio is targeting clearly more the bank then the clients. But you make some really nice music!

@@musicgalaxy8832 cool! :) thanks for clarifying that. Thanks for the kind words to the music.

To each their own, I hear a difference in the character of the Apollos. :) but that may also be my studio insanity.