You can boost frequencies very aggressively without it sounding painful, which is one of the 1073’s main selling points. The EQ section is really simple, with just three frequency bands and a high pass filter you are really forced to use your ears and make decisions based on sound instead of visual input. The Scheps 73 emulates Andrew Scheps’ (Adele, Hozier, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.) personal 1073 unit with an added 10kHz band that was found in the design schematics of very early 1073 models.
The 1073 is a mic preamp and equalizer, famous for its very musical sounding EQ section and the lovely warm saturation courtesy of the preamp’s transformer. The Scheps 73 emulates one of the most iconic pieces of analog hardware: the Neve 1073. If you’ve read some of my other articles you probably know I’m a big fan of analog hardware.
