AMS Neve Logic 2
The assignable digital console that brought post-production into the hard-disk era
Description
Technical
Specifications
Processing
| Architecture | Assignable digital (dynamically reassigned controls) |
|---|---|
| Channels | Large-format assignable, exact channel count to be verified · Channel count to be confirmed (large-format assignable) |
| Channel processing | Number of signal paths: to be verified (not documented by a reliable source) |
| Sample rate | Sample rate: to be verified |
| Bit depth | Resolution (bits): to be verified |
Surface
| Touchscreen | No |
|---|
Recording
| Onboard recording | No |
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Networking
| Redundant PSU | No |
|---|---|
| Redundant networking | No |
Other
| Lineage | Successor to the Logic 1 (1988), AMS Neve's “first fully automated digital console” · Paved the way for the Digital Film Console (DFC) launched in 1996 · Successor to the Logic 1 (1988); precursor to the DFC (1996) |
|---|---|
| Applications | Audio post-production (film, television, music) · TV/film audio post-production, dubbing |
| Broadcast features | Native integration with AudioFile (AMS hard-disk recorder-editor) |
| Year / dates | Introduction year (~1990) to confirm against period AMS documentation |
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Editorial & artists
Our take
History & design
The Logic 2 is a fully digital, assignable mixing console launched by AMS in 1990, following the Logic 1 (1988), the first dynamically configurable, fully automated digital console for professional use. Built for audio post-production, it integrates natively with AudioFile, AMS's hard-disk recorder-editor, making it a complete dubbing and sound-editing environment at a time when mixing was still largely done on 16 mm magnetic film.
Its assignable architecture breaks with the one-strip-per-channel model: physical controls are dynamically reassigned to processing, letting a compact surface drive a very large number of channels. Adopted by the TV and film post-production industry, the Logic 2 paved the way for the first Digital Film Console (DFC) in 1996. Detailed specifications (channel count, engine resolution, sample rates) remain to be confirmed against period documentation.
- Mark Crabtree, AMS founder, designer of the Logic line
Links
- Manufacturer AMS History : AMS Neve ams-neve.com
- Archive Advanced Music Systems (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org
- Press article Resurface - AMS Neve DFC (lignée Logic) resurface.audio
- Press article AMS Neve (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org
- Archive Wikipedia - Advanced Music Systems en.wikipedia.org
- Personal site Firsthand account: AMS Neve visit, Burnley benshirley.wordpress.com
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