In this video for Production Expert, Brent March compares two legendary summing modules available in Universal Audios LUNA Recording System.

The API summing sound can be found on countless landmark albums over the past five decades, including Stevie Wonder's Talking Book and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours to The Cure's Pornography and Radiohead's Hail to the Thief — the API's classic analogue consoles have an aggressive, multi‑dimensional colour. The Neve 80 series consoles are behind thousands of influential, chart-topping records, known for their three-dimensional nonlinearities and analog weight.

Both The API and Neve sounds are unmistakable.

Developed in partnership with both API and AMS Neve, exclusively for LUNA Recording System, these summing extensions emulate the original consoles perfectly, giving your LUNA mixes all the colours of these most cherished analog desks.

In this video, you'll see Brent use the API and Neve modules across several busses and the main output, and he'll show you how to use and what the differences are between these two summing products.