rupert neve

Rupert Neve, the famed audio equipment inventor whose consoles and preamplifiers changed the way music was recorded and heard, has died at the age of 94. According to a statement on Neve’s website, he died at his home in Wimberley, Texas and the cause of death was revealed to be non-Covid pneumonia and heart failure. Born on July 31, 1926 in Newton Abbott, England, Neve started working in electronics at the age of 17 during World War II volunteering for the Royal Signals, which provided communications support to the British Army. He formed his own company, Neve Electronics in 1961. By 1964, Neve designed his first transistor-based equalizer, then produced his first transistor mixing console for Philips Records’ studios. At the time, the studio only used v...