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Rupert Neve, Grammy-Winning Audio Industry Icon, Dies at 94

94 points by rock_artist 6y ago

buggeryorkshire 6y ago
My old boss Mike Grimwood used to work with him. He had many tales of building desks for stars and getting absolutely smashed with them. Sounded like a great time to be alive.
- TylerE 6y ago
  Amazing bits of kit. Incredibly spendy, too. Even back in the 80s a bug Neve could easily be a couple hundred grand. Today, a single 1073 channel form Neve is about $2,500. A big board can have 96, maybe even 128 channels - and that's ignoring all the power supplies, insert busses, etc.
sharksauce 6y ago
Anyone with even a passing interest in analog recording should spend a couple hours watching the Sound City documentary.
- tiernano 6y ago
  just watched this yesterday. Dave Grohl listening to him explain the board was priceless! "Rupert Neve is a fucking genius!"
bfrog 6y ago
Neve made some of the most amazing audio equipment. Having heard his analog parametric eq, and compressors there's really nothing like them.
rock_artist 6y ago
In the audio industry he's one of those legends. Even those who just consume music must've heard audio recorded by hardware based on his designs. From a recording engineer perspective I've always enjoyed the 1073
- timc3 6y ago
  He will be missed. The 1073 is awesome, I agree.
conradfr 6y ago
What a legend.
mandragon 6y ago
Had a number of 1066's back in the day. Pinnacle of Neve's design.
- rock_artist 6y ago
  What happened to them? :)
  - arvindamirtaa 6y ago
    You can still buy one today. But I can't comment on how the circuitry may have changed over the ages.
atrn 6y ago
A great engineer and hacker. I've recorded (bass) through his circuits numerous times over the decades. I don't know if it was his idea or not but I always loved the Portico 5042 tape emulator. Want the sound of tape? Then run the signal through some tape heads. A proper "hack".
S_A_P 6y ago
Had no idea he lived in Texas. Wemberly is a great place to retire...
GaryD1041 6y ago
A legend was lost. I didn't know many of his songs but my wife and I love the Pina Coolatta song. One of the first 45s I purchased when we moved into our first home. RIP.
- closeparen 6y ago
  Did Neve have a recording career of his own? I thought he was an engineer.
- krustyburger 6y ago
  I think you may have the wrong person.
- alexjplant 6y ago
  ...that's Rupert Holmes you're thinking of. He's also musically brilliant but in a different way (from an artistic/compositional perspective).
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jmcguckin 6y ago
He was great in those Harry Potter films...

94 points by rock_artist 6y ago

My old boss Mike Grimwood used to work with him. He had many tales of building desks for stars and getting absolutely smashed with them. Sounded like a great time to be alive.

TylerE 6y ago
Amazing bits of kit. Incredibly spendy, too. Even back in the 80s a bug Neve could easily be a couple hundred grand. Today, a single 1073 channel form Neve is about $2,500. A big board can have 96, maybe even 128 channels - and that's ignoring all the power supplies, insert busses, etc.

sharksauce 6y ago

Anyone with even a passing interest in analog recording should spend a couple hours watching the Sound City documentary.

tiernano 6y ago
just watched this yesterday. Dave Grohl listening to him explain the board was priceless! "Rupert Neve is a fucking genius!"

bfrog 6y ago

Neve made some of the most amazing audio equipment. Having heard his analog parametric eq, and compressors there's really nothing like them.

rock_artist 6y ago

In the audio industry he's one of those legends. Even those who just consume music must've heard audio recorded by hardware based on his designs. From a recording engineer perspective I've always enjoyed the 1073

timc3 6y ago
He will be missed. The 1073 is awesome, I agree.

conradfr 6y ago

What a legend.

mandragon 6y ago

Had a number of 1066's back in the day. Pinnacle of Neve's design.

rock_artist 6y ago
What happened to them? :)
- arvindamirtaa 6y ago
  You can still buy one today. But I can't comment on how the circuitry may have changed over the ages.

atrn 6y ago

A great engineer and hacker. I've recorded (bass) through his circuits numerous times over the decades. I don't know if it was his idea or not but I always loved the Portico 5042 tape emulator. Want the sound of tape? Then run the signal through some tape heads. A proper "hack".

S_A_P 6y ago

Had no idea he lived in Texas. Wemberly is a great place to retire...

GaryD1041 6y ago

A legend was lost. I didn't know many of his songs but my wife and I love the Pina Coolatta song. One of the first 45s I purchased when we moved into our first home. RIP.

closeparen 6y ago
Did Neve have a recording career of his own? I thought he was an engineer.
krustyburger 6y ago
I think you may have the wrong person.
alexjplant 6y ago
...that's Rupert Holmes you're thinking of. He's also musically brilliant but in a different way (from an artistic/compositional perspective).

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jmcguckin 6y ago

He was great in those Harry Potter films...