Mr. Rupert Neve

A Pioneer Of Audio Recording

Rupert Neve in 2009 in front of one of his famed Neve consoles.

Here's a time line of Rupert Neve's life:

1926 - Born in Newton Abbot, England
Early life - He spent the majority of his early childhood in Argentina where his father was a missionary.
Teenage Years - He began designing audio amplifiers and radio receivers at 13 years of age. At 17, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals and served in World War Two.
1940's - He begins his career as a designer of public address systems, and recorded speakers and singers on lacquer discs.
1950's - Neve forms CQ Audio, a company specializing in the manufacture of hifi speaker systems.
1960's - He forms Neve Electronics, and began designing and building mixing consoles for recording studios.
1970's - He sold Neve Electronics and then worked on a training program for missionaries to use radio broadcasting equiptment.
1980's - Was inducted into the mix hall of fame.
1990's - Was the third person to receive a Technical Grammy Award for lifetime accomplishment and selected as the number one audio personality of the 20th century.
2000's - Establlished Rupert Neve Designs marketing a variety of microphone preamplifiers, equalizers, compressors, and other recording equipment.
2005 - Rupert Neve died on February 12th 2021 in Wimberley Texas. He was 94 years old.

"He's a genius"

-- Dave Grohl

If you have time, you should read more about this incredible human being on his Wikipedia entry