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In Reply to: RE: Ah yes maybe posted by Des on August 24, 2014 at 16:42:00
That particular Neve console was an '86 model.
At that time Neve was owned by Siemens and Rupert had left the company eleven years earlier in '75. Rupert's input on the design of that console was zero.
In 1985 Rupert Neve founded Focusrite building mic pres and compressors.
1988 Rupert released the legendary Focusrite Forté console, a cost-no-object statement.
Apparently for potential customers cost was an object and only 6 were ever sold: two to each the US and Japan, one was installed in London and one in Bophuthatswana to the best of my knowledge.
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I was relating to the Neve Consoles in general
Des
Then why did you post what you did when you know it's BS?
When the Neve was mentioned --i was simple relating to the product in general terms and its
influence on the recording scene in general -not that one specifically in the shot
I don't think I should be shot at dawn
Des
A Neve was mentioned and as it happened one that had nothing at all to do with Rupert and whose SQ, going by people who have actually used it, is well below par. Which itself is kinda odd because Siemens at the time made some exceptionally good consoles under their own name.
Unfortunately as great as Rupert is as a designer he seems to be quite bad at the business side of things. He did found Focusrite in '85 and produced the Forté console in '88 but by '89 he had left Focusrite. The name and remaining assets were bought by someone else.
Either way this is what you said:"But that is the incomparable Neve--the finest ever developed brainchild of Englishman Rupert Neve"
As it stands I can not find a shred of truth in that statement. You would get no grieve from me had you said that about a Neve which was actually designed by Rupert like the custom Neves commissioned by George Martin and used in the various AIR Studios.
1975?!! Wow, has it been that long? Heck, I was still wet behind the ears back then, and getting all misty-eyed over Neve consoles, UA compressors, and other audio things. Those were the days!It would be interesting to know what other designers think of Rupert Neve's works. All those guys have a kind of love/hate relationship.
:)
Edits: 08/25/14
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