[Eeyore]

Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
Iain Churches wrote:

Was Neve in business during ther valve/tube era?
Graham worked there later on, I am sure he can tell us.
Most studio recording consoles were built
in-house in those days. Even the very simplest
location recording mixers had the bare necessities,
LF filtering on mic channels, and patch points.
They were. The first mixers Rupert Neve built were all valve types. One
of the first, if not *the* first was sold to Chappell Studios in London.
I believe many years later Rupert bought it back from them.

I was under the impression it was solid state !


I think I got my history facts wrong but the first mixers Rupert built
were definitely valve based. here is an extract I pasted from his web
site (with apologies to Rupert)

Recorded Sound Ltd, London

One of Rupert’s very early clients was Leo Pollini of Recorded Sound in
London for whom he designed and built two valve consoles. The first was
for the studio. The design was based on the successful equipment Rupert
had built in the Plymouth days and included features that were
innovative for that period.

The other was an outside broadcast console. Recorded Sound had a
contract with Radio Luxembourg to broadcast a series of live Sunday
afternoon concerts for which they needed a high quality reliable,
transportable console with all the features of studio equipment and be
capable of feeding music landlines. This console was based on the
earlier studio console that had been working successfully at the
Bryonstone Street Studio. Both these consoles were used by Mr. Pollini
for many years who found them robust and very reliable. Characteristics
for which Neve equipment became renowned.

Not many like that were built though.

Indeed, according to the same web page he went over transistors in 1964!

Thanks for that Ian.

Graham