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

He will be missed. The 1073 is awesome, I agree.

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

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

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".

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

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

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.

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.

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

What happened to them? :)

You can still buy one today. But I can't comment on how the circuitry may have changed over the ages.

He was great in those Harry Potter films...

What a legend.

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.

...that's Rupert Holmes you're thinking of. He's also musically brilliant but in a different way (from an artistic/compositional perspective).

I think you may have the wrong person.

Did Neve have a recording career of his own? I thought he was an engineer.