Editing Neve Electronics (section)

==History==

[[File:Neve VR-72 with FF at Studio 1 Control Room Center.jpg|thumb|Neve VR-72 with Flying Faders, Studio 1 Control Room Center]]
[[File:Neve VR-72 with FF at Studio 1 Control Room Left Quarter.jpg|thumb|Studio 1 Control Room Left Quarter]]
[[File:Neve VR-72 with FF at Studio 3 Control Room Center.jpg|thumb|Studio 3 Control Room Center]]
[[File:Neve VR-72 with FF at Studio 3 Control Room Left Quarter.jpg|thumb|Studio 3 Control Room Left Quarter]]

===Company formation===
Rupert Neve formed Neve Electronics in 1961.<ref name="Neve45">{{cite web |title=AMS Neve Celebrates 45 years of Innovation, Growth and Technology Leadership |url=http://ams-neve.com/news-and-events/ams-neve-celebrates-45-years-innovation |date=5 October 2006 |access-date=21 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130821103222/http://ams-neve.com/news-and-events/ams-neve-celebrates-45-years-innovation |archivedate=21 August 2013 }}</ref> The company specialised in producing professional audio equipment and mixing consoles. The products used high-quality components and utilized [[Electronic amplifier|Class-A]] circuit designs. In 1964 the company moved to [[Cambridgeshire]]. That year Neve Electronics built one of the first [[transistor]]-based mixing consoles for [[Philips Records]] Studios in London. The company moved to a purpose-built factory in [[Melbourn]], near [[Cambridge]] where in 1968 they designed the 2254 [[Dynamic range compression|compressor]] [[limiter]] for [[ABC Weekend TV]] in the UK. It was also in 1968 that Neve Electronics began to distribute their products in North America.<ref name=Neve45/> [[Vanguard Records]], of [[New York City]], was the first American recording studio to take possession of the Neve console in October, 1968.

===1970s===
In 1970, Rupert Neve designed the 1073 module for the new A88 mixing console; this console was designed for [[Wessex Sound Studios|Wessex Studios]]. During the seventies Neve Electronics produced a whole series of mixing consoles for both broadcast and recording studios. In 1973, the [[Neve 8048|8048 console]] was produced; this included the newer 1081 microphone/line preamplifier and equaliser.<ref name=Neve45/> In the same year Rupert Neve sold Neve Electronics to the [[Bonochord Group]]. He continued working alongside Neve Electronics until 1975 when he left altogether.<ref name="Line Up Magazine">[http://www.ibs.org.uk/public/lineuparchive/2006/107_Sep-Oct/10_The_Neve_DSP.pdf www.ibs.org.uk]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 2009.</ref>

In 1977, Neve Electronics began using digital technology with the introduction of their Necam system. Necam stood for Neve Computer Assisted Mixdown. The first [[Necam]] system was installed at [[AIR Oxford Circus|AIR Studios]] in [[London]].<ref name=Neve45/> Necam also gained popularity in television post production facilities, including the BBC. Before the introduction of Necam, all fader mixing had to be done as live, a considerably skilled and stressful task for any dubbing mixer. Necam allowed for fader movements to be stored and recalled at a later point, allowing the dubbing mixer to build a mix in stages and focus on the creative and artistic elements of a mix, rather than on managing the technology. For those working in television post production, this was seen as a major breakthrough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adapttvhistory.org.uk/assets/stories/sound-mixing/tvsoundmix.html|title=The evolution of television sound mixing|website=www.adapttvhistory.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref> In 1979, the 8108 console was produced using both analog and digital technology. The console had assignable controls and memory mixing faders.<ref name=Neve45/>

===Merger with AMS===
In the 1980s, there were concerns about Neve Electronics' financial situation. This was partly due to their ambitious investment into research and development of projects such as the DSP console and the Necam system.<ref name="Line Up Magazine" /> Another product that was included in the company's research and development programme was a digitally controlled routing system; very few of these were sold.<ref name="Line Up Magazine" /> In 1985, Neve Electronics was acquired by the Siemens group;<ref name=Neve45/> then in 1992 the [[Siemens]] group combined Neve Electronics with another newly acquired company, [[AMS (Advanced Music Systems)|Advanced Music Systems]] to form [[AMS Neve]] which continues to produce products under both the Neve and AMS Neve brands.<ref name=Neve45/>