awards , obviously . And , I don ’ t do it just to try to be number one . I do it because I ’ ve got the gift , if you like , and the talent for being able to listen and to very quickly perceive what ’ s going on in the signal . And , of being able to design amplifiers and preamplifiers . It ’ s experimental in the first place and it will eventually conform to what I think is good . I do some adjustments and modifications and eventually you get it more or less right , but you never get it entirely right because , at some point , you ’ ve got to finish it up and sell it or you don ’ t eat . I thoroughly enjoy what I do . I know that it is a talent , which has been given to me . The Lord gave me that talent and I ’ ve tried to honor him by using it to the best of my ability .” In this same interview , he went on to share that things had gone quite well for him and that he was encouraged to see at several points that the Lord had gone before him and prepared the way .
In 1975 , Neve and his wife sold Neve Companies and established ARN Consultants and later Focusrite Ltd ., continuing to produce large-format mixing consoles and outboard equipment . In 1994 , Neve and Evelyn moved to the small town of Wimberley , Texas . And in 2005 , they established Rupert Neve Designs .
You can tell a lot about a man by the way people talk about him .
“ It was always assumed that the company would outlive him on this earth , and for sixteen years he poured his energies into creating a team that would become the caretakers of the theories , practices , and ideologies that truly constitute a Rupert Neve design . All of us at the company are exceedingly grateful for the years of careful instruction and mentoring with which he has blessed us , and we will continue to preserve his legacy in everything we do moving forward . The world certainly sounds better because he was here .” — Josh Thomas , Rupert Neve Design ( Co- Founder and General Manager )
“ Being a Christian was very central to Rupert ’ s life . That ’ s probably why he kept working so long because he viewed being creative and building this equipment as his calling from God . To him , it was his mission to fully empower musicians and to bring joy to the earth . That ’ s a big part of why he was working into his nineties .
“ He and his wife , Evelyn , weren ’ t really practicing Christians in the ’ 50s . His parents were missionaries , so it was very essential to his life growing up but , he had just worked through the war and in the late ’ 50s business was quite tenuous - they were living on the edge in certain
Allen Sides installed this Focusrite Forte console at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles .