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History

The 70s

1970 - A legend is born. The world’s most famous and desirable mic pre, the 1073, is designed for the Wessex A88 Console.

1973 - Neve releases the 8048 console featuring the 1081 module.

1974 - Neve manufactures the first digital solid state audio routing console for the South African Broadcast Corporation.

1976 - Advanced Music Systems (AMS) is established by aerospace engineers with a passion for sound, its manipulation and control. The DM2-20 Tape Phase Simulator is the first product and is bought by ELO, 10cc and Sir Paul McCartney, who first used it on the London Town Album.

1976 - David Bowie records "Heroes" on the Neve desk at Queen's Mountain Recording Studio. The console is used by a vast number of high profile artists including Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Deep Purple.

1977 - Neve installs the world's first moving fader automation system, Necam (Neve Computer Assisted Mixdown) at London's Air Studios.

1978 - AMS Introduces the world’s first microprocessor controlled digital delay line – full bandwidth, 15 bit. Later, "loop triggering" is added, launching the sampling revolution. Dual
pitch changers and up to 32 seconds of delay/recording complete the picture.