Peter Vince

Peter Vince (born Peter Robert Vince) was an English sound engineer, producer and operations manager at Abbey Road Studios.

Biography Vince was born in Fulham, London in July 1942 and was educated at Munster School and St Clement Danes Grammar School.

Career In April 1962 Vince became an engineer at Abbey Road Studios, then known as EMI Studios. During his career he also achieved the role of producer and author of the book, Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios, which he researched and wrote with colleagues Allan Rouse and Brian Southall. As an engineer he worked with a wide variety of artists including The Seekers, Olivia Newton-John, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, The Beatles, The Hollies, Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Nino Rota and Joe Loss. which received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 1969 as the Best Engineered Recording.

In 1966, Vince was one of the first people to use "direct injection" for recording electronic bass guitars, to match the output of the guitars to the other instruments.