Earning his stripes in the live sound arena, Phil landed the job as Led Zeppelin's live engineer in 1970, using a pair of WEM Audiomasters connected together to achieve a 10-channel mixer! Discovering first hand that there was a gap in the market for larger mixers, Phil went on to co-found Soundcraft in 1973, developing the company into Europe’s leading console brand, before selling it to Harman International in 1988.