ADVANCED SEARCH

Articles Tagged 1608

  • Wednesday, April 24, 2013
    Musicians Institute Of Los Angeles Installs API 1608 For Audio Engineering Education Program
    image
    PSW Staff 04/24/13 11:51 AM,
    A 32-channel API 1608 console will contribute to the education of many audio engineering students at the Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music for years to come. The 1608 console can be found in Studio C of the college and was installed in the beginning of January, just in time for the spring semester. The school, located in Los Angeles, has been an important part of music education in southern California since the late 70s and offers a variety of… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Education • Installation • Manufacturer • Studio

  • Tuesday, March 26, 2013
    Sammy Hagar’s Red Rocker Studio Rolls With API
    image
    PSW Staff 03/26/13 01:37 PM,
    The original plan was simply to upgrade Sammy Hagar’s project studio – Red Rocker – so that he and his super group Chickenfoot could deliver decent-sounding demos. But after consultation with his engineer, John Cuniberti (Stevie Wonder, Dead Kennedys, Joe Satriani), Hagar ended up purchasing a 16-channel API 1608 analog console. They recorded Chickenfoot’s first demo on the 1608 several years ago, and, owing to the magic of a few takes and the sonic integrity imparted by the 1608, several… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Analog • Consoles • Studio

  • Friday, January 18, 2013
    Argentina’s Fort Music Records Latin Grammy Winner On Expanded API 1608
    image
    PSW Staff 01/18/13 02:15 PM,
    Seven years ago Jorge Fort, a successful Argentinean businessman and a splendid trumpet player, recognized the need for a high-end recording studio in Argentina. With the help of well-known Buenos Aires recording engineer Oscar Gimenez, he built and developed Fort Music to become one of the premier recording destinations in Argentina. Under the advise of SL Audio, the API distributor in Argentina, Fort Music upgraded its existing 16-channel API 1608 to thirty-two channels with full automation. The new arrangement helped… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Analog • Consoles • Studio

  • Tuesday, January 08, 2013
    Mexican College Of Music Technology & Audio Installs API 1608 Console
    image
    PSW Staff 01/08/13 05:42 AM,
    A 48-channel 1608 console with API’s proprietary P-Mix automation has been purchased and installed at the prestigious G Martell College of Music Technology and Audio in Mexico City. The school has been teaching music-focused courses for over 130 years, and has recently expanded into music technology. The college’s 1608 was purchased from Vari Internacional, API’s exclusive dealer in Mexico City. The console will be used to teach the art of tracking and mixing to students who are enrolled in the… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Consoles • Education • Studio

  • Tuesday, June 15, 2010
    API Delivers 100th 1608 Mixing Console In Just Two Years
    api 1608
    PSW Staff 06/15/10 06:39 PM, 0 Comments
    Almost two years after John McBride’s Blackbird Studio in Nashville purchased 1608 serial number 001, API President Larry Droppa recently traveled to Los Angeles to congratulate film and television composer William Anderson on his purchase of the 100th API 1608 console. Built to the exacting standards of API’s1604 console, the 1608 puts the company’s sound and discrete analog circuitry into a modern mixer that is perfectly suited to work with digital recording platforms, at a price that is within reach… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Consoles • Digital Audio Workstations • Mixer • Studio • Audio

  • Friday, August 28, 2009
    API Names Winners Of Visionary Scholarship Awards For Pro Audio’s Next Sound Engineers
    api audio scholarship
    PSW Staff 08/28/09 03:58 PM, 0 Comments
    API has announced the three winners of this year’s Visionary Scholarship, which is designed to foster creativity and excellence for the pro audio industry’s next generation of sound engineers. The scholarship is available to students enrolled at universities and schools that prominently feature the API Vision stereo/surround analog console, the Legacy Plus console or the 1608 console as a cornerstone of their students’ education. API offers it’s congratulations to this year’s winners: Alex Hug, Jacob Lansky and Jacob Merkin. Each… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Business • Consoles • Digital Audio Workstations • Education • Engineer • Studio • Technician • Audio

  • Monday, February 16, 2009
    Super Control Recording Studio In Los Angeles Installs API 1608 Console
    api supercontrol
    PSW Staff 02/16/09 07:17 AM, 0 Comments
    SuperControl Recording Studios, set up by a trio of musicians to provide engineering and production services to fellow independent artists, has become the first commercial facility in Southern California to install an API 1608 discrete analog recording console. SuperControl has been open for business since January of 2008, when the partners moved into a previously outfitted and acoustically-designed space located at the well-known Bill’s Place rehearsal studios in North Hollywood. SuperControl was intended from the beginning to satisfy the demand… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • News • Consoles • Studio