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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
PSW Staff 05/15/13 10:21 AM,A new studio in Italy features a 16-channel API 1608 as the main attraction for a one-of-a-kind studio experience. INDIEHUB, located in Milan, is a “co-working” facility with a primary focus on creating music. Here, engineers, producers and musicians can rent space using either their own equipment (such as a laptop, audio interface, etc.) or supplied equipment and the recently installed 1608. It all started with the idea that people in the music industry should have access to quality equipment… View this story
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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
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Friday, January 18, 2013
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
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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
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Monday, December 03, 2012
PSW Staff 12/03/12 11:46 AM,Full Sail University’s flagship recording arts program dates back to the school’s founding over thirty years ago and is currently supported by a massive studio complex. After a comprehensive search and thorough vetting, Full Sail has announced it will replace the existing console in Studio B with a 64-channel API Vision analog surround sound console. “It was important that we provide our students the invaluable experience of working with high-end analog audio,” explained Dana Roun, director of audio arts at… View this story
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
PSW Staff 11/27/12 12:22 PM,When the highly-respected Recording Arts and Sciences Program at the Peabody Conservatory/John Hopkins University needed to replace an aging console they turned to API. The staff ultimately chose a new sixteen-channel Audio 1608 console because of its authentic sound quality and flexibility. The University program, which awards a double-major Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s of Arts in Audio Sciences is the American equivalent of the European Tonmeister training program. Its students benefit from being in close alliance with the JHU’s… View this story
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Friday, November 16, 2012
PSW Staff 11/16/12 11:39 AM,API has announced that Tónastöðin will serve as its new dealer in Iceland, and and that VGL will serve as its new distributor in Chile. Both firms have been supplying their respective regions with professional audio equipment for more than 20 years. The new agreements confirm API’s commitment to satisfying the demand for its unique products in every market where professional recordings are made. Tónastöðin’s customers originally made the recommendation that the firm start carrying API gear. “With a total… View this story
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
PSW Staff 10/10/12 03:10 PM,The New England School of Communications (NESCOM) is a private institution in Bangor, Maine that instructs over 500 undergraduates in the technically-demanding fields of audio engineering, Internet communications, video production, journalism, marketing communications, and broadcasting. In order to fulfill the needs of its growing audio engineering focus, NESCOM recently installed a second thirty-two channel API 1608 small-frame console at its facility, which already includes a large-format API Vision console, as well as the school’s original API 1608. The new console… View this story
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
PSW Staff 09/26/12 09:58 AM,JDK Audio, the brand developed and engineered by API, has introduced the new V10 single-channel mic preamp and the V12 single-channel compressor, built in accordance with API’s 500 Series modular lunchbox format. The V10’s circuit is identical to a single channel of the JDK R20 mic preamp, and the V12’s circuit is identical to a single channel of the JDK R22 compressor (itself a replica of the famed inline compressor on ATI Paragon consoles). “JDK is all about sonic integrity,… View this story
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