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Thursday, August 30, 2012
PSW Staff 08/30/12 06:15 AM,API has appointed London-based Source Distribution as exclusive distributor for its full range of products throughout the United Kingdom. Source, a division of HHB Communications, brings over 35 years of industry experience to the partnership, as well as a client list that includes the BBC, Sky, CNN, and Abbey Road, among others. The company is well known for serving its clients not only with great products and equipment, but also with comprehensive educational and technical support. The addition of API… View this story
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
PSW Staff 08/16/12 08:09 AM,Mikael Johnston got his start in the music industry as a founding member of Mephisto Odyssey in 1993, one of the first American Electronic Dance Music acts to sign to Warner Brothers Records. From there, his charisma and solid musical sense led to a steady stream of writing, production, engineering and remix work with bands such as Jane’s Addiction, Static-X, Soul Coughing, and others. In 2008, Johnston partnered with longtime colleague Dave Dresden to form the writing and production team… View this story
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
PSW Staff 06/20/12 07:15 AM,With a burgeoning music scene steeped in traditional Samba and increasing interest in rock, Brazilian pop and local folk music, the Brazilian recording industry took a giant leap forward with the installation of the first API Audio 1608 console in Brazil. Producer and recording/mixing engineer Zeca Leme recently installed a new 16-channel 1608 alongside API 500s, 525s, 550Bs and a 512c already in place at the newly opened Behind the Glass Recording Studio. Leme first encountered API while attending AES… View this story
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
PSW Staff 06/07/12 08:54 AM,Again this year, Automated Processes Inc. (API) has awarded scholarships to students enrolled in audio engineering programs which are equipped with an API Vision, Legacy Plus or 1608 console. Applicants were asked to submit a comprehensive questionnaire and essay as well as a recording they’ve engineered or produced. After careful consideration, API has announced the winners: Kelly Cronan – California State University, Chico Damian Wiseman – New York University Denial Mesanovic – University of Michigan Eivind Nordland – Middle Tennessee… View this story
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
PSW Staff 05/29/12 01:13 PM,In early 2012, Wrenn House Studios in Magnolia, Texas rounded out its collection of API gear with a 16-channel 1608 console. From the beginning, the studio was a self-described “API House,” with racks of API processors, 7600 channel strips, an 8200 summing mixer, the 7800 master module and two API 2500 stereo compressors. “Clay and I have been working with music our whole lives,” explained John Morton, Wrenn House’s chief engineer and partner with the studio owner Clayton Wrenn. “Years… View this story
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
PSW Staff 04/19/12 11:55 AM,Famed producer, mixer and engineer Joe Chiccarelli is slated to appear for API (Automated Processes Inc.) at a special API JDK Day event. The special showing will feature a Q&A with Chiccarelli as well as a demonstration of his recording and mixing techniques using an API 1608. “We are so thrilled to have Joe available to appear at this event,” said Larry Droppa, API president. “Getting Joe to explain his recording and mixing techniques in an intimate forum like this… View this story
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Monday, March 12, 2012
PSW Staff 03/12/12 09:37 AM,Brussels-based Studio La Buanderie has recently installed a 16-channel API 1608 – a console that its owner and engineer, Pieter Apers, calls, “the holy grail in recording.” Apers purchased the fully-analog console through API dealer Amptec, who is credited with quickly bringing multiple 1608 consoles into Belgium. “I have always been an audio enthusiast, so I have known about API for a very long time,” said Apers. “But when I was choosing a console for my studio, I considered a… View this story
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Monday, February 27, 2012
PSW Staff 02/27/12 11:19 AM,Foo Fighters took home five statues at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards for an album produced entirely using a 32-channel API 1608 console. For its Wasting Light album, the band went back to basics, switching off the computers and tracking and mixing to tape via the all-analog API console, with the help of engineer James Brown and producer Butch Vig. In his acceptance speech after the band received the Best Rock Performance award, frontman Grohl said, “Rather than go to… View this story
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
PSW Staff 12/14/11 10:02 AM, 0 CommentsConstructed in rocker Alice Cooper’s former house in 2008, Canyon Hut Recording Studio has recently acquired and installed a fully analog, all-discrete API 1608 console. According to co-owner Tim Hutton, picking the right console was an easy decision once he heard the 1608. “When making the decision to buy a console, I knew it had to feel ‘right’ in my gut,” says Hutton. I tested many and most of them were fairly linear. The 1608 was the only console that… View this story
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
PSW Staff 11/16/11 10:15 AM, 0 CommentsSince breaking into the music scene in 2002, Juno Award-winning composer/producer Ian Nieman has created an array of hits and remixes for the likes of Mariah Carey, LeAnn Rimes, Nelly Furtado and Jason Derulo - all with the help of his API equipment. Now the owner of a new API 1608 console, Nieman plans to continue making even more Billboard-worthy tracks at his Canadian studio. “I have always been a fan of API products and of their punchy sound,” said… View this story
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