Automated Processes (API) announces the order of a custom Legacy Plus Recording console for Loyola Marymount University.
The 32 Channel Legacy Plus analog console is currently in build at API’s Maryland manufacturing facility, and is scheduled for a July delivery to LMU in Los Angeles, CA.
‘We are really excited to add Loyola Marymount to our ‘API owner’ family of academic facilities,’ says Dan Zimbelman, API’s director of Sales. ‘We have been privileged to work with many colleges and universities over the years, and are confident that the acquisition of the Legacy Plus console is going to help the LMU program take a giant leap forward.’
“We selected an API Legacy Plus for our Recording Arts program because we wanted a classic sounding console that blended the elegance of an analog design with the features of a large format console,” says program director Duck Bennett. “Moving up from a retired Trident 80B, our students were already familiar with analog signal flow, but this upgrade will allow them to learn about contemporary features they’ve never had a chance to use before, features they are likely to find once they graduate. I pushed the Department to consider API because I’m a true fan of the technology and I wanted to bring what I’ve used in the ‘real world’ into the classroom. Recording on an API is always a great experience – I love the way they work, look, and sound and now I get to share this experience with my students. In the past when I wanted to show students the value of an analog desk, I’d have to take them to my personal studio which is equipped with a vintage Neve 8014. In the future I’ll just walk into the classroom and plug in a mic.
“The Recording Arts program at LMU focuses on giving its students a broad base in audio by exposing them to production, post production, live sound, and music recording. The addition of this console will really ‘up the game’ of the music side of our program and we hope it will also influence the decision making process of prospective students who are looking to attend a top notch recording school. The console will be installed before the beginning of the Fall 2016 semester and I already have the students pumped up for the sonic possibilities that await them when they return.”
