Placing nonvpr modules in the desk voids the warranty. Among those who have called the studio home are allstar producer joe chiccarelli, when he is in town, 80s icon sheila e. Used and vintage recording consoles and mixing consoles shop our selection vintage and used recording consoles and audio mixing consoles. A dawproducers desk is one of many customizable options available. Api 1608 1608 expansion sterling modular systems,inc 704 east 4th street, boyertown pa 19512. Monarch studios a vancouver recording studio studio. Stereo program patch points 70 control room, studio monitor outputs and control room, studio amplifier inputs 72. Although i have never encountered one in the uk, examples in the usa are still cherished and lovingly restored. Systems wired with mogami w3173, mogami w2549, mogami w2534, and mogami multipair, w2934, w2933, w2932, and w2931.
It gives all of the advantages of the 1604 vintage consoles while adding new, modern features valuable to todays engineers, producers and musicians. I am currently turning a post and beam barn that was built in 1800 into a studio. I cant imagine working with a console, any console, any other way. Used vintage recording consoles and mixing consoles sonic. Desks 16 channel api 1608 loaded with api 212l preamps 2 grace design 501s 10 api 550a 4 550b 2 560 eqs avid d control es with 16 faders and extended producer station and patchbay panel preamps api 212l x16 neveshep 31105 x6 neve portico 5016 sonic farms creamer x2 grace design m501 x2 avalon u5 di demeter vt db di tube klark teknic. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely highquality recording consoles, we created the api 1608 32channel recording console. Api 1608 automation 1608 automation moving fader automation.
Api 1608 32channel recording console discontinued sonic. Set up your normaling and half normaling so theyre optimized. Built to the same exacting standards as apis vision and legacy consoles, the model 1608 is a fullfeatured, smallformat, 16channel8 bus recording console based on the vintage api 1604 with modern features including slots for api 500series equalizers, 8 aux buses, 8 echo returns, 5. A customized patch bay integrates the studio s collection of ultrahighend new and vintage outboard gear and combines with the 1608 s unique, modular 500series design. Normals do not change, i wire my patchbays with mogami normals, and no additional switching. The studio s workflow is simplified by using the patch bay to properly interface all of the outboard gear in the studio. The api is attractive well because its and api, but the matrix seems really cool because its an analog board and controller that has 40 channels at mix down with total recall. Kings cedric yee and the tech shop team to expand their api 1608 console. Today, the console is still keeping 25th street booked and busy. The 1608 console at nice recording studio, antwerp, belgium. You can send an aux signal to the echo send, but then. Api announces that guitaristrecording artist steve miller, producer andy johns led zeppelin, rolling stones, van halen and engineer kent hertz godsmack, julio iglesias, gloria estefan purchased a 32channel api 1608 console for millers personal studio in sun valley, idaho. If a patchbay is a studio s vascular system, then the console is its heart. Leveraging our prior experience with console automation in combination with extensive customer input, api has developed a proprietary, easytouse automation package for the 1608 console.
Japans first api legacy axs heads to new tanta studio. We look forward to building your studio centerpiece. The new legacy axs continues apis commitment to an allanalog signal path with an expanded and powerful feature set. The api model 1608 analog recording console retains the same design philosophy, build quality and most importantly the same sound as the companys revered 70sera mixers. View aaron tablers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Find neve, api, ssl, trident, amek, helios, rupert neve, neotek and more. Tutorial using api, fostex analog machine and audient console. Note that api recommends using only approved 500series modules from the vpr alliance, which dictates strict guidelines for physical fit and electronic conformance. If you have it coming up on the patch bay, just patch it like any other outboard to the insert point on the channel. I have my room set up so every instrument, synth, outboard effect or general noise maker is hardwired to the patch bay, which i always have spread out across the api 1608s 16 channels. The api model 1608 recording console building on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. Its a board that sees a return to the traditional 1.
With the api console, its sure to become a leading destination studio in this part of the world. Oakland, californias 25th street recording opened their doors with an alldiscrete, fullyanalog, 64channel api vision console six years ago. Tracking drums with the 512c, and using different combinations of 500 series slots. Section one is useful to all users, and should be read thoroughly before purchase and delivery. Api 1608 16channel expander w automation c1014288 alto music. The api 1608 fader automation is the 16 channels option of automated moving faders for the api 1608 console. Studio a will house a 48 channel fullyfitted legacy axs console first launched at aes 2016 while studio b will utilise a 32 channel automated 1608 console, both of which will be delivered in early 2018 with an opening shortly after.
Its set up for stereo operation, and utilizes only the lr inputs of the 3 6 trk playback inputs. I do a lot of cowritingproducing and composing sessions, and this workflow makes pulling. As far as offers go, due to fees and shipping fees 85. For example, i wonder why api didnt normal inputs of the 500 slots to the echo sends so you wouldnt have to patch on the rear of the console. I am looking into getting the api 1608 or the ssl matrix with a rack full of gear.
If i were in your shoes, i would have every io splayed out on patch bay arrays, and then freely move the gear around in any direction. Humora heads up a tight marylandbased team at api, one whose latest major accomplishment stands as the legacy axs recording and mixing console, which combines apis wellknown analog signal path with a multitude of new features. The api 1608 is built on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles. We are building up an inventory of classic recording instruments available affordably to rent for studio clients. Some of his favorite elements of the 1608 include mixing with faders, and the signal routability.
The console also features a complete center section that includes six automated stereo echo returns with motorized faders, 5. Also have other snakes in stock and patch cables as well. Patch bay api one of patch bays main design goals is to ease the burden of coding messaging applications. Showing quick tutorial using api 500 rack to send signal to 16 track analog. D all steel tube is filled with fiberglass fill to prevent any ping or acoustical resonance. Custom mogami patchbays, wired point to point, with no unnecessary connections. Placement for live and recording techniques signal flow. But my goal is to use template sessions in pt hd native to feed the console yamaha pm2000 using both plugins and hardware inserts, as well as outboard fx and aux sends used as fx sends in the box. Feb 21, 2019 for me i needed something with a ton of power but a small footprint. It also includes modern updates that broaden its usefulness in this age of multiple recording and mixing formats, and the ubiquitous daw.
Used vintage recording consoles and mixing consoles. Api 760078008200 summing system used current price. Ironically, the api 1608 replaces a digital console, which itself had replaced a string of other digital consoles. Api 1608 console installed in steve millers personal studio. The mic tie lines are plugged into the top row in the back of the patchbay, which, because this patch bay is halfnormalled, automatically get sent to the row below. The studios workflow is simplified by using the patch bay to properly interface all of the outboard gear in the studio. The 1608 is built to the same exacting api build standards as our vision consoles. The patch api lets developers integrate the same hyperlocal content into their sites and applications. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model api 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. The resulting console meets the needs of the music, commercial and broadcast industries, positioning api as the leading audio broadcast console. Global control panel in the console center section. For the 1608ii, api audio has made some new upgrades, including four stereo.
Api, best known for their now legendary 2520 amplifier, formed in 1968 and continues to use the 2520 opamp as the cornerstone of all api discrete products. Sonic circus has specified and installed analog and digital consoles in home, project, and pro sound studios around the world. We are also capable of providing many studio services that are needed to. Making music and designing cinematic soundscapes in stereo, surround, or immersive 360 are all possible due to the custom constructed patch bay and signal flow builtin to the studios design, ensuring that every possibility is available and easily accessible for creative tracking and mixing sessions. Api announces the next addition to its lineup of large format recording and mixing consoles with the aes exhibition debut of the legacy axs console. I have my room set up so every instrument, synth, outboard effect or general noise maker is hardwired to the patch bay, which i always have spread out across the api 1608 s 16 channels. Monster db25 to trs snake dsub patchbay 10ft api 1608 reverb. Custom analog audio snakes for all system designs, custom wiring for all analog audio systems. Building on api s rich heritage of extremely highquality recording consoles, we created the 1608.
C the 1608 rests securely on a top platform that is fabricated using 34 melamine coated mdf with a durable texture edge finish. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. I dont have a 1608 in my studio, but ive configured more than few setups for clients. Patch is a communityspecific news and information platform that aims to provide local coverage for individual towns and communities.
Every single patch point except instrument inputs, which i dont use is on the patch bay. Api remains at the leading edge of small format analog console design with their newest offering the api 1608ii console. One patch bay needs to be halfnormalled for the studio tie lines. Then you start adding the hosa patch bay modules of your choice, like the mhb340 8point 14. Vintage kings cedric yee and the tech shop team to expand their api 1608 console.
Setup sheets and other documents are available in the appendix. A customized patch bay integrates the studios collection of ultrahighend new and vintage outboard gear and combines with the 1608s unique, modular 500series design. The mic preamp in the 1608 immediately stood out as the best sounding api preamp. The recording studio features a large comfortable control room centered around a custom built desk that houses an api 1608 analog console to the left, pro tools control with motorized faders in the center, and some of the most used outboard gear, preamps, and a patch bay to the right. The resulting console meets the needs of the music, commercial and broadcast industries, positioning api as the leading audio broadcast console manufacturer for audio production outfits of any sort. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely highquality recording consoles, we created the 1608. The api 1608 is a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. They are perhaps most noted for their modular approach to equipment manufacture with their trademark lunchbox design which allows preamplifier, compressor and equalizer modules to be added to a recording studio design as. Trs jacks provide for all the sendreturn patching of the 1608ii.
By default, the 548c feeds the direct outputs on the rear panel dsub. If a patchbay is a studios vascular system, then the console is its heart. Managing director and recording engineer of 15ips studios, borko kovac, says, we made the choice for the api legacy axs console because of the character of the sound. Direct input di boxes patchbays audio meters media players miscellaneous studio tools. Oct 19, 2011 patch is a communityspecific news and information platform that aims to provide local coverage for individual towns and communities. These are all basically called serial processors because they are inline with the original signal, they change the actual signal in the channel, as opposed to parallel.
Api 1608 the 1608 is a small format recording console based on the 1604 which api produced in the 1970s and early 1980s. The 1608 is built to the same exacting api build standards as our vision consoles, legacy. Api the box patchbay api 1608 patchbay trident series 24 bay trident series 65 patchbay toft atb24 bay soundcraft spirit patchbay mackie digi 8 bus bay mackie 24x8x2 patchbay mackie onyx bay. Used in smokefree studio for past two years includes a custom patch bay. This is just an example of a wiring solution for the api 1608 console. Monarch studios a vancouver recording studio equipment. Ten feet plus in length high quality with copper and brass conectors. The trio will use the console to record and mix projects for millers new record label. Api 1608 fader automation studio economik proaudio.
Let our expert wiring team configure and layout your patchbays to ensure the. Api 1608vintage neve kelso console in cherry custom console the best of. Expanding on the architecture of their ever popular 1608 console, which helped revolutionize the analog project studio, api has brought out its latest iteration, the mk ii. The 1608 is a small format recording console based on the 1604 which api produced in the 1970s and early 1980s. For me i needed something with a ton of power but a small footprint. The first api legacy axs console for japan is to be installed at tokyos newest recording facility, tanta. The 32 channel 1608 console at the bubble studio, austin, tx. Oct 01, 2008 the api model 1608 analog recording console retains the same design philosophy, build quality and most importantly the same sound as the companys revered 70sera mixers. Api vision attracts business, brings sonic gold to 25th. Api 1608 studio economik proaudio recording equipment. To do this, patch bay presents a highly distilled api for messaging components to use to send and receive messages. The most common use of music studio patch bays in home recording studios is for inserting dynamic processors compressors, gates, expanders, etc. The 1608 is built to the same exacting api build standards as our vision consoles, legacy consoles, and modular products.
Desks 16 channel api 1608 loaded with api 212l preamps 2 grace design 501s 10 api 550a 4 550b 2 560 eqs avid d control es with 16 faders and extended producer station and patch bay panel preamps api 212l x16 neveshep 31105 x6 neve portico 5016 sonic farms creamer x2 grace design m501 x2 avalon u5 di demeter vt db di tube klark teknic. The api 2448 is very easy to operate, and the option to use it as a daw controller can give us endless possibilities. I own a similar console and im getting used to it now redoing the patch bay. The api 1608 is built on api s rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover aarons. Aug 24, 2015 audio patchbays patch bays v1 duration. One of patch bays main design goals is to ease the burden of coding messaging applications. The patchbay is to be secured to the 1608 with the supplied hardware.
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