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  • API 500-6B Lunchbox
    API 500-6B Lunchbox
    500-series 6-Slot Lunchbox 6-slot Empty Chassis For API 500 Series Modules with Built-in Power Supply The API 500-6B is a 6-slot Lunchbox chassis for holding up to 6 API standard-format modules. With it, you can develop your own custom rig of API gear, mixing and matching API's first-class modular preamp, EQ, and compressor selection. The API 500-6B features a 48-volt internal phantom power supply and is self-powered. It's got a...
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  • API 5B1
    API 5B1
    500-series 1 Slot Blank Panel Blank Panel Covering 1 Slot of 500 Series Chassis The API 5B1 is a blank panel that covers one slot of an API 500 Series chassis. Quality Gear From API In 1968, Automated Processes Inc. began building quality consoles for broadcast applications. Soon, the company's products found favor with recording studios, and a string of industry-leading advancements (including computerized...
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  • API 512c
    API 512c
    500-series Discrete Mic/Line Pre 500 Series Microphone Preamplifier With the API 512c, you've got the chance to own API's legendary front-end sound — at an unbelievably incredible value. Fitting into API's 500-series modular chassis, the API 512c has nothing but legendary heritage. This microphone preamplifier evolved from the original 1967-era 512 - API's first-ever modular mic pre - and it's...
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  • API 500V
    API 500V
    500-series 10-Slot Rack 10-slot Empty Chassis For 500 Series-formatted Modules with Included Tri-Polar L200PS Power Supply The API 500V is a rugged 10-slot, 3U rackmountable chassis for your modular 500 series gear. Powered by a tri-polar L200PS power supply which comes included, the 500V accepts 500 series-format modules. Input and output jacks on the API-VPR are both XLRs, and the unit can hold up to 10 500 series formatted modules. Now you can...
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  • API 550A
    API 550A
    500-series 3-Band EQ Modular 3-band Equalizer, 500 Series, With 5 API-selected Frequency Centers, 12dB of Boost/Cut Per Band, and Proportional Q Control The API 550A is a true classic — an EQ that's been embraced since the late 60s, and a standard by which countless EQs have been judged. Here, reissued in 2004 in its original modular form (after a long, highly anticipated wait), the API 550A puts a piece of music history into your 500 Series chassis. It offers 3-bands of simply...
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  • API 550b
    API 550b
    500-series 4-Band EQ Modular 4-band Equalizer, 500 Series, With 7 API-selected Frequency Centers, 12dB of Boost/Cut Per Band, and Proportional Q Control Incorporating API's legendary circuitry, the API 550b 4-band equalizer exudes that royal API blood line in every ounce of its sonic character. Artfully blending the past with the present, the API 550b carries the torch from the now-classic API 550EQ — delivering just the right amount of controls to solve problems and sweeten the...
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  • API 527
    API 527
    500-series Compressor VCA-based 500 Series Compressor/limiter with 2510 and 2520 Discrete Op-amps The API 527 compressor/limiter brings the same incredible character and response to your 500 Series rack found in their 2500 Stereo Bus Compressor. Featuring both API's newer "feed forward" and original "feed back" gain reduction methods, the 527 covers a wide range of tone - from classic warmth to modern precision. The 527 also...
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  • API 525
    API 525
    500-series Compressor Re-Issue Single-channel Modular Compressor, 500 Series, Classic Reissue with Variable Threshold and Output Levels, "Ceiling" Control, VU Meter, and De-ess Function With the API 525, you get to snag the sound of API's famous 525 — a modular compressor originally introduced in the 1970s. This compressor reissue is a "feedback" type of compressor, for classic sonic character and exceptional dynamics control behavior. Onboard the API 525, the cool multi-function "ceiling" control can lower...
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  • API 560
    API 560
    500-series 10-Band Graphic EQ Modular 10-band Graphic Equalizer, 500 Series Classic Reissue, With 12dB of Boost/Cut Per Band, Silent Bypass, and Proportional Q Yet another API modern classic, the 560 is a discrete 10-band graphic EQ — originally conceived for the API consoles in the 60s and 70s. This reissue is all about helping you achieve difficult equalization tasks. Not only does the API 560 give you that unique "API sound," but it also offers up incredible curve-shaping potential...
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  • API 550A Saul Walker Edition
    API 550A Saul Walker Edition
    500-series Saul Walker 3B EQ LTD Modular 3-band Equalizer, 500 Series, With 5 API-selected Frequency Centers, 12dB of Boost/Cut Per Band, Proportional Q Control, Custom Faceplate, and Saul Walker Signature The API 550A Saul Walker Edition bears the name of legendary API founder Saul Walker. In its own right, the API 550A is a legendary EQ — embraced in top recording circles since the late 60s, and a standard by which countless EQs have been judged. Here, in the API 550A Saul Walker Edition, you get the reissue of the classic EQ,...
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