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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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    Sale Price: $845.75
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  • API 3124+
    API 3124+
    4-Ch Mic/Line Pre / DI 4-channel Mic and Instrument Preamp with 65dB Gain Range and Front-panel hi-Z Inputs The API 3124+ 4-channel microphone and instrument preamp packs API console sound and performance into a very easy-to-use, premium-quality rackmountable unit. Whether you're capturing vocals or plugging in an instrument, you'll definitely appreciate the 3124+. It uses the same preamp circuit...
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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...
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    (1 review) Sale Price: $1,015.75
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  • API 2500
    API 2500
    2-Ch Stereo Bus Compressor Stereo Compressor with "Old" and "New" Compression, "Thrust" Circuit, Auto or Manual Gain Makeup, Variable Threshold, and Sidechain If you're after versatile compression, the API 2500 is a stellar pick. This stereo bus compressor sports API's patented "thrust" circuit, which ensures you can snag a hearty, chest-hitting low end. While the API 2500 is set up for stereo compression, you can also use it as two separate units....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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  • API 5500
    API 5500
    Dual EQ w/Selectable Boost Cut Dual Equalizer with True Bypass, Range Control, Integrated Power Supply, and 1U Rackmountable Chassis The API 5500 dual equalizer puts the great sound and classic design of an API original into a rackmountable package that's even more versatile! Based on the venerable 550 equalizer designed by API founder Saul Walker, the 5500 adds new features such as a Range control for finer adjustments, true...
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  • API 3124MB+
    API 3124MB+
    4-Ch Mic/Line Pre w/Summing 4-channel Mic and Instrument Preamp with Stereo Mixer, Transformer Balanced Outputs, 65dB Gain Range and Front-panel hi-Z Inputs The API 3124MB+ 4-channel microphone and instrument preamp packs API console sound and performance into a very easy-to-use, premium-quality rackmountable unit — complete with a built-in stereo mixer!. Whether you're capturing vocals or plugging in an instrument, you'll definitely...
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    (1 review) Sale Price: $3,140.75
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  • API A2D
    API A2D
    Dual Preamp w/API Dig Out Dual Analog Mic Preamp with Mic and Line Inputs, Analog and Digital Outputs, Clock Input, and Insert Point Between Analog and Digital Sections The API A2D dual mic preamp marks a first for the venerated company — it includes an integrated digital output! The A2D features a pair of premium mic preamps in one chassis, fed into API's proprietary high-quality AD converter. You get both analog and digital outputs for each channel for...
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  • API The Channel Strip
    API The Channel Strip
    The Channel Strip Channel Strip with Preamp, Compressor, EQ, and Line Driver Modules plus Insert Point and Sidechain Input API's famous lunchbox concept has garnered widespread popularity among studio types who love "pick and choose" flexibility, in a compact format. With The Channel Strip, API does the "choosing" work for you, offering a money-saving bundle of a completely decked-out front end. As so many users...
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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,...
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    Sale Price: $1,950.75
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  • API Rack Ears for the 500-6B
    API Rack Ears for the 500-6B
    Rack Ears for the 500-6B Rack Ears for 500-5B Lunchboxes, for 2010 Models and Later (With "HC" in the Serial Number on Back Panel) These API Rack Ears for the 500-6B 500 Series chassis is the right way to put your Lunchbox in your rack. Made in the USA, these rack ears are specifically made for 500-6B Lunchboxes produced from 2010 on (with "HC" in the serial number on the back panel). Made from aluminum with a durable black...
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In 1968, API (Automated Processes Inc.) began building consoles for broadcast applications, though their products quickly found favor in elite recording circles. Today, there are over 700 classic API consoles around the globe — many still in use, thanks to their incredible sonic character and almost universally usable designs. As demand for that "console sound" grew, API released modular versions of their famed components, including the iconic 512 preamplifier, 525 compressor, and 550A EQ — versions of which are still available today. Discover why landmark Studio A facilities, including Ocean Way, trust their sound to API.

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