API and JDK Headed For Mumbai

With API's successful showing at PALME Middle East last month, API and JDK will expand their PALM showing with an appearance at PALM Expo 2012 May 31 through June 2 in Mumbai, India. The PALM tradeshows highlight professional audio and lighting equipment. This year marks API's third appearance at PALM India. Partnering with Ansata Computer Systems Pvt. Ltd. (API's exclusive dealer in India) API will showcase the legendary 1608 console alongside a multitude of API and JDK gear. They can be found at booth H 29-32.

Anwar Salim Al-Asmi with Life Sound Center in Muscat, Oman, admires an API 1608 at PALME ME.

API Makes Friends in Dubai

API's venture into the desert at PALME ME was a huge success. The 1608 drew in crowds interested in discrete analog, and introduced a burgeoning market to what API has to offer. For ten years, the Middle East tradeshow has showcased professional audio and lighting equipment to burgeoning crowds. This year marked API's first appearance.

48 channel Legacy Plus console at Studio 270, Montreal, Canada.

Studio 270 Debuts API Legacy Plus

Studio 270 is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a brand new API Legacy Plus. The studio recently installed the fully-automated 48 channel console alongside its' large recording room with 9ft piano, 3 iso booths, 100+ microphones and an array of outboard gear.

"Producers and engineers all agree that finally the city has a fine API console to track or mix indie projects in a friendly relaxed atmosphere," said Francois Hamel, co-owner of Studio 270. "It's the only recording studio on a 6000 sq foot floor, hence no bumping into the producer you hate going to the washroom. As one client said, it's like at home, you can leave your wallet next to the espresso machine and it will still be there the next day!"

Ross Hogarth, Engineer, Producer and Mixer of Van Halen's "A Different Kind of Truth" in his BoogieMotel studio. Photo by: Mr Bonzai

API Kicks High on Van Halen's New Album

Van Halen is back, and API featured prominently in the making of A Different Kind of Truth. In the May edition of Sound on Sound, Truth's Engineer, Producer and Mixer Ross Hogarth took the magazine through the album's creation. With the assistance of API's 2500 stereo compressor, the 525 used in conjunction with LA2 for David Lee Roth's vocals, API's 550A and 550B for Eddie Van Halen's guitar and the 560 on drums, the album has already captured the number two spot on the U.S. charts.

Read Ross Hogarth: Van Halen 'Tattoo' in the May edition of Sound on Sound.

API Amps Up Student Project

Always happy to lend a hand to up and coming audio engineers, API hosted a tour for Old Dominion University's Audio Club last month. One of the attendees, Justin Sunday, used an API 512 mic pre to complete his final project. We're impressed, and we think you'll be too.

Chiccarelli Tickles API's Ivories

Legendary producer, mixer and engineer Joe Chiccarelli will appear at Westlake Pro tomorrow for a special API JDK Day event sponsored in part by West LA Music. Complete with an audience friendly Q&A session, Chiccarelli will be demonstrating his recording and mixing techniques using an API 1608. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 24th at 4101 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood.

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