Evergreen State College Graduates To API

Not one but two API 1608 consoles have been delivered to Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington — one 16 channel console and another 32 channel console. The two consoles were delivered to the campus's Communication Building on July 12th and are destined to play a major role in the College's audio recording program. In addition to providing an excellent example of analog signal path, program participants are now eligible for API's Visionary Scholarship Fund. For more information, click on the "Scholarships" tab.

API 212 Mic Pres on tour with Martina McBride

Tough-as-nails 212's make songbird sound sweet

Martina McBride played Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, June 13 and three racks of API's 212 mic pres helped deliver her dynamic, vocal-knockout show. The 36 mic pres output to an all-analog ATI Paragon house console. The setup has been touring with McBride for the last four years. Martina and her husband John are avid API fans. Blackbird Studio, their world-class multi-room facility in Nashville, TN, sports a 48 channel API Legacy Plus in Studio B, The largest Legacy Plus ever built at 96 channels in Studio D, a 32 channel 1608 in Studio H, a portable 16 channel 1608 for use as a sidecar in any Studio and numerous mic pres, EQ's, and compressors available in the other Studios. Outfitting the familiar sound of API into the touring racks on the road just seemed like the logical thing to do.

Photo credit: Rolling Stone

API Spotted!

The Killers are back in the studio, and their API 1608 is running full tilt. In Rolling Stone's June 7th edition, the band opens up about the challenges they've faced recording Battle Born, also the name of the studio where the API 1608 resides. The 1608 console was purchased by drummer Ronnie Vannucci in 2008, and used in the recording of their previous albums. The Killer's fourth LP is scheduled for release in the fall.

API 1608 console at Family Farm.

All in the Family Farm

A member of API's 1608 family received a warm write-up in ProSound News this past May. The Family Farm, based outside of Portland, showed off its 1608 and a host of analog and digital equipment, as well as its distinctive family feel. The Farm has been mixing away for about a year, and has played host to groups such as Musee Mecanique, Real Diamond and the Portland Cello Project.

API President Larry Droppa with departing intern Sara Brown and incoming interns Nick Haring and Stephen Nimick   API President Larry Droppa presenting departing intern Sara Brown with an API t-shirt.

You Say Good-bye, and I Say Hello

Hello Goodbye. API says hello to the incoming crowd of summer interns.

Nick Haring hails from Arlington, VA by way of the University of Memphis where he's pursuing an undergraduate degree in music recording. Nick spent the summer of 2010 with us as well, so we are glad to have him back for a second year. Guess we didn't hurt him too bad! Welcome back Nick!

Stephen Nimick joins us from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins. He's a graduate student finishing up a degree in music recording. His class toured API last October, and he was so impressed he applied for an internship. Hello, Stephen!

T.J. Callahan will be jumping onboard the API intern train later in the summer. He's an undergraduate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York working on a degree in mechanical engineering. Hello, T.J.!

Kathleen Garman returns for another fun-filled summer at API. She's a recent high school graduate with a 4.0 GPA and bound for the University of Maryland in the fall. Hello, Kathleen!

Sadly, it can't always be hello. API says good-bye to super intern Sara Brown.

Sara recently graduated with a master's in audio sciences from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins. She'll be spending her summer jetting around the country teaching high school students college level mechanical engineering courses. After that the sky's the limit for this audio mechanical wiz. Snap her up before she's gone, gone, gone. Good-bye, Sara!

Gearing Up for GearFest

Sweetwater's annual GearFest is closing in, and API is ramping up for the two-day music instrument and pro-audio extravaganza. Complete with expert industry speakers, workshops, performances and exhibitors, GearFest is held June 22 and 23, 2012 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and promises to be the pro-audio event of the Midwest. Located in Gear Tent 1 Booth 9, API will be showing its 500 Series lunchbox®, a JDK R22, R20, R24 and an API A²D.

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