From the Street: "When I decided to open Angels Gate Recording Studio, I went with the best choice for a small footprint analog recording console — the API 1608. That console gets that warm analog sound that I need to get the best out of today's digital recording formats. Along with the 2500... Read more

From the Street: "Our custom API console has made every single person who's ever walked into our room very happy. As the music industry continues to change and evolve, our goal is to give people a place to work that makes it easy to get the job done. Most importantly... Read more

From the Street: "I'm in love with my APIs. The 527s give me the best of API's compression in both 'old' and 'new' styles and were amazing value purchases. Personally, I believe that the 560 is vastly underrated and overlooked here in Europe — I love that EQ. I can get sweet vocals and... Read more

From the Street: "We'd upgraded the studio in July with a brand new API rack system and filled it with all the goodness that API offered, which made for a more much interesting recording/mixing experience. This was the first opportunity I had to use API products, and I must say that it was a... Read more

From the Street: "I started using API gear while working at Smart Studios, where I learned very quickly that I could depend on 512cs with 550bs for great guitar sounds. Before long, I decided I needed my own. My go-to vocal chain has been API-based for years now... Read more

From the Street: "When we bought our first 3124+, which was a while ago, we were looking into some new gear to expand our front end so I was asking many of my audio friends what they liked in terms of a four-channel pre. Consistently, people were telling me that API was the way... Read more

From the Street: "I work with a lot of different equipment in my studio, but I continually come back to API as my 'go-to' hardware, either for EQs, compressors, or mic pres. The company has a legacy unlike any other in the recording world, having been the 'gear of record' for so many hit... Read more

From the Street: "My introduction to recording gear was through API. My 312s were the first ever mic pres I bought back when I started with a DIGI 001 and I'm still using them today. In fact, I built my studio around them over the last 10 years. They are the foundation of my drum sounds... Read more

Briefly: L. Baba Prasad opened his recording and mixing facility, Digi Sound Studio, in July 2003 and has since recorded a number of Indian dance, classical and rock acts. The building, constructed only of the highest-quality acoustic materials, was designed by... Read more

Briefly: For the past 20 years, Peter Thorn has worked as a professional guitarist, playing and touring with the likes of Jewel, Melissa Etheridge and Chris Cornell to name a few. In 2005, Thorn constructed his own home studio where he has since recorded his guitar tracks for... Read more

Briefly: Frankie Jimenez has been producing demos and playing keyboards for Christian Rap, Alternative and Rock groups since 1991. While working as a sound technician for Harvest Christian Fellowship in 2002, Jimenez developed skills for... Read more

Briefly: Playing music since he was 11 years old, Mario Quintero's professional recording career began while studying jazz composition and arrangement at Berklee College and recording local bands and his own projects in his makeshift home studio... Read more

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