With the 1608, its allowed us to have both in a perfectly integrated package. One of my longtime clients nick irvine in sydney australia, who just got two more custom 96 point patchbays built by me is in this months pro sound news showing off his new 32channel api 1608. The brick room is a dynamic space, newly renovated with an api 1608 console at its heart. Hey ive found gearslutz useful for many things over the years so thought it was time i joined to ask for advice on a new purchase. My opinion, after installing and using the 4816, 8024 48 channel frame and the api 1608 32 channel. Api 2248 patchbays s crest studio jasons toft mixer jacks ez normal switchcraft alan steve gamma carlos creglia mark matrix michael jim richard bmi margeson brian colucci ryan rule62 drewnix johnny digital dimensions patrice coonrad amber sound andres garcia the amber sound ptm studio custom patchbay noble michael 6. Would i have to convert signal to an unbalanced one for this unit. We not only make stands but also offer console buckets and patch bays to fully complement your console. It is also a great place for musicians, bands, dance or. Below is an example of a console set up for a modest or home recording studio. Bug id as the systems integrator installed thirtyfour thx certified independent sound editingmixing suites, two 7. Desks 16 channel api 1608 loaded with api 212l preamps 2 grace design 501s 10 api 550a 4 550b 2 560 eqs avid d control es with 16 faders and extended producer station and patch bay panel preamps api 212l x16 neveshep 31105 x6 neve portico 5016 sonic farms creamer x2 grace design m501 x2 avalon u5 di demeter vt db di tube klark teknic. Art tpatch 8channel balanced 14 trs patch bay tpatch. Api 1608 studio desks are handconstructed recording studio furniture made withstrong cabinet grade hardwoods to create an elegant centerpiece for productionworkstations.
Recording consoles, studio mixing and mastering sonic circus. New for 2018 and based on the incredible success of the original, api proudly announces the api 1608 ii. Ssl 9000k, api 1608 signal flow patch bay configurations, outboard gear post production audio dialog editing, adr and. These are all basically called serial processors because they are inline with the original signal, they change the actual signal in the channel, as opposed to parallel. They are available to offer you personalized product advice any time you need it. The api model 1608 recording console building on api s rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. Mogami patchbays, mogami custom patchbays, trs longframe patchbays, tt patchbays, snakes for dsub patchbays, legacy console wiring including ssl, neve, mci, sony, dda, mackie, soundcraft, and api. Vision dedicated to all those who hear, appreciate, and demand the best. Tracking drums with the 512c, and using different combinations of 500 series slots. The xlr patch bays have 3 malefemale sockets and are decent quality.
Sometimes youll see these called a patch panel, patch field, jack field, or patch bay two words. I have my room set up so every instrument, synth, outboard effect or general noise maker is hardwired to the patch bay, which i always have spread out across the api 1608 s 16 channels. Fully balanced 48point patchbay with 14 trs connectors. Finally we have a colour chart outline for those who are more visually inclined. For the 1608ii, api audio has made some new upgrades, including four stereo. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely highquality recording consoles, we created the api 1608 16channel recording console. A dawproducers desk is one of many customizable options available. The typical audio patchbay uses trs jacks patch cables, although you can find versions that use xlr jacks, rca plugs, mono ts jacks, and plenty of others. Designed by audio guru david dearden and featuring audient. Feb 21, 2019 for me i needed something with a ton of power but a small footprint. Incorporated into the facility is an avideuphonix s5, api 1608 and avid dcommands. The console also features a complete center section that includes six automated stereo echo returns with motorized faders, 5.
Leveraging our prior experience with console automation in combination with extensive customer input, api has developed a proprietary, easytouse automation package for the 1608 console. This is the same patch bay, only with notated routing. If a patchbay is a studios vascular system, then the console is its heart. The recording studio features a large comfortable control room centered around a custom built desk that houses an api 1608 analog console to the left, pro tools control with motorized faders in the center, and some of the most used outboard gear, preamps, and a patch bay to the right.
Following the introduction of the 1608 in 2008, api delivered over 600 consoles and expanders to discerning audio professionals throughout the world. Stereo program patch points 70 control room, studio monitor outputs and control room, studio amplifier inputs 72. View sales history, tax history, home value estimates, and overhead views. Reversible 16point patchbay with xlr female and xlr male connectors. Continue on below to read an interview with grant and learn more about the studios new api 1608 console, avid hdx system, and so much more. The recording console is the heart of every major recording studio. Soon, the companys products found favor with recording studios, and a string of. We offer the a perfect range of patchbays in the uk. The other major change is, obviously it doesnt take rocket science to see the large format studios becoming fewer and fewer far between, when api obviously is going to start selling fewer and fewer large format consoles. In this article we take a look at some of the most weird and wonderful collabs out there. A lot of studios and ebay sellers seem to be in a dilemma between an api console and a neve. The properties file controls the general behavior of the patch bay system. Dec 03, 20 famed studio opens recording and live schools, adds new studio based around dangerous music equipment.
Making music and designing cinematic soundscapes in stereo, surround, or immersive 360 are all possible due to the custom constructed patch bay and signal flow builtin to the studios design, ensuring that every possibility is available and easily accessible for creative tracking and mixing sessions. The standard fit of a api 1608 32channel recording console is. We recommend bringing everything up to an external patchbay via pre. At the same time, the output signal from the top jack is now connected to your patch. Api 1608 vs trident 82 gearslutz pro audio community. The companys filing status is listed as canceled and its file number is c3195699. Series headphones patchbays studio furniture acoustic treatment computers ios. Tracking with a api 1608 gearslutz pro audio community. Now srs is a dts company thats my second project to push and this effect only diferece is that the dts studio sound is for 5. The tpatch 8channel balanced 14 trs patch bay from art is a highquality 8channel patch bay ideal for cable organization and optimized connectivity in home and desktop studios.
Api 1608 ii recording and mixing console sonic circus. From what ive read, this console does not have a separate tapeoutput pot, so your channel fader is what feeds to tapedaw. For gear selection at sol studios, grant and head engineer anton rasmussen worked with vintage king audio consultant jeff leibovich to outfit the space. Sweetwater s sales engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. Understanding all those inputs and outputs and how they work together is a formidable undertaking but the tips in this free tutorial will help cut through the confusion and put you in good shape the next time you navigate difficult signal flows. Api 1608 studio desks are designed to house one 1 api 1608 audio mixer. One of patch bay s main design goals is to ease the burden of coding messaging applications. Audient asp4816 compact analogue recording console. Some of his favorite elements of the 1608 include mixing with faders, and the signal routability. Api proudly presents the vision recording and mixing console, built to the same exacting standards of reliability, sonic performance, and investment grade audio that has made the legacy series the standard of modern recording consoles. The music industry refers to them in the way we will through this article. Here we have an diagram of a typical patch bay set up. Im going to be in a studio this week tracking with a api 1608. As with all nucleus components, patch bay is configured with a properties file.
It takes the signal and pumps it along its way by boosting and routing it in the right direction. The 14 patch bays have 4x pairs of balanced trs connectors, they are not such good quality, patch cables dont really fit in tightly, theres some movement but i havent seen any fall out yet. The unit has a compact black anodized aluminum casing and a passive design for lasting durability and reliability. When the fiveyearold 1608 moved to panoramic house, it was expanded to 32 channels to accommodate the studio s 16 and 24track analog tape decks. Produce like a pro youtube patchbays art p48 duration. Custom api 1608vintage neve kelso console sonic circus.
The traditional look of the api 1608 console requires an oemstyle stand like the proseries made by sterling modular. It includes a live room with lipp upright piano and one of our house drum kits, an isolated vocal booth next to the control room, and the option to connect with a two untreated rooms for. The registered agent on file for this company is michael warren and is located at 11440 n chandler blvd ste 100, north hollywood, ca 91601. The 1608 console at nice recording studio, antwerp, belgium.
Now, panoramic house is celebrating its first year of operation with equipment relocated from baccigaluppis former recording studio, the hangar, which includes his recentlyexpanded api 1608. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model api 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. Features an api 1608 32channel analog console and an avid pro tools hd system with three 96 interfaces. Sacramento city college installs audient heritage console. Sonic circus has specified and installed analog and digital consoles in home, project, and pro sound studios around the world. Building on apis rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles, we introduce the new model 1608, a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. Comprehensive rear patch connections eqs not included with unloaded console building on api s rich heritage of extremely highquality recording consoles, we created the 1608. Vintage king outfits sol studios with an api 1608 console and more vintage king outfits sol studios with an api 1608 console and more when grant thomas began plotting out sol studios in fort smith, arkansas, he imagined a creative hub that specialized in both audio and video production. Api 1608 studio desks are handconstructed recording studio furniture made with strong cabinet grade hardwoods to create an elegant centerpiece for production workstations. Used and vintage recording consoles and mixing consoles shop our selection vintage and used recording consoles and audio mixing consoles. The api 1608 is built on api s rich heritage of extremely high quality recording consoles. Neotek series 1 analog console vintage in 2020 console. New console orders can be factoryfitted with pmix, and existing 1608 consoles can be field retrofitted with new pmix automation systems. Api 1608 ii 32channel recording and mixing console unloaded w automation.
Basically im moving to work otb and am going to buy an analog console the choices are an api 1608 16ch or for the same price a trident 82 32ch. I had a great time last week soldering tons of tuchel connectors for jeff at analog console down in austin. The perfect space for producers, artists and engineers alike. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow. Global control panel in the console center section.
Mar 19, 2020 neotek series 1 console vintage 36 fame loaded 29 io channels with 29 eq and mic pre, 6 stereo line modules, and 8 subgroup with 2 stereo aux. A premium recording and mixing console designed by analog guru david dearden, asp8024 combines audients legendary analog circuitry with innovative daw control and automation to provide the ultimate centre piece for production studios and education facilities. Apr 05, 2018 sacramento, ca the audient is a fabulous replacement, says director of commercial music, kirt shearer of the asp8024 heritage edition console installed at sacramento city college scc. Patchbays are organized based on the needs of the studio, so none of them are laid out the same way.
Our biggest brands are art, behringer, hosa, neutrik and signex. A patchbay is a central audio connection area for all the gear in a studio that allows any connection to or from equipment to be made in one location with a standardized cable and connector. The traditional look of the api 1608 proseries console requires an oemstyle stand like those made by sterling modular. Api the box patchbay api 1608 patchbay trident series 24 bay trident series 65 patchbay toft atb24 bay soundcraft spirit patchbay mackie digi 8 bus bay mackie 24x8x2 patchbay mackie onyx bay four patchbays system samples.
Api, as you im sure know, we have one digital product, which is the a2d mic preamp with the digital output. Api 1608 studio desks aredesigned to house one 1 api 1608 audio mixer. The spx 90,1st gen, in use is unbalanced that is the only kink in the works. You can put anything in front, behind, and in between anything else with a patch bay. Aug 14, 2019 sometimes music collaboration projects can be a great idea. Andrea castro audiovisual technician psav linkedin. For instance, console channel outputs 18 connect to the patch bay using a single cable, instead of 8 separate trs cables. Derived from the api vision automation system used extensively in the vision and legacy plus consoles, api now offers an optional motorized fader automation system for the 1608 console called pmix. Alctron pf8 studio mic screen acoustic filter desktop recording wind screen. Although the audio patchbay will be the most common in a small studio, patch. This is just an example of a wiring solution for the api 1608 console. Api 1608 console used, fully loaded with with 12 x api 550as, and 4 x api. The api 1608 is a full featured small format recording console based on the vintage api 1604 console, which has held its demand and value for over three decades. The 1608 is built to the same exacting api build standards as our vision consoles, legacy.
Im assuming this means i need to make sure im getting good signal in pro tools without clipping, meaning i cant really mix much with the faders. With the api console, its sure to become a leading destination studio in this part of the world. Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team. Monarch studios a vancouver recording studio studio. I do a lot of cowritingproducing and composing sessions, and this workflow makes pulling. Managing director and recording engineer of 15ips studios, borko kovac, says, we made the choice for the api legacy axs console because of the character of the sound. The ultimate realtek hd audio driver mod for windows 10.
The most common use of music studio patch bays in home recording studios is for inserting dynamic processors compressors, gates, expanders, etc. Adding a recording console to your studio setup can take you from the minors to the big leagues. Shop api 1608ii 48channel console unloaded from vintage king pro. Audio patch bays are switchboards for rerouting audio signals. Api 1608 automation 1608 automation moving fader automation. Toft 16 channel bay trident oram patchbay api 8200 bay system three patchbays system samples. The 1608 is built to the same exacting api build standards as our vision consoles, legacy consoles, and modular products. Api 1608 mkii 48channel console unloaded vintage king. A patchbay can make your studio much quicker to use, but can also be a nightmare to set up, so heres advice on which to choose and how to connect it up for the best results. To do this, patch bay presents a highly distilled api for messaging components to use to send and receive messages. Audient asp802424 studio economik proaudio recording.
The studios workflow is simplified by using the patch bay to properly interface all of the outboard gear in the studio. Kings cedric yee and the tech shop team to expand their api 1608 console. Expanding on the architecture of their ever popular 1608 console, which helped revolutionize the analog project studio, api has. Api 1608ii 16channel recording and mixing console sweetwater. The api is a superior console, though audient is a great company to deal with, and the consoles are feature packed and dont get me wrong, it is still a great console, api s build quality and sound is another step up. Api 1608 studio economik proaudio recording equipment.
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