API The Box II
€21,190.00
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API The Box II
The API The Box II is a compact analog recording and mixing console designed to deliver the classic API console sound in a space-efficient studio format. It combines microphone preamps, analog summing, 500-series processing, bus compression and monitoring control in a single production console.
The console features eight fully equipped input channels with API microphone preamps, line inputs and high-pass filters. Each channel also includes its own 500-series slot, allowing engineers to integrate external signal processors directly into the channel strip.
The summing section supports 16 channels during recording and up to 24 channels during mixdown, enabling analog summing of DAW tracks. A built-in stereo bus compressor provides the classic API mix glue.
In addition to mixing capabilities, The Box II includes a complete monitor section, cue sends, talkback system and flexible routing, making it a central hub for modern hybrid studio workflows.
Sound Character
The Box II delivers the unmistakable API “big console” sound with punch, clarity and powerful midrange presence.
Its discrete circuitry and transformer-based design provide fast transient response and a cohesive analog mix bus, giving mixes more depth and energy.
Highlights
✔ compact analog recording and mixing console
✔ 8 input channels with API microphone preamps
✔ 8 integrated 500-series slots
✔ direct output on every input channel
✔ 16 summing channels (24 during mix)
✔ built-in stereo bus compressor
✔ instrument DI inputs on channels 1–4
✔ aux sends: 1 stereo + 2 mono
✔ cue send and headphone system
✔ full monitor control section for two speaker systems
✔ integrated talkback system
✔ extensive balanced I/O connectivity
Technical Specifications
✔ device type: analog recording and mixing console
✔ inputs: 8 mic/line channels
✔ 500-series slots: 8
✔ summing channels: 16 recording / 24 mixing
✔ aux buses: 1 stereo + 2 mono
✔ instrument inputs: 4 Hi-Z DI inputs
✔ mic gain range: approx. +30 dB to +65 dB
✔ max input level: +28 dBu
✔ frequency response: 20 Hz – 50 kHz (±0.5 dB)
✔ dimensions: 82.5 × 67 × 33.5 cm
✔ weight: approx. 40.8 kg
Hersteller:
Automated Processes Inc.
8301 Patuxent Range
Jessup, Maryland, 2794
USA
service@apiaudio.com
www.apiaudio.com
Importeur:
ES-Pro Audio
Narzissenstr. 9
85055 Ingolstadt
Germany
contact@es-proaudio.de
www.es-proaudio.de
Sicherheits- und Warnhinweise:
Spezifische Sicherheitshinweise, die für das Produkt gelten, sind in der Bedienungsanleitung des Produkts zu finden.
API Audio (Automated Processes Inc.) ist ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller legendärer Analogtechnik und seit den späten 1960er-Jahren ein fester Bestandteil professioneller Tonstudios weltweit. Besonders bekannt ist API für seine diskreten Class-A-Schaltungen, den charakteristischen Punch sowie das modulare 500er-Format, das ursprünglich von API entwickelt wurde.
Klassiker wie der 512c Preamp, der 550A Equalizer oder die 2500 Stereo-Kompressoren prägen bis heute unzählige Musikproduktionen. Alle Produkte werden in den USA gefertigt und stehen für robuste Verarbeitung, herausragende Klangqualität und Zuverlässigkeit. Die API-Konsolen und Module liefern einen direkten, druckvollen Sound, der sich ideal für Rock, Pop und Hip-Hop eignet.
API Audio verbindet traditionelles Analogdesign mit moderner Fertigungstechnik – für Profis, die echten, greifbaren Klang mit Charakter und Geschichte suchen.
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