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Chapter 4: API Vision Console Channel Strip
CHAPTER 4
API Vision Console Channel Strip
Introduction
The API Vision Console Channel Strip plug-in for the UAD platform is based
on API’s flagship console found in studios and sound stages across the globe.
The plug-in includes five indispensable modern production API modules avail-
able in the Vision console: The custom 2520 op-amp based 212L Preamp,
215L Sweep Filters, 550L EQ, 225L Compressor/Limiter, and the 235L
Gate/Expander.
The tone of the 212L mic preamp has its roots in the classic API 2488 series
all-discrete recording consoles, best known for the famed “LA” sound. The API
212L incorporates the API 2520 op-amp and the same circuit as the legend-
ary API console input modules dating from the 1970s. This mic preamp artic-
ulates high frequencies with great detail, while delivering the big sounding,
warm bottom end that API is famous for.
With identical features as the modern API 550B EQ, the API 550L (L for
“long” frame) is a continuation of the 550A EQs that have played a major
role in the history of record making, but with an additional filter band and sev-
eral new frequencies. The 550L artfully blends the past with the present, and
is only available in modern API consoles. Making use of API's “Proportional
Q” innovation, the 550L intuitively widens the filter bandwidth at minimal set-
tings and narrows it at higher settings without the need for additional band-
width controls.
Ideal for almost any application, the widely versatile API 225L Compressor's
auto-output level remains at unity regardless of the threshold or ratio settings.
This feature allows for real-time adjustments without the need for changing the
output level. Both New (“feed-forward”) and Old (“feed-back”) methods are
selectable via the front panel, providing two choices of gain reduction. Soft
provides a more subtle compression resulting in a natural sound, while Hard
results in a sharp knee type with a severe limiting effect.