API has added to its line-up of large-format recording and mixing consoles with debut of the Legacy AXS.

The Legacy AXS continues API’s commitment to an all-analogue signal path with an extensive and powerful feature set. The console frames range from 32 to 80 channels, with each channel offering dual input capability and access to two API 200 Series module slots.

One of the new aspects of the design is a return to the traditional 1.5-inch module width standard, which allows the use of API 500 Series Equalizers on a per-channel basis. The console also features a complete centre section that includes six automated stereo echo returns with motorised faders, 5.1 surround monitoring and a built-in 2500C Stereo Bus Compressor, along with onboard or remote patch bay facilities to complete the system. A DAW/Producer’s Desk is one of many customisable options available.

The first AXS console has been ordered by Strange Weather Studio’s Marc Alan Goodman and Daniel Schlett as part of an extensive upgrade at their Brooklyn, NY facility. ‘We made a list of everything we could ever want in a console, and the API AXS checked off every box,’ Goodman reports.

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