
API announces MC531 Monitor Controller
The new API MC531 offers a stand-alone version of the monitoring functionality built into the centre section of their analogue consoles.

The new API MC531 offers a stand-alone version of the monitoring functionality built into the centre section of their analogue consoles.

API have been making excellent solid‑state outboard and consoles for decades, but their latest venture sees them using valves for the very first time.

Dynamics processing is a core mixing technique, but it’s often misunderstood. We explain how to make a compressor do what you want it to!

API Select range comprises valve compressor and preamp, solid-state compressor and EQ, and two guitar pedals.


Not all 500‑series racks are created equal. Here’s what you need to know to make your choice.


Designed by API co-founder Saul Walker (1927-2016), the 312 front-end was employed in many of API's now classic mixers.

The original The Box brought API's big-console sound to a new audience, and this new version should have even wider appeal.
