#api 2488

[nigelgodrichproducer]

Video, via Tibo Javoy, of Nigel’s API 2488.

He has plenty of vintage API 550A and 560 eq modules, the sweepable, parametric API 554 and a single API 553 module at the end.

You can also see pair of API 525 compressors.

[nigelgodrichproducer]

Nigel posted this picture on his twitter account, showing (some) of the equipment he has, saying “Home studio.”

Most of it has been covered on this blog, but I’ll re-cap here, going roughly from left to right: 

Rack 1.

1. Avid HD interfaces (2)

2. Apogee X-Series converter (not sure whether it’s an AD or DA) or possibly an Apogee Big Ben Master Clock

3. Apple computer

Rack 2. 

1. Neve 1081 modules x 8 

2. Pultec EQH-2

3. unknown?

4. GML 8200 

5. Focusrite ISA 215

Rack 3. 

1. Summit DCL-200

2. Eventide Omnipressor

3. An RS124-looking compressor (could be an original EMI or a clone - remember that Nigel previously endorsed the Lisson Grove RS124).

4. Spectrasonics 610

5. Inward Connections Modular Vac Rac System with two TMP-1 (tube mic preamp) modules and two TLM-1 (tube limiter) modules.

Rack 4. 

1. Roland RE-201 Space Echo

2. Sansamp PSA-1

3. Roland DC-20

4. Korg SDD-2000

5. AMS RMX-16

6. unknown? (REALLY WISH I KNEW WHAT THIS ONE WAS - could be the “bizarre three-knob digital reverb” that Justin Meldal-Johnsen mentioned Allan Sides gave Nigel as a gift)

Rack 5. 

1. AMS 15-80S

2. unknown Yamaha rackmount unit

3. unknown?

4. MXR Pitch Transposer

5. Mutronics Mutator

6. Bel BD-80

In the center is the API 2488 console with some unknown speakers. 

Rack 6. 

1. UREI 1176 (blackface)

2. UREI 1176 (blackface)

3. UREI 1176 Rev. H (silverface)

4. Tube Tech CL1B

5. Esoteric Audio Research 660

Rack 7. 

Just patchbays and drawers.

On top of Rack 8. 

1. Palmer PDI-03

2. MXR Pitch Transposer

3. MXR Flanger/Doubler

4. UREI 1176 Rev. H (silverface)

Rack 8. 

I have no idea what any of this is. 

Rack 9. 

1. Unknown (maybe a sampler?)

2. Unknown

3. Unknown

4. Yamaha P3500