API’s Legacy AXS audio mixing console has won its the first placement in Japan as part of the new Studio Tanta  complex, in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward.

Located close to Japan’s national public broadcaster, NHK, Tanta has been in its planning and construction phases for more than three years. The facility is seven storeys tall, and includes spaces for rehearsal and performance, high-end dining and parking.

Tanta’s Studio A will house a 48-channel fully-fitted Legacy AXS console – the first Legacy AXS for Japan – and Studio B will house a 32-channel automated API 1608 console. Both the Legacy AXS and 1608 will be delivered in early 2018, with the studio opening shortly after. The sale was handled by API’s exclusive Japan distributor, Mix Wave, headed by Hiro Saika.

‘After visiting many studios in the US, the API Legacy AXS became the absolute best choice to achieve our vision at Studio Tanta,’ says Tanta's MD, Tomoyuki Fukuda. ‘The AXS has a great sound quality – warm and punchy, but musical. It outshines everything. It also has excellent S/N and amazingly high headroom. Our clients are very happy, and API has given us everything we required and more.’

‘Following the successful placement of two 64-channel API Vision consoles at NHK in Shibuya, we’re excited by the opportunity of placing two additional API Consoles in the first new ground-up studio built in Japan in many years,’ say API Director of Sales, Dan Zimbelman. ‘Tanta’s Studio A with the first Legacy AXS console delivered to Japan, as well as the 32-channel 1608 for Studio B, is going to give the music scene in Japan a new, exciting alternative for super high-quality audio recording.’