API has announced a new line of pro audio gear, called API Select to complement the company’s classic line of mic preamps, equalisers and compressors.

‘Over the years, we’ve acquired the technology and experience to engineer and produce audio products that don’t necessarily conform to API’s classic component structure or topography,’ explains API President, Larry Droppa. ‘API Select gives us the opportunity to offer gear that’s very high quality, but that’s different from API’s legendary line of classic products.

‘A great example of this is API Select’s new T12 Tube Mic Preamp, which is a two-channel, all-tube, class-A microphone preamplifier. Its tube technology is combined with API’s proprietary AP2516 transformer in the input stage and a custom API transformer on the output stage, so it produces that incredibly rich API sound – but in a distinctly different way.’

Several API Select products mark the new line’s debut. Rackmount gear includes the T12 Tube Mic Preamplifier, the T25 Tube Compressor, the SR22 Dual Channel Compressor and the SR24 Dual Channel Equalizer. Two new guitar pedals complete the initial line-up – the TranZformer GTR for guitar equalisation and the TranZformer CMP for compression effects. Both pedals are designed to fit into a standard pedalboard and both use standard 9V power supplies.

‘It was particularly satisfying to develop this kind of vintage-style equipment,’ says API Engineer, Jeffrey Richards. ‘We designed every piece with care and precision, and I have to say with respect for this kind of solid, reliable analogue technology. Although API Select is produced in ‘small batches’, we think the value is enormous.’

Units are shipping, and all API Select products feature API’s Five Year Warranty.

More: www.apiaudio.com