Using the API 1608-II Console in the Gavett Audio Studio at the University of Rochester

The API 1608-II is a versatile and well-designed console. Follow along with Dr. Stephen Roessner of the AME program to learn some of the peculiarities of it and the Gavett Audio Studio at the University of Rochester. Additionally this video has information about using the Triad Orbit Starbird stands as well as a basic primer on using tube condenser microphones. This video is meant to be an education resource for students at the University of Rochester, and the signal flow of the Gavett Audio Studio. Other studios that use the API 1608-II console may have different signal flow design, but the concepts are very similar! 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Start Up and Shut Down Sequence 1:51 Normalizing the Console 4:26 Labeling the Console with Board Tape 7:21 Getting Playback from DAW Through the Monitors 9:39 Getting Playback from Computer Out Through the Monitors 11:10 Every Button on the API 1608-II 11:35 548C Channel Module 20:27 265C Aux Bus Master/Stereo Return 25