Author Archives: Ben Silver

COMPETITION – Manley Labs Celebrate 30 Years!

COMPETITION – Manley Labs Celebrate 30 Years! To celebrate, we are giving one lucky Manley fan a piece of gear that has been in constant production since the earliest days: The Manley Enhanced Pultec Equalizer. It’s our longest-continuously-in-production piece. Way back in the day, we were given the blessing of one Mr. Eugene Shenk (the […]

Is It Fender or The True Spring Reverb?

Is It Fender or The True Spring Reverb? Can You Tell Which is a Fender ’65 Reissue Deluxe Reverb Amplifier and Which is The True Spring Reverb? Our man Andy Martin over at Reverb.com just dropped an outstanding True Spring Reverb video. The video offers a blind comparison between the spring reverb and opto tremolo effects […]

API 1608 Console at Center of Westlake Pro’s New Nashville Location

API 1608 Console at Center of Westlake Pro’s New Nashville Location COTOBER 2018; JESSUP, MD: API is pleased to announce the installation of a 16 channel 1608 demo console at our longtime dealer Westlake Pro’s new Nashville location. “API & Nashville go back many years to when Chet Atkins managed RCA Studio B,” says Westlake […]

Sequential Announces Prophet XL Synthesizer, Featuring 76-Note Keyboard & Expanded Polyphony

Sequential Announces Prophet XL Synthesizer, Featuring 76-Note Keyboard & Expanded Polyphony Sequential today announced the Prophet XL, a 76-key version of their flagship Prophet X samples-plus-synthesis hybrid synth. The new instrument provides the same powerful combination of high-fidelity samples from 8Dio and full synthesi s capabilities that has earned the Prophet X critical acclaim — […]

Avantone Pro Announces the New CLA-200 Studio Power Amp

Avantone Pro Announces the New CLA-200 Studio Power Amp The Avantone Pro CLA-200 Studio Reference Amplifier is a classically designed Class A/B amplifier. We took particular care to create an amplifier in the traditional studio style, with generous VU meters, high quality Japanese components and a serious toroidal transformer linear power supply. In a standard […]

API Announces New 1608-II and 2448 Recording and Mixing Consoles

API Announces New 1608-II and 2448 Recording and Mixing Consoles API Audio remains at the forefront of the analog console domain with their newest offering, the 1608-II and the 2448 recording consoles. Drawing on the heritage of their classic 2488 console, which dominated the LA recording world in the 1970s and 1980s, API Audio has brought […]