How It Was Recorded

Gear · preamp

API 312

Records it appears on · 2

  • Break the Cycle

    Staind · Album, 2001

    • Guitars · Input chainVerifiedMic preamp cards that the guitar cabinet microphones went through.
  • Just the Girl

    The Click Five · Greetings from Imrie House, 2005

    • Lead vocal · Input chainReportedListed in the single's credits as one of the vocal mic preamplifiers.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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Universal Audio API Vision Channel Strip Collection

channel strip

Models the channel strip of API's Vision console, whose preamp comes from the same family.

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