The API Sound That Shaped Modern Records
1608 Console, 550A EQ & 2500 Bus Compressor with Analog Circuit Accuracy

API Vision Console Emulation Bundle perfectly recreates three legendary API components that defined the sound of hit records across decades. UA's component-level modeling captures every nuance of the API 1608 console's discrete preamps, the 550A EQ's musical curves, and the 2500 bus compressor's aggressive punch. The bundle includes console channel emulations with harmonic saturation that responds to input level, four 550A EQ models (including rare "Black" and "Silver" revisions), and multiple 2500 compressor modes (Feedback/Feedforward). Whether tracking through UAD hardware or mixing ITB, these plugins deliver the API's signature "rock & roll" clarity with modern recallability.
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Turn LUNA into API's flagship Vision Console, using the world's first true end‑to‑end console emulation — exclusively for LUNA Recording System
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Track in realtime through complete circuit emulations of API's iconic L-Series Unison-enabled preamp, EQs, compressor, gate, and filters
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Shape tracks using API channel strips in LUNA, without managing multiple plug‑in windows
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Get "big console" sound with all of the cumulative analog character, rich nonlinearities, and transient clipping
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Sum individual channel buses or your entire mix through API's hybrid voltage/current summing circuits
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Add glue and tone on buses and the master with the inline API 2500 Bus Compressor
TAKE A LISTEN
PRODUCT SUMMARY
- API 1608 Console:
Discrete preamp with harmonic saturation
Input transformer modeling - 550A EQ:
4 Models (Black/Silver, 3-Band/4-Band)
Proportional Q circuitry - 2500 Bus Compressor:
Feedback/Feedforward modes
THD Trim for saturation control - UA Ecosystem:
UAD DSP acceleration for tracking
Recallable with UA Console
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Formats :
VST3, AU and AAX
Operating System :
Mac OS 10.7 and up (including Native M1 Compatibility)
PC Windows 7 and up
DAWs :
Works with All major DAWs
including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason etc.
Important note:
UAD plugins do not work in Apple's Garageband DAW
Now Compatible with Any Soundcard on Mac and PC
