TCS-II

How would you like to put the best features of a large-format API console into your studio rack? With API's The Channel Strip (TCS), you can do precisely that. Now, the API TCS-II upgrades this venerable studio workhorse tool with an updated compressor section, expanded preamp controls, and peak metering for improved performance and operability. This enviable rackmount unit is jam-packed with sections based on classic API modules, including the 512c Mic Preamplifier, the 527A Compressor, the 550A Equalizer, and the 325 Line Driver.

Moreover, you get complete patching facilities on the unit's rear panel, plus two 10-segment LED peak metering displays, multiple balanced insert points, a sidechain input, and an output mute switch. The TCS-II's processing sections can be switched in and bypassed individually, and you get a switch to internally route the compressor after the EQ. Moreover, this indispensable piece of studio hardware includes API transformers and 2510 and 2520 op-amps throughout for real-deal API sound. Any engineer seeking to harness the high-performance sound of an API board will find everything they've been dreaming of in the TCS-II Channel Strip.

Specifications:

• Complete front-end solution with API console sound
• API 512c Mic Preamplifier provides line, instrument, and mic preamplification with real-deal API character
• API 527A Compressor includes fully adjustable controls, feed-forward/feedback, hard-/soft-knee, and Thrust
• API 550A Equalizer supplies 3 bands of classic API equalization with loads of tweakability
• API 325 Line Driver boasts an output level pot and output mute
• Complete patching facilities on the unit's rear panel
• 2 x 10-segment LED VU displays
• Multiple balanced insert points and sidechain input
• Sections can be switched in and bypassed individually
• Compressor can be internally routed pre- or post-EQ
• API transformers and 2510 and 2520 op-amps yield classic API sound