Transform the LUNA Recording System into API's flagship analog console.
API analog consoles are central to many of the greatest-sounding albums ever made, from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours to Radiohead's In Rainbows. API desks bring character, color, and punch to every track.
The API Vision Console Emulation Bundle turns LUNA into a complete API console. Record in real-time through API preamp and channel modules, then mix with API's renowned analog summing and bus compression. Seamlessly switch between low-latency tracking with Apollo DSP and high-powered native mixing within LUNA.
Transform LUNA into API's flagship Vision Console with the world's first true end‑to‑end console emulation. Track in real time through complete circuit emulations of API's iconic L-Series Unison-enabled preamp, EQs, compressor, gate, and filters. Shape tracks using API channel strips in LUNA without managing multiple plug-in windows. Achieve the "big console" sound with cumulative analog character, rich nonlinearities, and transient clipping. Sum individual channel buses or your entire mix through API's hybrid voltage/current summing circuits. Add glue and tone on buses and the master with the inline API 2500 Bus Compressor.
A Genuine API Console, Right on your Desktop
Built into the fabric of LUNA's mixer, the API Vision Console Emulation is the first of its kind. This complete end-to-end emulation allows you to fill your LUNA sessions with rich API tone, without floating plug-in windows. Quickly "paint" API Vision Console channel strips across your entire mix and sculpt your sources using API's classic L‑Series channel modules.
Everything you Need to Record & Mix
Each channel strip in the API Vision Console Emulation provides access to six of API's iconic L-Series modules. From the punch and presence of the 212L preamp, the colorful 225L compressor, and the musical 235L gate/expander, to the powerful tone shaping of the 550L/560L EQs and sweepable 215L Hi and Lo pass filters, you can sculpt with bold API tone in real time.
Add API Analog Summing for Rich Harmonics
When audio sources flow through an API console, specifically the 2520 op-amps and custom output transformers, natural analog nonlinearities create musical harmonics and transient clipping. The API Vision Console Emulation captures the Vision Console's hybrid voltage/current summing circuit, giving your summed signals punch, depth, and character for a mid-forward, lively mix.
Classic In-Line API Console Compression
The Vision console’s "in-line" version of the API 2500 Bus Compressor adds energy and movement, giving your buses and master fader analog glue and mid-forward attitude. Apply this detailed emulation, including its powerful Thrust control, on drum buses, synths, and more for authentic, unmistakable API punch.
The First of its Kind
From the input stage to bus summing and the master fader, no digital workflow has ever so thoroughly emulated the large-format analog console experience like the API Vision Console Emulation. Now, harness the same inspired workflow used on countless hit records, complete with the cohesion, character, and color of a classic API desk.
Beyond LUNA…
The API Vision Console Emulation Bundle also includes UAD plug‑in versions of the API Preamp, Vision Channel Strip Collection, and API 2500 Bus Compressor, allowing you to track and mix in real time with Apollo and your favorite DAW.
