{"id":4796,"date":"2024-01-24T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2024-01-25T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:13:53","slug":"api-introduces-the-tcs-ii-channel-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/api-introduces-the-tcs-ii-channel-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"API Introduces The TCS-II Channel Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4797\" src=\"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-300x28.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-1024x94.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-768x71.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-1536x141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-696x64.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-1392x128.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1-1068x98.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since its debut 14 years ago, The Channel Strip from API has proven itself to be a sonically superior and &#8220;must-have&#8221; addition for recording engineers around the world. The Original TCS was designed and built to give the user the best of API and as such featured a 512c Preamp, 527 Compressor, 550A EQ and a 325 line driver, all packed into a single rack unit.<\/p>\n<p>With thousands of The Channel Strip in service, API announces the release of an updated version of the original unit, now called the TCS-II. Carefully retaining its hallmark circuit structure and unmistakable API sound, the new TCS-II Channel Strip offers the same outstanding performance but with a few notable upgrades:<\/p>\n<p>Update of the Compressor Section from the 527 to the newer 527A.<br \/>\nUpdate of the 512c Input Selection controls and the addition of peak LED metering.<br \/>\nOutput level control knob now has a distinguishable pointer for reference.<br \/>\n&#8220;The improvements were largely made to bring the TCS-II Channel Strip into conformity with the rest of our product line,&#8221; commented API&#8217;s Account Manager Mark Seman. &#8220;These updates really help round out the TCS-II and I&#8217;m convinced will only add to its continued success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Units are now shipping, and a full list of features and specifications can be found on the TCS-II Channel Strip product page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its debut 14 years ago, The Channel Strip from API has proven itself to be a sonically superior and &#8220;must-have&#8221; addition for recording engineers around the world. The Original TCS was designed and built to give the user the best of API and as such featured a 512c Preamp, 527 Compressor, 550A EQ and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[1059],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-news","tag-namm-2024"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/press_l_8570_1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4798,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions\/4798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}