API Select SV14 | 500 Series Parametric 4-band EQ

In the 1970s and ’80s, the legendary American pro audio company API distributed the 562 equalizer module, which featured circuitry based on their original designs. In the decades since, the 562 has become a rare, sought-after item for those in the know. Today’s API Select SV14 EQ re-creates this coveted design in the convenient 500 Series format. Featuring four overlapping bands spanning 20Hz to 20kHz, the SV14 covers the audible spectrum, giving you flexible and highly musical parametric sound shaping that won’t blow a hole in your budget. Engineered with a transformer-balanced output and dual-concentric knobs that enable continuously variable boost/cut and frequency selection, the SV14 can deliver a massive punch, yet is capable of nuanced surgical precision. Whether you’re involved in music production, broadcasting, or film/video post, the API Select SV14 is a workhorse EQ that deserves a place of honor in your 500 Series rack.

An exciting new direction: API Select
Along with its API Select stablemates, the SV14 heralds an exciting new direction for the storied pro audio firm. Company President Larry Droppa explains: “Over the years, we’ve acquired the technology and experience to engineer and produce audio products that don’t necessarily conform to API’s classic component structure or topography. ... API Select gives us the opportunity to offer gear that’s very high quality, but that’s different from API’s legendary line of classic products.” The API Select series is certainly a momentous development in the pro audio world: a new generation of modern classics that offer enticing sound-shaping possibilities for audio professionals in music recording, broadcast, and post production.

API: an American pro audio legend
Launched in 1968 by Saul Walker, Automated Processes Inc. began building high-quality consoles for broadcast applications. Soon, the company’s products found favor with recording studios, and a string of industry-leading innovations (including the 500 Series module, the first VCA, computerized console automation, and more) followed. API produced the 2520 amplifier, one of the most famous op-amps in the recording industry, and their consoles and products found homes in such iconic studio facilities as the Hit Factory, Record Plant, Ocean Way, Sunset Sound, and many others. In fact, there are over 700 vintage API consoles around the globe — many of which are still in use. Clearly, the company isn’t resting on its laurels; today’s API products give you the same unbeatable combination of utility, innovation, and stellar sound.