{"product_id":"waves-api-550","title":"Waves API 550","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe API 550 introduced visionary EQ curves. Q varies with gain, so boosting adds a more focused musical quality—while reducing gain provides natural, subtle-to-steep tone shaping. Developed in close collaboration with API, the 550A\/B are loving re-creations of these late-60s legends.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpertly selected frequencies lift instruments up, or place them further back—just as easily as they can sweetly shape a mix’s contour. For individual tracks, buses, or full masters, the 550 defines musical transparency.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAhead of the Curve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAPI’s pioneering proportional-Q curve made it a favorite for high-end studios that demanded musicality with transparency, rather than the vintage sound that was the mainstay in the 60s and 70s.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo EQs, One Coherent Goal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 550A and 550B are designed to the same exacting standards and sound quality, but offer different EQ philosophies—the 550A’s more general slant, or the 550B’s surgical, problem-solving approach.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAll That Changes Is the Tone\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAPI’s EQs bring clarity to the zing of a violin string, the snap of a snare, the intimacy of a vocal, or the contour of a mix. These EQs were engineered to bring out the very best of whatever sound you put through them.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHarness API 500’s Symmetrical Boost and Cut\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Proportional-Q, boost and cut are symmetrical—which works wonders for instruments. You can differentiate two layered guitars solely with EQ: a medium boost on one guitar, a medium cut by the same amount on the other. Now the two \"add up\" to the same energy in that part of the spectrum. This is easier to do with API than with any other EQ.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WAVES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48325541363961,"sku":"1358-2767","price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0746\/5766\/1177\/files\/api-550.png?v=1777276876","url":"https:\/\/blackoutaudio.com\/products\/waves-api-550","provider":"Blackout Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}