API President Larry Droppa (left) presents a JDK R20 dual mic pre to John Jaszcz, who accepted it on behalf of his daughter, lucky winner Jackie Peterson.

Oysters three ways, served at API sponsored hole #16.

A Swing and a Hit at NERF Tournament 2011!

API has returned from the 14th Annual Audio Masters benefit golf tournament held May 26th and 27th and we had a fantastic time! The tournament, held by AES's Nashville Engineer Relief Fund (NERF), takes place each year to raise funds for local engineers experiencing medical and other hardships. In our fourth appearance at the golf outing, we again sponsored hole #16 and provided passing golfers with an Eastern Shore/Mid-Atlantic specialty — Oysters... three ways! API's Director of Sales Dan Zimbelman, Salesman Mark Seman and President Larry Droppa served oysters on the half shell, oyster shooters and oyster po' boys made with fresh Leidenheimer bread from New Orleans.

The golf outing also gave players a chance to win some API gear. Thursday night's lucky raffle winner of a JDK R20 dual mic preamp was Jackie Peterson, daughter of award-winning engineer, producer and mixer John Jaszcz (pronounced "Yosh"), who accepted the module on Jackie's behalf. We hope she lets him use it occasionally!

Our second-day winner was Thomas Johnson, engineer and Imagine Audio Video employee. Thomas walked away with an API lunchbox® loaded with a 512c mic preamp and a 527 compressor.

Congrats to both our winners and thanks to everyone in NERF for making the 2011 golf tournament a time to remember. We hope to see you all again in 2012!

New round of R22 compressors nearing completion

JDK customers, the wait is almost over — the newest group of R22s is nearing completion! As a response to the dual-channel compressor's growing popularity, JDK sent a new round of the dual channel compressors to production this spring in order to meet the heightened industry demand. As always, we'd like to extend our thanks to JDK diligent dealers, both nationally and abroad, for bringing the R22 as well as the rest of the JDK line up (the R20 mic pre, the R24 EQ and the V14 EQ) to the front line of the audio industry.

JDK to appear at GearFest 2011

With summer quickly approaching, JDK is eager to get the season's trade shows started! We're particularly looking forward to attending this year's Sweetwater GearFest in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which runs from June 24th through the 25th. We'll be there both days exhibiting the full JDK catalog: the R20 mic pre, the R24 EQ, the V14 EQ and the R22 compressor. GearFest 2011's line-up also includes guest appearances by Alan Parsons of the Alan Parsons Project as well as producer, composer and musician, BT. Admittance to this show is FREE so we really hope to see you at our booth!

JDK attending Palm India 2011

Like API, JDK has been hard at work getting our modules to all of our customers in India these past few months. In fact, not only have we been putting together the new rounds of JDK gear, but we've also been planning our very first appearance at an Indian trade show. JDK has reserved a booth at Palm India 2011 where we will be exhibiting all JDK EQs, compressors and mic pres. Mumbai's Palm India 2011 will be held June 2nd through the 4th, which means you still have time to reserve your passes! Remember to stop by booth number C49-50 and say "hey" to all of us at JDK!

Recording Magazine reviews R20, R22 and R24

Be on the lookout for the April issue of Recording Magazine for a new review of the JDK R20, R22, and R24. All three pieces were independently reviewed by Paul Vnuk Jr. In case you're not a subscriber to Recording Magazine, you can view the entire article on its website.

Here are some of the highlights:

The R20 2-Channel Mic Preamp: "Bottom line: this is a 'what you put in is what you get out'-style preamp, and mojo junkies will need to look elsewhere. But with this sound the R20 works well on most everything; it sounded especially nice on vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion and room mic duties."
The R24 2-Channel Equalizer: "...this is a great eq for extreme tweaks of 9 dB and more — it does go beyond 11... You can take the edge off or fatten up vocals with ease, add some smoothing to cymbals, and even boost the testosterone levels of your guitar and bass tracks."
The R22 2-Channel Compressor: "Here we have a bus comp for more subtle kinds of music like folk, or jazz or even for rock mixes where you don't want it so apparent. On the drum bus it's great for giving a nice tight coherence to the mix and engaging THRUST® still lets the low-end pulse through."

DSPdoctor welcomed as JDK dealer

JDK has just named DSPdoctor as its newest product dealer. The Massachusetts-based company carries a wide-selection of professional recording gear, but only a few select brands of analog equipment. We are thrilled to be part of that selection, and we're looking forward to our growing relationship with our new dealer. For more information about DSPdoctor or to place your order for new JDK gear visit DSPdoctor's website at http://dspdoctor.com.

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