[1] The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.
[2] He purchased the API studio console for $38,000 and allowed other producers to record at Channel One without charge after it opened to build up custom.
There were early problems with the studio's sound, with Bunny Lee recording an album there with Alton Ellis which he didn't release due to these issues.
[3] According to 2006's Caribbean Popular Music, the studio became widely known after the 1976 release of The Mighty Diamonds' Right Time.
[1] They became less involved after the second oldest brother Paul was killed in 1977, but it remained popular with other producers into the 1980s, with Sly and Robbie and Henry "Junjo" Lawes recording many of their productions there.