Apogee symphony desktop audio Interface
Apogee Symphony Desktop for Mac, iPad pro and Windows packs the legendary sound quality of Apogee’s rack-mount Symphony I/O Mk II into an elegant and inspiring 10×14 audio interface that sits on your desk and fits in your bag. The apogee Symphony Desktop allows musicians and producers to record, overdub and mix with the most respected AD/DA converters and mic preamps in the music industry.
Combining superior performance, with new features such as mic preamp emulation, the Symphony ECS Channel Strip plugin, and ultra-low latency recording with hardware DSP and Apogee native FX plugins, Symphony Desktop will unleash your creativity in your studio or on the go. amplify and give your recordings the advantage of Apogee sound quality.
As a Symphony family product, the apogee Symphony Desktop capitalizes on Apogee’s core mission to design the highest performing audio interfaces using advanced analog and digital components, carefully selected by ear. While others cut costs and rely on conventional design approaches, we use innovative components and circuit optimization to consistently improve the performance of our products.
A / D CONVERSION – Capture every nuance faithfully
Like Symphony I / O Mk II, the analog-to-digital converter stage of the apogee Symphony Desktop features ultra-low distortion, a high slew rate, fully differential analog op-amplifiers plus an advanced A / D converter in a performance-enhancing dual-sum configuration. Create with confidence that every nuance of your analog input will be faithfully reproduced in the digital domain.
D/A CONVERSION – A widescreen window into your mix
The digital-to-analog stage of the apogee Symphony Desktop features brand new technology that offers uncompromising Symphony DAC performance in a portable product, including a robust ultra-low distortion, high-current, fully balanced output driver. Regardless of downstream connections, Symphony Desktop provides a transparent, widescreen window into the soundscape of your mix.
MIC PREAMPS – Superior performance + alloy preamplifier emulations
The core of the input stage are the apogee Symphony Desktop’s microphone preamplifiers with gains of up to 75 dB. The preamp design features Apogee’s unique Advanced Stepped Gain Architecture that delivers ultra-low noise and distortion regardless of source, from pounding kick drum to delicate fingerpicking on an acoustic guitar. With variable impedance settings on both mic and instrument inputs, Symphony Desktop optimizes the input stage to better suit your specific devices, for deep lows and clear highs. Selectable Apogee Alloy mic preamp emulations add character, attitude and maybe a bit of grit to your recordings.
TWO MAIN PHONE OUTPUTS – Equipped with Dual Sum ESS DACs
Apogee Symphony Desktop features two fully independent ultra-low impedance headphone outputs, separately routable, both equipped with dual-sum ESS DACs. The output power range is tailored to the expected type of headphones: the front-panel output can drive virtually any pair of headphones, while the rear-panel output is specifically tuned for high-efficiency headphones.
Most Affordable Apogee Symphony Series Interface Ever Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface
- Advanced components and circuit design deliver detailed and pristine flagship sound quality
- 2 Advanced Stepped Gain mic preamps, up to 75dB gain, variable impedance
- FET instrument input with electric tube amp features
- Apogee Alloy Mic Preamp Emulation (Analog Processing + DSP Modelling) Includes British Solid State & 50s American Tube
- Built-in hardware DSP processing from Apogee FX Rack plugins
- Includes Symphony ECS Channel Strip tuned by Bob Clearmountain – native and hardware DSP versions with EQ, compression and saturation
- Flexible, zero latency plug-in workflows: print, monitor and DualPath Link workflows
- Dynamic touchscreen for comprehensive hardware control
- 2 fully balanced 1/4 ″ outputs
- 2 assignable headphone outputs: 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8″
- 10 IN x 14 OUT simultaneous audio channels
- MIDI over USB
- Digital I/O: 2 x Optical Toslink (ADAT, S/PDIF)
- USB 2.0 via USB Type C connector
- Works with: macOS, Windows, iPad Pro
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