Apogee is announcing a number of new products at NAMM 2020 including the Symphony Desktop 10x14 Audio Interface, Symphony I/O Mk II Connect Series, Apogee Network Control Software for Symphony I/O Mk II Dante, Rent-To-Own Apogee FX Plugins as well as Apogee FX Rack Dual-Path V1.0 for Element Series and Ensemble Thunderbolt software now being available. We have the details…
Symphony Desktop 10x14 Audio Interface
The Symphony Desktop has been designed to blend the sound quality of Symphony I/O Mk II with the simplicity, elegance and portability of Apogee’s Duet and Quartet Interfaces. The result is a desktop studio audio interface for macOS and Windows at the lowest price ever for an Apogee Symphony product.
The Symphony Desktop features flagship AD/DA converters and mic preamps, a dynamic touch-screen with a single control knob, plugins that run on hardware DSP and natively in your DAW, along with selectable mic preamp emulation. Feature include…
Flagship Symphony Sound Quality
10 IN x 14 OUT simultaneous channels of audio
Cutting edge components and circuit design deliver detailed and pristine sound quality
A/D & D/A Resolution up to 24bit/192kHz
2 Advanced Stepped Gain mic preamps, up to 75dB of gain, variable impedance
Apogee Alloy Mic Preamp emulation (Analog processing + DSP modelling)
Built-in hardware DSP processing of Apogee FX Rack plugins
Includes British Solid State mic preamp emulation
Includes 50s American Tube mic preamp emulation
Includes Symphony ECS Channel Strip - Native and hardware DSP versions with EQ, Compression and Saturation
Includes Symphony Reverb - Native version
Flexible, zero-latency plugin workflows: Print, Monitor and DualPath Link
1 Instrument input with variable impedance and coloured FET input stage for electric guitar
Analog Inputs: 2 x XLR-1/4" combi (mic/line), 1 x 1/4" (Hi-Z)
Analog Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (monitor)
2 assignable headphone outputs: 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8”
Digital I/O: 2 x Optical Toslink (ADAT, S/PDIF)
Computer Connectivity: USB over type C Connector
Dynamic touch screen display for comprehensive hardware control
Software control: Symphony Desktop Control application
MIDI over USB
Compatible with iPad Pro, iOS 13
macOS 10.12 or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher
PC: Windows 10 Anniversary update or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher
Price And Availability
Pricing:
$1299 - Symphony Desktop
$1399 - Symphony Desktop FX Complete (includes Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec MEQ-5, ModEQ 6, ModComp and Opto-3A plugins, a $499 value)
Availability: Q1 2020
Symphony I/O Mk II Connect Series
The Symphony I/O Mk II 8×8 MP and Symphony I/O Mk II 16 MP Connect series audio interfaces have been designed to deliver Symphony-quality sound with robust, high-performance AD/DA converters and Apogee’s Advanced Step Gain Architecture™ mic preamps.
Using newer components and simplified analog circuit design, Apogee engineers have been able to squeeze more AD/DA converters and mic preamps on a single module board.
The result is a single Symphony I/O Mk II with up 32 mic preamps at an unprecedented price for Symphony quality. These interfaces also have I/O configurations for Dante, Pro Tools HD and Thunderbolt systems.
Price And Availability
Base Model Price: $5790 for 8Ă—8 Analog I/O + 8 Mic Pre + AES/Optical I/O
Availability: Q1 2020
Apogee Network Control Software for Symphony I/O Mk II Dante
To support the Dante features in the Symphony I/O Mk II Dante, Apogee has created their Network Control Software. The software has been designed to give you remote software access to all the Symphony I/O Mk II settings.
From your computer, you can calibrate every channel, set output monitor levels, select analog level type, adjust mic-preamp gain and more. Drag and drop setup and colour-coding enables you to be able to create custom views allowing you to see up to 6 devices in a single window.
Apogee Network Control works on macOS and Windows 10 computers and is compatible with the Apogee Control hardware remote and will be available as a free software download on the Apogee website.
Price And Availability
Price: Free Download
Availability: Q1 2020
Rent-To-Own Apogee FX Plugins
Apogee’s Rent-To-Own purchase program is now available for all FX Plugins on the Apogee Webstore worldwide. This includes Clearmountain’s Domain, Pultec EQP-1A and MEQ-5 (the only officially licensed Pultec Plugins) Opto-3A Compressor and ModEQ and ModComp. You can own all Apogee plugins for a single monthly fee. Apogee’s Rent-To-Own pricing matches the sale price of the plugin, so there is no extra cost. You can also pause monthly payments at any time and restart them later without losing any of the credit you’ve already paid towards ownership.
Price And Availability
Price: Starts at $6.99 / Month. Plans vary but are based on per plugin value.
Availability: Now Available
Apogee FX Rack Dual Path V1.0 for Element Series and Ensemble Thunderbolt Now Available
The public release or the Apogee FX Rack DualPath V1.0 is now available to Apogee customers worldwide and features support for macOS Catalina.
Apogee FX Rack 1.0 with DualPath recording is available as an update of Apogee Control software 3.0 for Ensemble and Element Series interfaces.
With DualPath Monitoring DSP-Native technology, Apogee FX Rack plugins can run both on the hardware DSP in Ensemble Thunderbolt and Element Series interfaces and as native plugins on your Mac.
Now Available as a Free Download