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Apogee BOOM - New Low Cost DSP Powered Audio Interface

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Apogee has announced a new low cost BUT DSP powered audio interface, with a street price of £299 it’s bound to get some attention. We have the details.

This is what Apogee say about BOOM.

“2x2 USB Type-C Audio interface with Built-In Hardware DSP FX

BOOM is made for passionate creators that pursue their creativity without compromise. Whether you're a musician, podcaster, or live streamer, BOOM will inspire you to take your projects to the next level, with legendary studio-quality sound by Apogee.

With BOOM, you can record, monitor, and mix through class-leading mic preamps and pristine digital conversion, fine-tune your input sources using BOOM’s built-in hardware DSP FX, and take your studio anywhere your story takes you. All you have to do is connect directly to your Mac, iPad Pro, or Windows laptop, and let your ideas flow.

Features

  • Best-in-class Apogee conversion and mic preamps

  • Up to 24 bit / 192kHz recording

  • 2x2 USB-C audio interface

  • 1x ¼” Instrument input

  • 1x Combi mic/line/instrument input

  • 2x ¼” Balanced outputs

  • 1/4” Headphone output

  • Low profile design with aluminum body

  • Bus powered

  • On-board hardware DSP for low-latency recording with Apogee FX

  • Symphony ECS Channel Strip - Hardware DSP FX (Native plugin sold separately)

  • macOS, Windows 10 compatible

Included Software

  • Ableton Live Lite free

  • Apogee Soft Limit plugin free

  • Receive an Apogee web store coupon for 50% off any Apogee plugin or plugin bundle

  • Exclusive 60 day plugin trial from Neural DSP

Specifications

MIC PRE

  • EIN: 128dB (un-weighted) @ 62dB, 150 Ohm input

  • Max Input Level: +18dBu

  • Input Impedance: 2.4KOhm HI-Z

  • Max input level: 14dBu

  • Input Impedance: 3.2kOhm (Pad on), 1MOhm (Pad off)

A/D CONVERSION

  • Max input level +4dBu: +18dBu

  • Max input level (-10dBV ref): +6dBV

  • Input impedance: 6.4KOhm

  • Freq resp 20 Hz -20Khz: > +/-0.2dB (@44.1Khz)

  • Rel. THD + N: -100dB

  • Dyn. Range: 122dB (A-weighted)

D/A CONVERSION

  • Max output level (+4dBu ref): +15dBu

  • Line output impedance: 100 Ohm

  • Freq resp 20Hz -20 Khz: > +/- 0.05dB

  • Rel. THD+N : -107dB

  • Dyn Range: 117dB (A-weighted)

HEADPHONE OUT

  • Max output level headphones: 15dBu/24mW@ 30 ohms

  • Headphone output impedance 0.5 Ohm

  • Freq resp 20Hz -20 Khz: > +/- 0.05dB

  • Rel. THD+N : -107dB

  • Dyn Range: 117dB (A-weighted)

PRODUCT SIZE

  • Weight: 2lbs. / 0.95 kg

  • Dimensions: 9.84” x 2.95” x 7.48” / 25cm x 7.5cm x 19cm

Pricing

$299.00