Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface

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Product Code: 2670
$1,495.00
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The Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface features flagship sound quality, mic preamp emulation, Apogee hardware DSP with premium plugins, and an immersive touch screen interface.

Apogee’s all-new Alloy Mic Preamp emulation processing gives you the warmth and tone of coveted British Solid State and American Tube analog preamps. The Apogee Alloy Mic Preamp (AMP) emulation offers analog circuitry plus DSP processing to create the richest, most authentic audio modeling available in an audio interface. Critical aspects of each preamp model such as input impedance, transient profile and distortion characteristics are first implemented in the analog domain, followed by precise and accurate refinement in DSP, for a hybrid result that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Hardware DSP and New Plugin FX With Symphony ECS Channel Strip
Included with Symphony Desktop is the New Symphony ECS Channel Strip - Tuned by Bob Clearmountain. Symphony ECS includes EQ, Compression and Saturation controls that let you create the optimal blend of channel FX for tracking vocals or acoustic instruments.

Symphony Desktop FX Complete
For just $100 more, Symphony Desktop FX Complete includes DualPath and native versions of Apogee's EQP-1A, Pultec MEQ-5, ModEQ 6, ModComp and Opto-3A plugins.

Flagship Symphony Sound Quality With Low Cost Portability
Symphony Desktop for Mac and Windows packs the legendary audio quality of Apogee’s rack-mount Symphony I/O Mk II into an elegant, portable 10 IN x 14 OUT desktop interface. With Symphony Desktop, musicians and producers are empowered to record, overdub and mix with the music industry’s most respected AD/DA converters and mic preamps. Like every product in the Symphony line, Symphony Desktop benefits from Apogee’s core mission to design the finest performing audio interfaces using cutting edge circuit optimization and analog and digital components to consistently improve the performance of our products.

Symphony Desktop Goes With Your Recording Flow
With Symphony Desktop and Apogee FX, there’s no need to adapt your creative workflow to the restrictions of your audio interface and plugins, you choose the way you want to work. Print and Dual Path link modes utilize Symphony Desktop’s hardware DSP processing to provide zero-latency monitoring when tracking. Dual Path Link mode adds unique flexibility to adjust FX applied to the track later in the mix, eliminating the need to commit to printing FX when recording. Thanks to unique hardware-software integration in Logic Pro X, users can take further advantage of Apogee’s FX Rack and DualPath Monitoring workflows with the Logic Pro X Direct Button and Audio Device Control view, all adjustable from a single window in Logic.

Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface Features

  • 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 modeling)
    • 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 colored 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

Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface System Requirements

  • macOS 10.12 or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher
  • PC: Windows 10 Anniversary update or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher

Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface Includes

  • Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface
  • USB-C to USB-C Cable
  • Setup Guide
  • Manufacturer Warranty

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  • 5
    Crystal-clear recordings!
    Joe Z

    The Symphony Desktop replaced by Apogee Duet which was still going strong after 10 years of steady use. This takes the Duet to another level by making it less of portable unit and making it more of a fixture in your studio. 2 Headphone jacks, a touch screen, preamp, compressor and EQ plugins (if you want to use them), and those great clear Apogee converters. Apogee will always get by business.

What We Think

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The Apogee Symphony Desktop blew me away! Because this is a USB C interface, I spent a few weeks with it while trying to get a thunderbolt card to work with my new Windows computer. And when I finally got that issue resolved, I was sad to let the Symphony Desktop go. The converter quality is top notch! Apogee packed in their flagship converters from the Symphony I/O MKII line into this small-form desktop interface. I’ve always heard great things about the Apogee converters so the first thing I did was open a session in Studio One and play some of my reference masters. Everything sounded so open and detailed! I literally fell in love. And the workflow for tracking with the included Apogee plugins is awesome. With the built in DSP, you can track with Apogee’s bundled plugins in real time with no audible latency. One of my favorite features is that unlike some of Apogee’s competitors, their plugins also work natively! Meaning you don’t need to have the interface connected for their plugins to work. And between Apogee’s “dual path” workflow and the beautiful plugin display on the interface, you never have to leave your DAW! You can control plugins, adjust gain, routing and more all with a touch screen and encoder on the Symphony Desktop. It’s so fun to use! I only wish Apogee included another pair of analog outputs so I could use some of my outboard gear without having to utilize the ADAT I/O for that. If you’re in the market for a new interface with AWESOME converter quality, great sounding mic preamps, in a smaller desktop form, look no further! I bet you’ll fall in love too.

Wes DeLoach, Pro Audio Sales

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