Apogee Duet sets the industry standard for portable professional audio recording. Made for the musician, producer and engineer that wants the ultimate sound quality and elegant simplicity, Duet features legendary Apogee AD/DA conversion, 2 world-class microphone preamps, USB MIDI I/O and ESS Sabre32 DAC technology. With Duet’s 2 combo inputs you can connect microphones, guitars, keyboards or line level devices such as external mic preamps or a mixing board. Duet also includes 4 analog outputs – 2 1/4” balanced outputs for connection to speakers or outboard equipment and a separate, independently controlled 1/4” stereo headphone output.
Product Features
- AD/DA conversion for recording up to 192kHz / 24-bit.
- USB 2.0 High Speed connection to Mac or Windows PC
- Direct digital connection to iPad and iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Lightning and 30-pin cable sold separately).
- Software control of hardware parameters including input selection and low latency monitoring.
Revealing experience guaranteed This interface has an unbelievably great sound. Iâm a long time user of competitor brandâs interface, and recently wanted a different sound. So I searched for something that was purely dedicated to provide great conversion. Duet was named again and again on one of the audio user groups. It was slightly over my budget but I bought it anyway.The first time I plugged in, the sound was so different than my previous interface.The stereo image was so wide and clean that it helped me clearly visualize the stage when listening to music carefully.As a drummer, I pay close attention to drum parts. After I started using Duet, I was literally able to hear more drum parts coming from the sides on the songs from some my favorite records. It was such a revealing experience for me.iOS integration is genius! I sometimes hook up my iPad to Duet, then send audio to my Focal speakers while watching Netflix, playing music thru streaming services, or listening my…
Stopped working almost a year to the day…. Music gear is tough these day. I love this thing but it totally stopped working after 11.5 months. It starts up and then shuts off. Too bad. But $600+ for 11 month is unacceptable
So far so good. I’m replacing a Fast Track Ultra which was … So far so good. I’m replacing a Fast Track Ultra which was impaired by the Mac El Capitan upgrade and seems to be a legacy product for its current owners. 90% of the time, this is an audio interface for some Fostex monitor speakers I bought. The other 10% of the time is to act as a recording interface. Easy to set up. Output sound is just awesome. Looking forward to some heavy recording sessions using my iPad. Very cool!