Apogee Symphony Desktop USB-C Audio Interface

Apogee Symphony Desktop

Put the Sound of a Symphony on Your Desk

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. 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.

By combining superior performance, with new features like mic preamp emulation, the Symphony ECS Channel Strip and Clearmountain’s Spaces reverb plugins, ultra low latency recording with hardware DSP and Apogee native FX plugins, Symphony Desktop will amplify your creativity in your studio or on the go and give your recordings the Apogee sound quality Advantage.

Faithfully Capture Every Nuance

A/D CONVERSION – Like Symphony I/O Mk II, Symphony Desktop’s analog-to-digital converter stage features ultra-low distortion, high-slew rate, fully differential analog op-amps plus a cutting edge A/D converter in a performance-enhancing dual-sum configuration. Create with the confidence that every nuance of your analog input is faithfully reproduced in the digital domain.

A Widescreen Window Into Your Mix

D/A CONVERSION – The digital-to-analog stage of Symphony Desktop features brand new technology that provides 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 delivers a transparent, widescreen window into the sonic landscape of your mix.

Superior Performance + Vintage Emulations

PREAMPS – At the core of the input stage, are Symphony Desktop’s mic preamps offering up to 75dB of gain. The preamp design features Apogee’s unique Advanced Stepped Gain Architecture which ensures ultra-low noise and distortion regardless of the 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 match your specific devices, for deep lows and clear highs. Selectable Apogee Alloy preamp emulations add character, attitude and maybe a bit of grit to your recordings.

Two High Powered Headphone Outputs

Symphony Desktop has two completely independent ultra low impedance headphone outputs, individually routable, both equipped with dual-sum ESS DACs. Output power range is tailored to the expected type of headphones: the front panel output can drive virtually any headphones, while the rear panel output is specifically tailored for high-efficiency headphones.

Specifications:

• 10 In x 14 Out desktop audio interface with high-quality converters and circuit designs from the Symphony series
• 2 Microphone preamps with up to 75 dB of gain and variable impedance
• DSP processing for preamp emulations (British Solid State & 50s American Tube) and Symphony ECS Channel Strip (EQ, compression, saturation)
• 24-Bit/192 kHz
• Dynamic touch screen display
• MIDI via USB
• 2 Mic/Line inputs (XLR / TRS combo connector)
• DI Instrument input with FET input stage (6.3 mm TS jack)
• 2 Monitor outputs (6.3 mm TRS jack)
• 2 Assignable stereo headphone outputs (3.5 mm & 6.3 mm TRS jacks )
• Optical input/output (ADAT & S/PDIF)
• USB-A host port and USB-C port
• System requirements: from macOS 10.12, from Windows 10 Anniversary, from iOS 13 (iPad Pro)
• Includes Symphony ESC Channel (native), Symphony Reverb (native), power supply (12 V DC), and 2 USB cables