Apogee Duet 3 Mobile Audio Interface

General

Home to the potent Apogee DSP, the Duet 3 guarantees legendary sound quality and comes wrapped up in a neatly portable housing to complete the perfect partner for MacBook producers. When it first dropped in 2007, the first Apogee Duet managed to exceed the expectations of every self-respecting musician on the planet. The compact design combined with sublime features and completed what would become the holy grail for both roaming and home studios. Now we come to the third edition: wrapped up in a neat low-profile aluminium and glass box that boasts latency-free monitoring and comes loaded with high-grade DSP functions, including a built-in Symphony ECS Channel Strip complete with a bank of presets courtesy of none-other-than the mix-guru Bob Clearmountain.

Apogee: Providers of High-Grade Preamps & AD/DA Converters Since 1985

The Duet 3 supplies four outputs and two inputs, each equipped with a world-class preamp and matching converters. Basically, Apogee have been producing gamechanging preamps and AD/DA converters since 1985, so you're looking at the same level of sound quality as you'd get in Grammy and Oscar winning production studios. Meanwhile, the in-depth DSP functions provide a quick route to the best possible sound, especially when you need to ease the load on your laptop, since it essentially takes over the processing of your computer's CPU. Further DSP features include that sublime Symphony ECS Channel Strip; EQ controls; compression; and saturation, all for directly tailoring the sound for vocals, an acoustic guitar, and - in fact - anything.

In Depth Control via Apogee Control 2 Software

The Apogee Control software has also been updated to offer full, in-depth control over every function that the Duet 3 has to offer, including the Channel Strip effect. The software is also compatible with all existing Apogee gear to support maximum flexibility; comes with full Apogee support; and is fully future proofed thanks to regular operating system updates - assuring producers and musicians of smooth performance in any situation and for years to come. On top of that, Control 2 offers a clear insight into the routing and monitor options of the Duet 3, wrapping up a professional roaming studio setup that hands producers full control over their work.