Apogee Duet

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:10 pm

Oh cool, a new one from Apogee, pretty cool:

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/d ... tion=specs

Too bad it doesn't work with their Symphony Expresscard!

Same converters as the ensemble though... groovy.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:24 pm

i love it!

imma buy one.

right know i'm stuck shlepping my motu 828 to shows. I know i could have gotten something a lot smaller but i've been putting it off.

.lm.

nagal · Post by **nagal** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:50 pm

looks very cool but Mac only

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:46 am

nagal wrote:looks very cool but Mac only

nagal · Post by **nagal** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:47 am

leisuremuffin wrote:
nagal wrote:looks very cool but Mac only

LOL!

Dont make me re-install OSX on my PC

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:22 am

my ultralite is working perfectly fine, but that duet looks tempting... very very tempting.

cube · Post by **cube** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:34 pm

I am going to buy it soon! I think it sounds fantastic!

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:22 pm

I was trying to decide between this and the TC Electronic Konnekt Live. I went with the Konnekt because it has:

1. separate cuemix output (duet only has 1 stereo output so you must use your laptop's built-in audio for your cuemix. Boo!)

2. three nice internal DSP powered plugins

3. more I/O but still small portable size

4. phono input jack (no mixer or phono preamp needed for turntable)

5. no breakout cable

6. gripped surface to rest laptop on top of

7. midi

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:31 pm

Is sound quality the main selling point here? How about Latency? It's a little pricey for little features.

cube · Post by **cube** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:42 pm

No soundquality is not the only selling point!

Apogee is known for having very low latency 2ms and up depending on your system.

It is compatible with Mac OS X Core Audio so no drivers needed, just works right off.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:51 pm

cube wrote:No soundquality is not the only selling point!

Apogee is known for having very low latency 2ms and up depending on your system.

It is compatible with Mac OS X Core Audio so no drivers needed, just works right off.

Cool cause I was very much considering this. I'm still a little confused though on sound quality when you are only using internal instruments. Does it make the sound more "true"?

Rahlo · Post by **Rahlo** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:44 pm

I picked one up today. Will test it tonight, and post later on what I find!

It's a sweet, solidly built little unit!!

cube · Post by **cube** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:51 pm

beats me!

Everybody who has tested an Apogee soundcard is more than happy, take a look at the http://www.apogeedigital.com/ what the users say about it and other soundcards from Apogee.

I think Apogee has the best soundcards (soundquality,Latency and stability) available and Metric Halo Mobile is very good also.

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:45 pm

I would be very interested in any latency figures (sample rate, buffer size, latency in ms) you guys have available from the Duet. I'm considering purchasing one but may wait for the RME Expresscard, latency is a big factor for me. Thanks!

cabletone · Post by **cabletone** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:32 pm

OvertoneZero wrote:I would be very interested in any latency figures (sample rate, buffer size, latency in ms) you guys have available from the Duet. I'm considering purchasing one but may wait for the RME Expresscard, latency is a big factor for me. Thanks!

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