Apogee Symphony Desktop + FX Complete Bundle

10×14 I/O USB Audio Interface

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 10×10 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

DualPath Link FX Monitoring*

Monitor and control input features and plugin settings directly from your DAW

The most powerful and streamlined Symphony Desktop workflow option is Monitor FX with DualPath Link™. Simply open the Apogee Channel FX plugin on the track you’re recording to and link to the corresponding Symphony Desktop input to control all settings directly from your DAW, no other software required. DualPath Link technology sends your audio through the plugin on the hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop while you are recording and seamlessly switches to run the plugin in the DAW on your computer when you are playing your track back. The result is the most flexible, efficient and inspiring plugin recording workflow available.

Print FX*

Monitor with Zero Latency and Print with Plugins while you Record

With Print FX active you can record Apogee FX Plugins directly from the hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop to the corresponding channel in your DAW with zero latency while tracking.

Monitor FX*

Monitor with Zero Latency While you Record
and Print Plugins Later

With Monitor FX active, you have ultimate flexibility with Apogee FX plugins. You can monitor with zero latency and dial in an inspiring sound when you are tracking without printing FX

Touch Screen Control

Access every critical setting from the intuitive and immersive touch screen

Symphony Desktop’s Touch Screen Control application gives you complete access to all essential hardware and software features. From mic pre gain to mixer, to monitor output volume and plugins you can dial it in without touching your mouse. Touch Screen Control also gives Symphony Desktop more independence and stability across all platforms – macOS, iPad OS and Windows 10.

Desktop Control Software*

The complete control console for dialing it in from your computer

Desktop Control is the comprehensive console application for all Symphony Desktop hardware and software functions. From preamp selection to input and output routing to workflow setup, monitor control and more, Desktop Control provides a flexible and intuitive interface for setting up you sessions and staying in your creative groove.

Features

• Most affordable Symphony series interface ever
• Cutting edge components and circuit design deliver flagship sound quality
• 2 Advanced Stepped Gain mic preamps
• FET instrument input with electric guitar tube amp characteristics
• Apogee Alloy Mic Preamp emulation (Analog processing + DSP modeling)
• Built-in hardware DSP processing of Apogee FX plugins
• Flexible, zero latency plugin workflows: Print, Monitor and DualPath Link workflows
• Dynamic touch screen display for comprehensive hardware control
• 2 fully balanced 1/4″ outputs
• 2 assignable headphone outputs: 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8”
• 10 IN x 14 OUT simultaneous channels of audio
• MIDI over USB
• Digital I/O: 2 x Optical Toslink (ADAT,S/PDIF)
• USB 2.0 over USB Type C connector

Compatibility

• macOS: 10.13 High Sierra or later
• iOS/iPad pro: iOS 13
• PC: Windows 10 Anniversary update or later

Included Plugins and Preamp Emulations

• Clearmountain’s Spaces – macOS, Windows 10 – Native only
• Symphony ECS Channel Strip – macOS, Windows 10 – Native and Hardware DSP
• AP-66 – British Solid State
• AP=57 – 50s American Tube
• Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec MEQ-5
• Opto 3-A
• Mod EQ-6
• Mod Comp

Specifications

A/D Conversion

• Max input level (+4dBu ref/Mic): +20dBu
• Max input level (-10dBV ref): +6dBV
• Input impedance: 4KOhm
• Freq resp 10 Hz -20Khz: > +/-0.2dB (@44.1Khz)
• Rel. THD + N: -113dB
• Dyn. Range: 123dB (A-weighted)

D/A Conversion

• Max output level (+4dBu ref): +20dBu
• Max output level (-10dBV ref): +6dBV
• Line output impedance: 50 Ohm
• Freq resp 10Hz -20 Khz: > +/- 0.05dB (@44.1Khz)
• Rel. THD+N : -114dB
• Dyn Range: 129dB (A-weighted)
• Headphone Max output level:— 520mW into 30 Ohm — 90mW into 600 Ohm
• Headphone Rel THD+N: -111 dB with 600 Ohm load
• Headphone Dyn Range: 128dB (A-weighted)

Preamps

• Gain: Up to 75 dB and advanced stepped gain circuit design
• Selectable 48v phantom power, Soft Limit and polarity invert
• EIN: 129dB (un-weighted) @ 60dB, 150 Ohm input
• Max input level: +20dBu
• Input impedance: 150 – 4K Ohm (default)
• Max Hi-Z input level: 14dBu
• Hi-Z input impedance: 220k/470k/>20M Ohm