Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface

With the Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface you can record, overdub, and mix with the legendary sound quality of the rack-mount Apogee Symphony I/O Mk II in an elegant and inspiring 10×14 audio interface that sits on your desk and fits in your bag.

Apogee Symphony Desktop

Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface

The Apogee Symphony Desktop offers the same high level conversion quality as the Symphony I/O Mk II, but in a more compact, non-rackmount design.

Choose your preferred mic preamp modeler or sculpt your sound using onboard plugins, all easily controlled via the Symphony Desktop’s Touch Screen interface.

With DualPath Monitoring, you can either print your plugin effects directly during recording or monitor them while preserving your original take. Save and recall presets for your favourite plugin chains to streamline your workflow.

The Apogee Alloy Preamp emulation blends analogue circuitry with DSP processing to deliver true-to-life preamp modelling.

Apogee Symphony Desktop

Features

  • Most affordable Symphony series interface ever
  • Cutting edge components and circuit design deliver flagship sound quality
  • Up to 24bit/192kHz digital audio
  • 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
  • Digital I/O: 2 x Optical Toslink (ADAT,S/PDIF)
  • USB 2.0 over USB Type C connector

Apogee Symphony Desktop Audio Interface Reviews

Review by Audio Technology

After a few weeks of use, here’s why I believe the Apogee Symphony Desktop offers incredible value with even broader appeal than the Symphony I/O Mk II…But all things considered, for less than A$2.5k, the Apogee Symphony Desktop is the closest I’ve come to experiencing the ultimate home studio interface.

Review by Production Expert

To conclude, the Apogee Symphony Desktop is a very nice piece of equipment in terms of its features, and above all its sound, delivering clarity and depth to anything you put through it. The digitally controlled, linkable mic amps make stereo work a cinch, with 75dB of clean mic gain and total transparency on tap when it counts. I also love the hardware soft limiters, true straight-to-AD line inputs, and powerful mono-able headphone outputs that are reminiscent of high-end location recorders, making this an indispensable professional tool both in the field as well as in the studio. Living with the Symphony Desktop for the last couple of weeks has been a real pleasure, but more importantly it elevates the quality of anything you put through it.

Review by Sound On Sound

The ability to have plug‑ins automatically switched between native and DSP modes has well‑established benefits for tracking, and Apogee’s small but well thought‑out interface adds comprehensive touchscreen control to the mix.

Review by Tape Op

In summary, the benefit of Symphony-quality preamps and converters isn’t subtle. The unit is sized for easy travel and well designed for use in residence by those who can’t justify the price or channel count of the Apogee’s Symphony I/O Mk II. After all these tests, Symphony Desktop now tops my wish list.

Specifications

  • Preamps:
    • Gain: Up to 75 dB with advanced stepped gain circuit design
    • Selectable 48V phantom power, Soft Limit, and polarity invert
    • Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): 129 dB (un-weighted) @ 60 dB, 150 Ohm input
    • Max input level: +20 dBu
    • Input impedance: 150 – 4K Ohm (default)
    • Max Hi-Z input level: 14 dBu
    • Hi-Z input impedance: 220k/470k/>20M Ohm
  • D/A Conversion:
    • Max output level (+4 dBu ref): +20 dBu
    • Max output level (-10 dBV ref): +6 dBV
    • Line output impedance: 50 Ohm
    • Frequency response (10 Hz – 20 kHz): > +/- 0.05 dB (@44.1 kHz)
    • Relative THD+N: -114 dB
    • Dynamic Range: 129 dB (A-weighted)
  • Headphone Output:
    • Max output level: 520 mW into 30 Ohm / 90 mW into 600 Ohm
    • Relative THD+N: -111 dB with 600 Ohm load
    • Dynamic Range: 128 dB (A-weighted)

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Original price was: $3,057.Current price is: $2,594. Inc GST

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