Product Description

Simply the best sounding interface Apogee has ever made

The culmination of 25 years of Apogee's design excellence and experience
Next generation converter quality
Refined and updated circuitry with fewer, more advanced components:
- Fewer components means a shorter audio path and more recording clarity and transparency
- Lower converter latency
- More efficient power distribution
- Enhanced C777 clocking performance
"Sound Amazing" remixed and remastered
Optional mic preamp module
Front panel control of headphone and output levels, and mic preamp gain (mic preamps optional)

Symphony I/O builds upon the award-winning design approaches of Apogee’s X-Series* and Rosetta Series converters*, the Big Ben master clock and the Trak2 mic preamps. It also refines and updates these proven designs with fewer but more advanced components while optimizing their performance with efficient power distribution. These enhancements allow audio to travel through less circuitry, offering lower converter latency, more accurate clocking and even more transparency and clarity in your recordings.

*As of July 2010, Symphony I/O will replace AD-16X, DA-16X and Rosetta 800

Analog design, the cornerstone of Apogee quality

Apogee's engineers do not merely rely on specs and data sheets when selecting converter components, they listen. Each component is auditioned and carefully selected to best reflect the characteristics of the Apogee sound.

Symphony I/O’s audio path design is elegant and efficient, incorporating the most advanced opamps that offer better performance than multiple parts used in previous designs.

This design improvement minimizes the audio path circuitry and maximizes sound quality. And in the tradition of the X-Series and Rosetta series, the entire audio path is DC coupled, resulting in ultra flat frequency response and extremely low phase error.

AIM for Complete Compatibility

With a simple adjustment using the front panel encoder knobs, AIM transforms Symphony I/O into an interface optimized for the mode that’s been selected.

Modes:

Symphony PCI
Pro Tools HD PCI
USB Audio
StandAlone

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Symphony I/O makes it easy to select an audio mode by a simple front panel adjustment

Symphony I/O’s Audio Interface Modes
(AIM) With a 2 step adjustment using a single front panel encoder knob, AIM transforms Symphony I/O into an interface optimized for the most popular audio workstation environments. This feature allows users of Logic and Pro Tools HD for example, to easily switch back and forth between the two DAWs with the click of a knob and swap of a cable. If USB is your preferred mode, connecting to Core Audio compatible apps like Digital Performer and Cubase is just as easy. And StandAlone mode calibrates Symphony I/O for simple and direct routing ideal for a variety of uses and applications including Pro Tools LE or Pro Tools M-Powered.

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Logic and Pro Tools made easy. Simply switch the connection from Symphony I/O to your installed Symphony 64 card or Pro Tools card and select the desired Audio Interface Mode

Simply Switch Move between Symphony/Logic and Pro Tools HD on one workstation with ease and without compromise
Step up to a world that embraces Logic, Mac Based workstations and Pro Tools HD. Whatever platform you choose to work with the audio quality will Sound Amazing. The Symphony I/O PC-32 connector connects directly to a Symphony 64 card or a Pro Tools HD card. When using a Logic Studio Mac based system, latency is below 1.8ms.

Audio Interface Mode Specifications

Symphony PCI

Connection:

Symphony System
Symphony 64 PCIe card

Symphony Mobile System
Symphony Mobile PCI Express/34 card

NOTE: Symphony I/O is not compatible with Symphony 32 PCIe or PCIx cards. Apogee is offering an upgrade path for Symphony 32 users. Please Ask an Apogee Product Specialist about this offer.