Long before the film and television world battled the harsh and brittle new world of digital cinematography capture, the audio world fought and won this same battle. Back then nerdy audio-enthusiasts came up with ways of making the important conversion from analog to digital as natural as possible. One of the protagonists in this transition was Apogee and now they just have released the third iteration of their popular digital audio interface, called Apogee Duet 3. US-manufacturer Apogee have gone from making low-pass filters for $130,000 multi-track tape machines to more affordable audio interfaces to get your inputs into computers with the care that has been their watchword since 1985. Their latest release is the Apogee Duet 3, the third iteration of their popular yet quite affordable digital audio interface for both amateur and professional users. It offers 2 inputs and 4 outputs via USB-C interface to the host computer. Apogee Duet 3 digital audio interface. Image credit: Apogee Apogee Duet 3 In 2007, they launched their first portable interface called Duet to highlight the fact that music recording could no longer be done exclusively in large recording studios, but in the comfort of your own home as well. The Duet was an audio interface for Mac, Logic Pro, and GarageBand with a minimum of I/O but arguably the state of the art back then. If the inputs and outputs were sparse so was the design; a large rotary knob floated on top of a slab of aluminum with a...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 28 June, 2021