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The best sounding Apogee converters and mic preamps ever

• 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
  • Big Ben built-in with enhanced C777 clocking performance
• Optional mic preamp module
  • 8 Mic Preamps
  • 4 Hi-Z instrument inputs
  • 8 digitally assignable inserts
  • 85 dB of gain
  • Selectable 48v phantom power, Soft Limit and phase invert
• Front panel control of headphone and output levels, and mic preamp gain (mic preamps optional)

Symphony I/O, the highest end

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

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.

8 mic preamp module

The 8-Channel Mic Preamp Module turns Symphony I/O into an all-in-one interface that lets you make incredible recordings anywhere. With 8 world-class microphone preamps and 8 channels of premium AD/DA conversion you have the most portable, professional recording rig ever.

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8-Channel Mic Preamp Module Highlights

• Upgrades functionality of existing Symphony I/O line inputs
• 8 Mic Preamps
• 4 Hi-Z instrument inputs
• 8 software assignable inserts
• 85 dB of gain
• Best cost per channel value of any high-end audio interface available
• Ultra low noise
• Completely controllable via Maestro software
• Selectable 48v phantom power, Soft Limit and phase invert

Mic preamp module videos

Recording Jazz with Symphony I/O
and the new Mic Pre Module

Joe Barresi records guitars with

the new Mic Pre Module