Apogee Ensemble

[musikman316]

Same standard features as most Firewire units. Four Mic Pres, 8 channels AD/DA, 8 channels of ADAT I/O, SPDIF, Wordclock etc. But the cool thing, at least for me, is the ability to contol the unit's mic pre gain and routing from Logic. So far Logic is the only DAW supported for this feature, and it says it was designed for Macintosh and I don't see any mention of Windows on their site yet. So we'll see, but for people like me who use Logic... and would like to have the functional all in one type of box like a MOTU but with Apogee converters this seems like it could be a pretty good deal.

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ensemble.php

Josh

edit: also forgot to mention, balanced inserts on Mic Pres 1 & 2 and Mic Pres 3 & 4 have hi-z inputs.

[hammertime]

Apogee stuff is overpriced, and about a year and a half from being obsolete.

Same standard features as most Firewire units. Four Mic Pres, 8 channels AD/DA, 8 channels of ADAT I/O, SPDIF, Wordclock etc. But the cool thing, at least for me, is the ability to contol the unit's mic pre gain and routing from Logic. So far Logic is the only DAW supported for this feature, and it says it was designed for Macintosh and I don't see any mention of Windows on their site yet. So we'll see, but for people like me who use Logic... and would like to have the functional all in one type of box like a MOTU but with Apogee converters this seems like it could be a pretty good deal.

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ensemble.php

Josh

edit: also forgot to mention, balanced inserts on Mic Pres 1 & 2 and Mic Pres 3 & 4 have hi-z inputs.

[Red Rockets Glare]

Apogee stuff is overpriced, and about a year and a half from being obsolete.

tell that to my MiniMe, it rocks. Two channels of sweet pres, with compression, converters and a rock solid clock.

[musikman316]

Price is subjective... if you don't think it's worth it then it isn't, I've never had a problem with what they charge... and as far as being obsolete, tell me a digital piece of equipment (in recording or ANY industry) that isn't a year and a half from being obsolete? ... uh ... nothing you can think of ... okay thanks.

Also, if you check out Apogee's site, they have the new Symphony cards. 96 channels of I/O. I don't know too many companies that are moving that many tracks in and out of a computer (and again, Mac only)...

Josh

[bowling-name]

75db of gain too! I was set on upgrading my old 828 to the RME fireface, but now...