Apogee Electronics Symphony Desktop-EDU 10×14 USB-C Audio Interface, Educational Pricing

The Symphony Desktop, compatible with Mac, iPad Pro, and Windows, encapsulates the esteemed audio quality of Apogee’s rack-mount Symphony I/O Mk II into a sophisticated and compact 10x10 audio interface. This device, designed for both desktop use and portability, equips musicians and producers with the industry’s most acclaimed AD/DA converters and microphone preamplifiers. The Symphony Desktop enhances its superior performance with innovative features such as microphone preamp emulation, the Symphony ECS Channel Strip, and Clearmountain’s Spaces reverb plugins. Furthermore, it offers ultra-low latency recording facilitated by hardware DSP and Apogee native FX plugins. This combination of advanced technology and high-quality audio conversion amplifies creative potential in any studio setting or mobile environment, providing recordings with the distinctive sound quality advantage characteristic of Apogee products.

Apogee Electronics SYM-DESKTOP-EDU 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
• Educational Pricing

Apogee Electronics SYM-DESKTOP-EDU Specifications:

• Max input level (+4 dBu ref/Mic): +20 dBu
• Max input level (-10 dBV ref): +6 dBV
• Input impedance: 4 KOhm
• Freq resp 10 Hz -20 Khz: > +/-0.2 dB (@44.1 Khz)
• Rel. THD + N: -113 dB
• Dyn. Range: 123 dB (A-weighted)
• Max output level (+4 dBu ref): +20 dBu
• Max output level (-10 dBV ref): +6 dBV
• Line output impedance: 50 Ohm
• Freq resp 10 Hz -20 Khz: > +/- 0.05 dB (@ 44.1 Khz)
• Rel. THD+N : -114 dB
• Dyn Range: 129 dB (A-weighted)
• Headphone Max output level:— 520 mW into 30 Ohm — 90 mW into 600 Ohm
• Headphone Rel THD+N: -111 dB with 600 Ohm load
• Headphone Dyn Range: 128 dB (A-weighted)
• Gain: Up to 75 dB and advanced stepped gain circuit design
• Selectable 48 V phantom power, Soft Limit and polarity invert
• 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: 220 k/470 k/>20 M Ohm