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Battles Interview, Pitchfork Fest 2011: Ian Williams Has A Lot Of Gear (Video)

July 20, 2011
Battles Interview pitchfork music festival 2011
Ian Williams of Battles describes his impressively complex stage rig to Gearwire's Owen O'Malley. he also details at least one impressively catastrophic performance failure of his impressively complex stage rig.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official website of Battles for more information.

Apogee Products Compatible With Mac OS X Lion

July 20, 2011
Apogee announced that the Duet 2, GiO, JAM, ONE, and Symphony I/O are compatible with Apple's Mac OS X Lion.
Heads up, Mac heads: Apogee announced that the Duet 2, GiO, JAM, ONE, and Symphony I/O are fully compatible with Apple's Mac OS X Lion, now available in the App Store. So if you have one of these Apogee units and you plan on updating to Lion, also plan a visit to Apogee's Web site to get your Lion-ready unit up and running.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Apogee Web site.

Apogee Duet 2: New Portable Recording Interface

March 30, 2011
Apogee introduced the Duet 2, a new 2 input, 4 output portable recording interface for Mac.
Say hello to Apogee's Duet 2, a new and improved version of the original Duet portable recording interface, which features two inputs, four outputs, USB connectivity, better sound quality, and more for Mac users.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Apogee Web site.

Apogee Mike: USB Mic For IOS

March 11, 2011
Apogee announced the Mike, a compact, studio-quality USB microphone for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and Mac.
Apogee brought a friend to the iOS party -- Mike is a compact, studio-quality USB microphone for the iPad, iPhone, and Mac, which allows you to capture audio and work with GarageBand, all from your iOS device.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Apogee Electronics Web site.

Apogee Electronics JAM: Rock Out With This Guitar Input

March 02, 2011
Apogee Electronics announced JAM, a new studio-quality guitar input for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac.
Connect your guitar to your iOS device or computer with Apogee JAM, a portable, studio-quality guitar input for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac. JAM allows you to practice, record, and jam using the guitar amps and effects in Apple’s GarageBand software on iPad 2 or Mac.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Apogee Electronics Web site.

Apogee Symphony I/O Interface Discussed By Apogee's Roger Robindoré At AES (Video)

November 16, 2010
Apogee Symphony I/O 129th AES 2010
So what makes the newest interface from Apogee, the Symphony I/O, so special? Why not hear the straight dope from Apogee's head of technical services, Roger Robindoré? I don't know why not!  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Apogee website for more information

Apogee Electronics Duet Interface: A Gearwire Pro Review

October 26, 2010
Apogee Duet Pro Review
With pristine converters and one-knob control panel, the Apogee Duet is just the partner you need to get pro-quality audio into your Mac. Regular Gearwire reviewer Len Sasso and his Duet are making beautiful music together, and he tells you all about it in this hands-on examination.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Apogee website for more information.

Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O Multichannel Audio Interface Steps Up

July 27, 2010
Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O is a multichannel audio interface featuring a modular setup, and more.
Upgraded with lots of new features, the Apogee Symphony I/O audio interface now offers compatibility with Logic and Pro Tools, a modular-based setup where you can choose your I/O modules, low-latency performance, and more.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Apogee Electronics Web site.

Apogee Symphony Mobile Now Compatible With Snow Leopard, Announces Apogee

September 28, 2009
Apogee Symphony Mobile Now Compatible With Snow Leopard
Those who recently upgraded to Snow Leopard only to find their Symphony Mobile systems immobilized, as it were, are in for some good news. Apogee has just announced official Snow Leopard compatibility for the Symphony Mobile system. Good talk, Symphony Mobile users, see you out there.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Apogee Digital website for more information

Apogee Electronics GiO: New USB Guitar Pedal Interface/Controller For Mac

July 24, 2009
Apogee Electronics GiO
Playing and recording your guitar using your Mac may be fun in most respects, except for trying to manage playing the guitar with both hands and manipulating the mouse and keyboard all at the same time. With the goal of giving you control over your Mac hands-free, the Apogee Electronics GiO has just hit the computer music scene.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit Apogee Electronics' official website.

Apogee ONE: USB Music Interface And Microphone For Mac

June 25, 2009
Apogee ONE
It appears as if Mac users can still claim to have the coolest musical toys since the advent of DAWs. Following the smaller-is-better trend, Apogee ONE emerges as a pocket-sized interface with big possibilities.  

Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website for more information

Apogee Electronics Abandons Windows Development Like Oedipus 'Pon Yonder Hill

February 23, 2009
Apogee Electronics Discontinues Windows-Based Development
. . . well, not exactly. Apogee will continue to offer support for soon-to-be-legacy Windows-based products, unlike poor Oedipus who was forgotten. In this way, Apogee will avoid the same fate that befell Oedipus and his family, the details of which I won't go into here. Suffice it to say, the Ancient Greeks had a weird concept of "entertainment."  

Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website for more information

Apogee Symphony 64 PCIe Card: Apogee Explains Its Advantage At AES

October 04, 2008
Apogee Symphony PCIe Card At AES
We join Apogee at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco for a look at their new Symphony 64 PCIe card. This card is a boon to the Symphony system, effectively doubling your I/O while allowing some useful networking capabilities.  

Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website for more information

Apogee Symphony 64 PCIe Card Bolsters Symphony System At 125th AES 2008

October 02, 2008
Apogee Symphony PCIe Card
If you thought that Apogee's Symphony System already was pretty snazzy, wait 'til you see what they've got in store for the 125th AES Convention. The Symphony 64 PCIe card snazzes it up to maximum levels of snazz.  

Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website for more information

Apogee, JBL And Yamaha NS-10 Monitors: A Melting Pot Of Monitors At Skybox Studios

March 03, 2008
Skybox Monitoring
Gearwire's Bob DiFazio joins us once again from Skybox Studios' control room. Bob shows us the three different sets of monitors used at Skybox to get different perspectives on the mix in order to get the best mix possible.  

Offsite Link: Visit Yamaha's, JBL's and Apogee's official websites for more information

Skybox Studios: Robert DiFazio Runs Down Rack Gear At Skybox Studios

March 03, 2008
Skybox Studio Rack Gear
Gearwire's Robert DiFazio takes us through the rack gear at Skybox Studios, the studio he helped outfit. Though Robert likes to keep his outboard gear minimal, he's still narrowed down a very enviable core of hardware.  

SSL 9000 J: In The Record Plant SSL4 Studio

February 11, 2008
SSL 9000 J
We check out studio SSL4 at Record Plant Studios where we see the SSL 9000 J and talk about some of the artists who have recorded at Record Plant over the years. Among them are Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, and recent Grammy Award winners, Slayer.  

Offsite Link: Visit Record Plant's official website for more information

Apogee Duet Is Like An Ensemble That Rick Moranis Accidentally Shrunk

October 15, 2007
Apogee Duet is Ensemble quality components housed in a very portable unit

The Duet is a two input, two output audio interface for the Mac platform that also has two preamps and a penchant for the number two. Apogee has made the Duet very portable without compromising the trademark Apogee sound...  


Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website here.

Apogee Ensemble Mobile Brings Multi-Channel Recording Anywhere

October 06, 2007
Apogee Ensemble Mobile

For the recording artist on the go, Apogee Electronics Corporation has introduced the Ensemble Mobile. Based off of their Ensemble digital audio interface, the Ensemble Mobile is, as its name implies, a more portable version...  


Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website here.

Apogee Duet; The Two Channel Firewire Interface That Makes Things Easier On M Acs

September 07, 2007
Apogee Duet Interface

The Apogee Duet two channel Firewire Interface is a very convenient interface if you're using a Mac system. It is very intuitively designed, as it keeps in mind the ease of use that a Mac audio recording setup combines...  


Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's official website here.

Drivers For Apogee Symphony And Maestro Get Upgrade Treatment

August 20, 2007
Apogee Maestro and Symphony get new drivers

There's been some long-awaited changes have been rolled out for Apogee's PCI-E card driver Symphony as well as the Maestro application bundled with it. There's new support for Apple's 8-Core Mac Pro and a list of other...  


Offsite Link: Get more information about Apogee Symphony and Maestro at the official Apogee web site.

Apogee Updates Its X-HD Card To Better Integrate With Pro Tools HD

August 17, 2007
Apogee's X-HD Card is updated for better integration with Pro Tools HD

Apogee has released an update to its X-HD card to make its converters easier to integrate with the Pro Tools HD3 recording setup. This update will make their AD-16X, DA-16X, and any Rosetta 800 or 200 series converter...  


Offsite Link: Visit Apogee's Official Site

Luke Gilfeather, Owner Of Professional Audio Group In Miami, Talks About The Gear He Uses In Mastering

June 22, 2007
Luke Gilfeather

A musician since he was a kid, Luke Gilfeather, found himself in electrical engineering school for three years.

"Then I up and left and went to Berklee College of Music for Music Production and Engineering. I...  


Offsite Link: For more on Professional Audio Group Mastering.

Apogee Announces Symphony Mobile ExpressCard Connector

June 01, 2007
Apogee Symphony Mobile ExpressCard Connector

The stakes in the mobile multitrack recording arena just raised with Apogee's announcement of the Symphony Mobile 32-Channel I/O solution. Aimed specifically at MacBook Pro users, the short summary about the unit is that...  


Offsite Link: Get more information about the Symphony Mobile ExpressCard at the official Apogee website.

Apogee Symphony Mobile: Musikmesse 2007 Video

April 09, 2007
apogee Symphony Mobile
The Apogee Symphony Series are PCI based I/O for Apogee's well known and respected A/D/A converters. In this vid we take a look at the Symphony Mobile which is for use with the Mac Book Pro line of computers. This card allows...  

Offsite Link: For more info you can visit the official Apogee website.

Apogee's Firewire For Mini Systems At MusikMesse

April 03, 2007

Lucas Van Der Mee is Apogee's Senior Design Engineer and a swell fellow who was happy to speak with Gearwire from the floor of MusikMesse '07 about the company's recent addition of Firewire to the Mini-Me and Mini-DAC...  


Offsite Link: Get more information about Apogee's Mini Series at the official Apogee website

Apogee Adds Firewire To Mini-Me, Mini-DAC

March 21, 2007

Upper-crust digital I/O makers Apogee have made it a lot easier to expand on their entry-level signal paths. The Santa Monica, CA company announced the addition of Firewire option cards to their two-channel models Mini-Me...  


Offsite Link: Get more information about the Mini-Me and Mini-DAC at the official Apogee website

Expert Live Sound Tips: Stage Plots, Communication And Keeping Your Eye On The Ball

February 05, 2007
Darkroom Sound Engineer

Pat Kenneally, the sound man at Chicago's Darkroom, has worked rooms like the now defunct Lounge Ax and The Empty Bottle. He was the man behind Portland, Oregon's Blackbird (a favorite amongst national touring acts)....  


Offsite Link: For more on Darkroom. For more on Apogee.

(Very Little) Lost In Translation: Apogee's Rosetta AD/DA Converters

June 26, 2006
Apogee Rosetta Series
119th AES 2005: Apogee Electronics shows Gearwire viewers the Rosetta 200 and Rosetta 800. Both are rack-mounted, 24 bit, 192kHz AD/DA converters, with the 200 providing two audio channels and the 800 providing -- you guessed...  

Offsite Link: Hit Apogee's official pages for info on the < a href="http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/rosetta200.php">Rosetta 200 and Rosetta 800.

Apogee Mini Series

June 26, 2006
Apogee Mini-Series
119th AES 2005: Apogee Electronics gets small with its three Mini Series models: the Mini-Me, a two-channel, 24-bit, 96kHz A/D converter, mic preamp, and compressor; the Mini-DAC, a two-channel, 192kHz D/A converter; and...  

Offsite Link: For more details on the Aposgee Mini Series, check out the official Apogee pages for the Mini-Me, Mini-DAC and Mini-MP
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