Apogee Duet 2..

Duet2
2 IN x 4 OUT USB audio interface for Mac

Advanced new features. Better performance.
Better sound quality.

Apogee's Duet is the most respected portable audio interface ever. Along with receiving many industry awards, Duet has also been instrumental in the creation of numerous GRAMMY winning records. While others have been trying to emulate its sound quality, ease of use and innovative design, we have been busy making an even better Duet. Duet 2 builds on the incredible success of its predecessor by incorporating customer feedback, adding advanced new features and delivering even better sound quality than the original.

Turn your Mac into a professional recording studio
Duet 2 is the best solution for capturing your music to your Mac. With Duet 2, make studio quality recordings of vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, and anything musical. And because Duet 2 is portable you can take it anywhere your creativity takes you. When it's time to mix, Duet 2's output quality lets you hear your recordings with incredible detail and dimension allowing you to put the finishing touches on your musical project like a pro. Duet 2 sounds so amazing you won’t want to listen to your iTunes library without it.

MSRP $595

MacBook Air 11.6, Mac OS X (10.6.7), iPad, iPhone 4, iMac Intel Core2Duo

Posted on Mar 30, 2011 2:30 PM

23 replies

Apr 1, 2011 1:52 PM in response to Pancenter

Pancenter wrote:
Would be difficult for me to think about purchasing a Duet when something like the "Focusrite Saffire Pro 40" is available for the same price as the original Duet. Comes with 8 mic preamps + ADAT I/O (16 inputs) + s/pdif.

Duet II is sound wise in a different ballpark, believe it or not...:o)

Best,
21th

chorleyman

Level 4

1,420 points

Apr 1, 2011 2:22 PM in response to 21th Century

I think you're talking about something that's totally subjective now, to be honest - from experience, the Focusrite stuff is actually very good and I find it difficult to believe that it makes that much difference to the fruits of your labour to use a different audio/MDI interface thingy.

Of course, Apogee have always tried to make their products work well with Macs and that's a great thing. Different ballpark - mm, not that different, is it?

Pancenter

Level 6

14,788 points

Apr 1, 2011 3:04 PM in response to 21th Century

21th Century wrote:

Pancenter wrote:
Would be difficult for me to think about purchasing a Duet when something like the "Focusrite Saffire Pro 40" is available for the same price as the original Duet. Comes with 8 mic preamps + ADAT I/O (16 inputs) + s/pdif.

Duet II is sound wise in a different ballpark, believe it or not...:o)

I do believe you...

But the advantage of 16 total inputs, 8 Focusrite and 8 of my own choosing would be far more important to me for live recording..

Besides, we both know that it's the music (input) that counts.
Great sounding crappola is still crappola.

That said, nice to see Apogee upping the ante.

pancenter-

souljahh

Level 1

0 points

Apr 3, 2011 9:22 AM in response to Pancenter

to Pancenter

Man your posts are all major offtopic! Duet 2 rerpresents dif thing than your band live recording.Man you got it all twisted!Duet2 is for dj-s, producers who is out for the portability and most important for home-little studio producers.We dont want 18I/O, we want the thing to be small as possible but high quality shieet!Rec one instrument at the time is perfect!Theres no band in my bedroom. Its not for you! get used to it, look for smt else, if im buying a car i dont ***** in motorcycle forums that ..oh motorcycles lacks this and that.....relity is that usb 2 is better than fw400 at least, iv tried motu828mk2, usb was cooler.Usb is really fine, havent had any problems with it.Times have changed son, face the reality! My fw is already occupied with fast HD anyway..., fw800 is more needed on my HD and is much more logical.Duet 2 with 4 O and 2 I is more than fine using usb2.period!

Pancenter

Level 6

14,788 points

Apr 3, 2011 9:54 AM in response to souljahh

Yo! Tnks for the realitee chk!

pan

Apr 3, 2011 10:05 AM in response to souljahh

souljahh wrote:
to Pancenter

Man your posts are all major offtopic! Duet 2 rerpresents dif thing than your band live recording.Man you got it all twisted!Duet2 is for dj-s, producers who is out for the portability and most important for home-little studio producers.We dont want 18I/O, we want the thing to be small as possible but high quality shieet!Rec one instrument at the time is perfect!Theres no band in my bedroom. Its not for you! get used to it, look for smt else, if im buying a car i dont ***** in motorcycle forums that ..oh motorcycles lacks this and that.....relity is that usb 2 is better than fw400 at least, iv tried motu828mk2, usb was cooler.Usb is really fine, havent had any problems with it.Times have changed son, face the reality! My fw is already occupied with fast HD anyway..., fw800 is more needed on my HD and is much more logical.Duet 2 with 4 O and 2 I is more than fine using usb2.period!

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BenB

Level 6

13,222 points

Apr 3, 2011 10:26 AM in response to slidersson

And by the end of the year, Thunderbolt will make FW and USB obsolete. Looking forward to speaking with Apogee at NAB next week. My Duet has been on the road with me all over the country, holds up, durable, top shelf D/A converters and filters, it's a work horse, never a problem. I could drive my BMW around, but why, when a VW will do the same thing? Cause that BMW holds up better, is more comfortable, and performs better...

Thunderbolt, wait for it...

May 18, 2011 4:22 AM in response to Bob Lyons

This discussion began in March because Apogee made an announcement about the 'soon to be released' Duet 2. It's now two months later and no one expects to have this item in stock until late June, at the earliest. That's really frustrating. I've delayed starting some new projects based on Apogee's email to me that the new Duet would be available in April. The estimated 'in stock' date keeps moving, so that it never arrives. I want my Duet 2 already - and I want it now!

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