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British Solid State - Class A console sound Inspired by the Marinar “Round can” input transformer and discrete transistor design of our Class A Neve 1066 mic preamp, this emulation gives you the sonic weight and smooth transient response of the hardware. Push the level for increased width and punch.
mic preamps with Advanced Stepped Gain Architecture and up to 75dB of gain ensure clean, low-distortion results There are three stages at which Apogee’s processing can be applied to an input signal. First of all, the Symphony Desktop supports Apogee’s Alloy preamp modelling. Like UA’s Unison system, this doesn’t only apply tonal coloration and saturation in the digital realm: it actually changes the physical properties of the mic preamp itself, such as the input impedance. At present, there are two vintage preamp options available as alternatives to the clean Symphony setting. These are modelled on the solid‑state Neve 1066 input channel and the valve Ampex 301, and in both cases you’re given an output level control as well as an input gain control, allowing the preamp to be driven as hard as you like without overloading the A‑D converter. Helpfully, these controls can be linked, so the user can vary the amount of colour without changing the overall level. Apogee FX Plugins and Symphony Desktop offer a variety of FX recording workflows that let you choose the best path for your creativity. When you are recording, you want inspiring sound quality, ease-of-use and ultra low latency. With Symphony Desktop you have options that fit the way you flow. Go Native Sound On Sound have recently reviewed the Apogee Symphony Desktop for their May 2022 issue, providing a thorough breakdown of its features and a glowing account of its "first-rate" touch screen interface which they note betters its closest rivals with ease.
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To conclude, the Apogee Symphony Desktop is a very nice piece of equipment in terms of its features, and above all its sound, delivering clarity and depth to anything you put through it. Apogee Control 2 software in non-beta form with its full functionality on Macs (including M1 Apple Silicon) & Windows 10 PCs To fully test the Symphony Desktop sound I went to record a concert grand piano in a large space. I used to stereo pair of Line Audio omnis, placed 30 centimetres apart, around 40 centimetres out from the, curve the piano, at head height, looking into the frame. I wanted to get close enough to capture the intricacy of the piano, but far enough out just to catch a little bit of reverb. Advantages: Simplest way to get a sound and not print FX in your recording Commit and Print While you Record
The third thing that I really like about the Apogee Symphony Desktop is the sound, it's clean, it's transparent and it imparts absolutely nothing especially when you use the built in Symphony desktop, mic pre, which is the unmodeled option. The unit does come with a Neve style pre and also a tube style pre, but for me, the whole point of the unit is it's unparalleled quality. So the sound quality is excellent and using the built in SD, mic pre really does the business for me.
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the DSP FX ( opto comp, pultech and Digital eq in particular) on the front end are extremely useable and One of the big features that sets Symphony Desktop apart from other interfaces is its clever integration of DSP to run plugins and emulate mic preamps. Unique hardware-software integration with Apple Logic Pro X gives you an incredibly streamlined workflow D/A CONVERSION – The digital-to-analog stage of Symphony Desktop features brand new technology that provides uncompromising Symphony DAC performance in a portable product, including a robust ultra-low distortion, high-current, fully balanced output driver. Regardless of downstream connections, Symphony Desktop delivers a transparent, widescreen window into the sonic landscape of your mix. Although they have close links with Apple, Apogee do not make a DAW of their own. So with the Symphony Desktop, they’ve set out to create a ‘hybrid’ interface that is DAW‑agnostic. In other words, they’ve implemented a similar automatically switched native/DSP environment in a way that should work in any recording software that can host Audio Unit, VST or AAX Native plug‑ins. The Symphony Desktop has been on sale for some time now, but hybrid operation was not fully supported until OS v1.2 was released in February 2022, hence the timing of this review! Hot Desking
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