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| Lives for gear | Quote:
im sure there are other applications as well. that area aint my bag tho .. | |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jersey
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Location: London
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| Gear nut Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Orlando, FL
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| Got one I picked one up because I have an Ensemble and liked it so much. I needed a small, portable bus powered solution for some live use. It really sounds about the same as the ensemble. The mic pre's are totally useable much like the ones on the Ensemble. I've got lots of other pre's that I use most of the time, but the Apogees will work well on most things if you just need a clean pre. I do wish it had balanced outs, but it wouldn't be as small if it did. It forces me to use a DI live with it to connect to the snake. It can also hang off my firewire chain and add two more inputs/outputs to my Ensemble when configured with the Ensemble as an aggregate audio device. I'd highly recommend it. Apogee makes great sounding stuff. Really tight integration with OSX as well. Pete |
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008
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| I love my duet, solid NO PROBLEMS. BUT : I LOVE IT even more since I got the GRACE M101 added as an external pre. some one here said they were equal but I find the graces gets a more detailed sound that I liked more than the DUET. Personally I think that is a great starting chain, DUET: plua Grace M101, or lunchbox API if you can afford it. |
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| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2008
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| Duet with MOYU 896hd I am interested in getting a duet for 2 ad converters are they better that the 896HD converters? |
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| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2008
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| Duet with MOTU 896HD ....also I have 2 channels of Trident 65 board pre & EQ's and a Trident s100 will the pre's be better in the Duet or with the Trident? |
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| Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: LA
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| ? I was thinking of selling my Digi 002 and getting the Apogee Duet Logic Pro is rockin my world and pro tools seem to be a pain to just think free in... I am on the fence about this move but the clarity of the duet has left a impression on me some one slap me and tell me im wrong.... ![]() |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jersey
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| Are you guys sure about this? I was assuming that when I bought an external mic pre I was going to go into one of the instrument ins... am I wrong? |
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| Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Zealand/Switzerland/guitar case
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| I haven't tried it, but I imagine you would get sound, but it wouldn't be ideal as the impedances will be mismatched narco |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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| Has anybody gone from a Fireface 400 to a Duet for Sound Quality? I have owned RME and Apogee before and I always thought the Apogee clocking was better. How does the Duet compare to the Metric Halo Uln-2: Jazztone |
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| Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: LA
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| I got my Duet & man it is rocking!! ![]() So clean sounding and I got a 3rd party Duet breakout box that has real clean XLR and 1/4 inch inputs I am doing a A/B test with some tones, songs and noise with my Digi 002 and the duet. I have to say the duet and logic are very intuitive together. its great that if you unplug your system with your session still up it will not crash! just a little pop up that says "yo.. its unplugged but its all cool buddy" well not literally but you get the drift. |
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| Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Hello slutz!!! Is the headphoneamp useful? Does it "sound" better than the macbook headphone outs? ![]() |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London UK
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| Haven't got a Macbook so can't compare, but the Duet Headphone out definitely sounds good. It's clear, got enough level, and has a good frequency response.
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| Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2008
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| Hi guys I just ordered the Duet. My question is do I need (in the near future) to buy a ad/da convertor or is the duet a ad/da convertor already? |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005
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The apogee duet is about the nicest 2 channel ad/da converter in the price range. I love mine. Kills my 1814, but I will keep it around so I can open Pro Tools sessions.
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| Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2008
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Can you compare the ad/da conversion with the rosetta? | |
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| Lives for gear | Great interface, sounds great, easy to use after going from a firestudio to a duet, its night and day. Plus it has Apogee converters. +1
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| They share the same dual stage clock, but sadly, no, they are in different leagues altogether. You can compare them, but I'm sure you'll find more dynamic range with a Rosetta 800. The Rosetta and AD/DA16x series converters are bettttter Apogee offerings.
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| | #87 |
| Gear interested Join Date: Jan 2009
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| I just recieve my apogee duet yesterday. It sounds good, but I feel a little fragil the encoder knob. Does your Duets encoder knob do this little movement? (just only with a soft push) http://gickr.com/results/anim_a8bc68...7f47c63619.gif Please, what do you think? I don't know if it is normal. Thanks |
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| Lives for gear | it looks like you can see under the knob from the side? if this is correct than i cantell you that my encoder duet know is definitly every time below the unit surface. on the other side. if it doesnt fall of? |
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| | #89 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Hmmm.. I have a Metric Halo 2882. Love the sound of course (makes MOTU sound like cardboard), and yes its buss powered and portable, but want something perhaps even "more" portable for hotel rooms and my macbook. (2882 gets used with my G5). Opinions? Worth it, or should I just start "lugging" around the 2882? Yes this is sort of a silly question. I know if Henry Robinett read this post he'd ask me if I was crazy... Anyone want to take a crack at comparing MH sound to the converters in the duet?
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| Gear Head Join Date: Feb 2009
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| No Answer astronmr20 "Hmmm.. I have a Metric Halo 2882. Love the sound of course (makes MOTU sound like cardboard), and yes its buss powered and portable, but want something perhaps even "more" portable for hotel rooms and my macbook. (2882 gets used with my G5). Opinions? Worth it, or should I just start "lugging" around the 2882? Yes this is sort of a silly question. I know if Henry Robinett read this post he'd ask me if I was crazy... Anyone want to take a crack at comparing MH sound to the converters in the duet?" I have not actually done a comparison as far as converters go, but from what I hear of others doing the comparison, the Apogee Ensemble blows the MH 2882 out of the water. If this is the case, and the Apogee Duet has the same converters as the Ensemble, than I would go with the Duet. ***But you have to remember that sound is all in personal preference, there is no technically BETTER converter*** -Another thing that I have heard is that the Apogee product converters don't let the highs shine through as much as people would like, but this could be fixed with EQ ![]() And just for everyone to see, check out this preamp shootout that proves that most of music is relative to a specific situation/ear: Microphone preamplifiers - can *YOU* hear the difference? (with audio) |
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