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Existing Quartet owners will need to contact their local Apogee distributor for the 30-pin to mini USB ‘iOS cable’, which, I’m told, should be available in about six weeks time - along with the Apogee Maestro app for iOS. I tried various gender changers and cable adaptor doo-dats, all to no avail. Unfortunate, as I really wanted to give the unit a try on my iPad mini, and even rushed out to get a 30-pin to Lightning adaptor (paying the extortionate OTC price for it as well I might add). After a degree of research and head scratching, I realised the cable required was not included with the Quartet I had for review. Apparently all that’s required is the iOS DAW application and a Lightning to 30-pin adaptor if you’re using more recent Lightning endowed iOS devices. So far the Quartet will run with iOS applications such as GarageBand, the somewhat incredible Auria, MultiTrack or any Core Audio compliant application.
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It’s even been given the MFI tick of approval (Made Fori-Stuff), which means, unlike most other interfaces, it will also charge your iOS device, and enable software control of the hardware via the Apogee Maestro app.
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So what’s the iPad news I speak of? Well, in the spirit of innovation Apogee is known for, the Quartet is its first professional style audio interface to function in cahoots with your iPad, or indeed, iPhone. This may seem a little odd at first, until you realize Apogee designs audio interfaces strictly for the Apple computer market - to run Apogee gear you need an Apple computer.
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Sporting the same aesthetic witnessed with the Ensemble, Duet 2, and One, the Apogee Quartet is designed to look fabulous sitting beside your Apple computer, be it MacBook, iMac, or Mac Pro (and iPad for that matter- but I’ll get to this news shortly). But enough of the background, let’s see where the Apogee Quartet fits into the recording scheme. Joining this happy throng, and slightly upmarket from the aforementioned ‘hobbyist’ audio interfaces, is the Apogee Quartet. Apogee knows many would appreciate its brand of audio digitalisation sitting in their racks, and came to the party with affordable units such as the Apogee One and Duet - both aimed at the hobbyist, yet still offering pristine audio capture and reproduction.
Along the way we’ve seen the professional Symphony system become a mainstay for many studios and composers, and ‘bedroom’ systems such as the Apogee Ensemble become revered interface choices. In more recent years, the company has filtered its technology (see what I did there?) to both professional conversion equipment and audio gear aimed at the prosumer/enthusiast gang - in other words the gear has become cheaper (and better). Apogee gear has been executing fabulous conversion tricks such as this for 28 years now. My lowly Digidesign converters simply weren’t up to the task, but the Apogees tackled the job with aplomb, capturing all that magnetic tape goodness and corralling it onto such a despicable medium as 16-bit digital audio tape.
In the early 1990s I recall heading to a nearby studio to use the AD-1000 converters (20-bit) to transfer some jazz recordings from 1/4-inch tape to DAT for mastering and compiling to CD. At the time, digital audio was still in its infancy, and Apogee came to the rescue, capturing audio digitally without the harsh and brittle aspects encountered in competing systems. The company made its name with its antialiasing filters which put the company streets ahead of the competition in the field of digital audio conversion. Apogee Electronics was kicked off by Australia’s own Bruce Jackson(R.I.P.), Christ of Heidelberger, and the then Soundcraft USA president, Betty Bennett.
The company’s been doing a darn good job for a bloody long time. Apogee raises the bar with an extremely competent audio interface not only for your Mac, but for your iThing too! Review: Brad WattsĪpogee.
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