The Symphony Desktop packs Apogee’s flagship AD/DA conversion into a desktop interface, featuring hyper-realistic preamp emulations and powerful DSP. Enjoy industry-leading digital sound quality at up to 24-bit/192kHz, with advanced analog components for clean, low-distortion results. Track through Apogee’s Alloy Mic Preamp emulations to add grit and character at the source, and enhance your recordings with Apogee FX plug-ins, powered by the interface’s DSP or natively in your DAW. With a variety of analog and digital I/O options and a dynamic touchscreen display, the Symphony Desktop offers intuitive operation. Seamless integration with Apple’s Logic Pro X ensures a streamlined DAW workflow, providing Symphony I/O-grade performance in a compact, desktop-friendly unit.
The Symphony Desktop features Apogee’s renowned AD/DA conversion, recognized as the reference standard in professional audio. Its A/D stage delivers ultra-low distortion, high slew rate, and fully differential analog op-amps in a dual-sum configuration, capturing every source with exceptional clarity. The D/A stage produces ultra-low-distortion, high-current output, ensuring uncompromising results whether mixing, mastering, or critically listening.
Apogee’s mic preamps provide clean, low-distortion performance with up to 75dB of gain, suitable for any source from kick drums to delicate acoustic instruments. Variable impedance settings on mic and instrument inputs optimize the input stage for deep lows and crystal-clear highs, delivering professional-grade recordings every time.
The Symphony Desktop includes Alloy Mic Preamp emulations to add grit and character to your recordings. These emulations model analog input impedance, transient response, and distortion characteristics, enhanced by digital processing. Users can choose between a Solid State Class A sound inspired by British consoles or a gently overdriven American tube sound, both responding realistically like their analog counterparts.
Included Apogee ECS Channel Strip plug-ins provide high-quality EQ, compression, and saturation, tuned by Bob Clearmountain. These plug-ins integrate with the mic preamp emulations, giving you a virtual rack of professional effects to shape and enhance your recordings.
The Symphony Desktop offers multiple low-latency workflow options for maximum flexibility: Native mode runs plug-ins in your DAW without printing effects, Print mode records directly with zero-latency using the interface’s hardware DSP, and DualPath Link allows latency-free monitoring while saving plug-in settings for later adjustment. Logic Pro X integration offers complete control directly within the DAW, eliminating the need for a separate mixer or console app.
Experience the legendary sound quality of Apogee’s rack-mount Symphony I/O Mk II in a compact, 10×14 desktop interface that fits on your desk or in your bag. The Symphony Desktop delivers flagship-level AD/DA conversion and pristine audio performance in a portable, inspiring format.
The Symphony Desktop provides the same high-quality conversion as the Symphony I/O Mk II, without the need for a rackmount setup. It offers plug-and-play simplicity while maintaining the legendary Apogee sound.
Select your favorite mic preamp model, or shape your sound using onboard plugins with the Symphony Desktop’s intuitive Touch Screen Control, streamlining your workflow and keeping you creatively engaged.
DualPath Monitoring allows you to either print your plugin effects as you record or monitor them while preserving your raw take. Save and recall presets of your favorite plugin chains to optimize and speed up your workflow.
Apogee Alloy Preamp emulation combines analog circuitry and DSP processing to create authentic, studio-quality preamp modeling, delivering warmth, clarity, and character to every recording.
| Computer Connectivity | USB 2.0, USB-C |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | Desktop |
| Simultaneous I/O | 10 x 14 |
| Number of Preamps | 2 |
| A/D Resolution | Up to 24-bit/192kHz |
| Effects | Built-in DSP Processing, Mic Pre Emulations, Symphony ECS Channel Strip |
| Analog Inputs | 2 x XLR-1/4" combo (mic/line), 1 x 1/4" (Hi-Z) |
| Analog Outputs | 2 x 1/4" TRS |
| Digital Inputs | 1 x Optical Toslink (ADAT, S/PDIF) |
| Digital Outputs | 1 x Optical Toslink (ADAT, S/PDIF) |
| Headphones | 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" |
| USB | 1 x Type A, 1 x USB-C |
| Software | Symphony Desktop Control Application |
| OS Requirements - Mac | macOS 10.13 or later, iOS 13 or later |
| OS Requirements - PC | Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later |
| Power Supply | 12V DC power supply (included) |
| Height | 2.5" |
| Width | 8" |
| Depth | 4.75" |
| Weight | 1.85 lbs. |
| Manufacturer Part Number | SYM-DESKTOP UPC: 805676003689 |
