The Apogee Duet is a professional stereo audio interface for iPad and Mac, and is part of the series of Apogee interfaces eligible to claim Wave plugin discounts between April 1st, 2016 and March 27th, 2018. For more information regarding this offer visit the Apogee site here.
Synonymous with quality, and portability the Apogee Duet has been re-born with added iOS device connectivity for use with iPhone, iPod and iPad without the need for a camera connection kit. Featuring stereo mic/line inputs with world class mic preamps, stereo balanced outputs, MIDI I/O and a headphone amp, the Apogee Duet is everything needed to create simple but professional recordings whether in the studio or on the road.
The Duet’s pre-amps are ultra-low noise, capturing every subtle nuance of a dynamic performance. With 75dB of gain on tap, there’s enough to run even the lowest output dynamic microphones. Apogee have made no compromises for this small footprint unit as under the hood are the same legendary, high end converters found in Apogee’s top level interfaces. Aside from connecting digitally directly into an iOS device, the Duet still retains the USB 2.0 connection for recording to an Apple Mac computer.
I've owned it for a year, now. I work mostly composing for libraries and TV. I move between home and a studio I work and I use this as my interface.
Preamps: They are very clean and useful. I often just use the Duet's preamp instead of an outboard one. The DI function is good, too.
In general, I found a big increase in sound quality and detail whilst mixing.
I highly recommend it!