Avid and Apogee have announced two new Avid Artist Suite products for music recording and stereo audio post, Pro Tools | Duet and Pro Tools | Quartet.
Both include Avid-branded versions of Apogee’s Duet and Quartet audio interfaces, each paired with Pro Tools 11 software for Mac and Windows customers.
“We are very excited to be working with Avid as the premier I/O Connectivity Partner,” says Betty Bennett, Apogee CEO and co-founder. “Our two paths have been intertwined since the early days of the digital recording revolution. While Pro Tools | Software was first defining an exciting paradigm shift in our industry, we were perfecting AD/DA conversion and hardware technology for digital audio.
“Our first collaboration was in 1997 and featured Apogee’s AD-8000 as a front end for the Pro Tools | 24 MIX system. Today we are very pleased to join forces once again in offering customers these two outstanding solutions.”
Pro Tools | Duet Highlights
—2 input x 4 output USB audio interface by Apogee with Pro Tools 11 software
—Works with Mac OS X and Windows platforms
—Pro Tools IO Control EUCON-enabled software for advanced control (requires download)
—Record performances in up to 24-bit/192 kHz resolution
—Connect mics, instruments, and more to high-quality I/O
—Two combination mic/instrument/line inputs
—Two 1/4-inch balanced line/speaker outputs; one stereo headphone out
—USB MIDI I/O for a MIDI keyboard or DJ controller
—Premium AD/DA conversion
—Dynamically optimized mic preamps provide up to 75 dB of transparent gain
—Selectable Soft Limit protects against digital distortion from clipping
—Two configurable touchpads and a multifunction controller knob
—Full color OLED display
Pro Tools | Quartet Highlights
—12 input x 8 output USB audio interface by Apogee with Pro Tools 11 software by Avid
—Works with Mac OS X and Windows platforms
—Pro Tools IO Control EUCON-enabled software for advanced control (requires download)
—Record performances in 24-bit/192 kHz resolution
—Connect mics, instruments, and more to high-quality I/O:
—Four combination mic/instrument/line inputs
—Eight channels of ADAT/SMUX input via Toslink
—Six 1/4-inch balanced line outputs for three speaker sets or 5.1 monitoring
—One stereo headphone output
—USB MIDI I/O for a MIDI keyboard or DJ controller
—Premium AD/DA conversion
—Dynamically optimized mic preamps provide up to 75 dB of transparent gain
—Selectable Soft Limit protects against digital distortion from clipping
—Three configurable touchpads and a multifunction controller knob
—Two full color OLED displays
Both Duet and Quartet are sold and supported by Avid. U.S. price for Duet: $1,099. Price for Quartet: $1,899.
