Re: Apogee Duet

[Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com>]

I gotta run to work but I wanted to give you a quick update. I spent  
this morning A/B'in the Ultralite and Duet. I have a Mk I Ultralite  
just to put that out there. I 'm not sure if there are different  
components used in the Mk III.

The Duet does sound much better mic pre wise and for live usage I've  
going into the Duet and setting the XLR to +4dBu. My preamp for my  
double bass blends a pickup and mic and this gets a really clean  
signal into the Duet. When you switch it to this setting you don't  
control the volume with the Duet you control it from the preamp I  
realized. It sound amazing and most of the time I spent playing within  
Ableton Live with a buffer setting of 256. Just dring the last 15  
minutes I switched it 128 to get lower latency and I didn't get any  
pops or clicks but it's way too early to decide if that usable for a  
live setting or not. If I can at least get by with a 256 buffer  
setting this is going to be the perfect device for me so I can record  
a high quality demo with the pianist I play with and I can use it to  
play our shows. My new preamp/blender is the same size as the duet so  
it will be amazing if it all works out having a smaller footprint.  
I'll keep you updated as I keep plugging away.


Todd Matthews
On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Chris Sewell wrote:

> Evening,
> Does anybody have experience in comparing the sound of Apogees Duet  
> to other interfaces.
> I'm being seduced by its size and simplicity. I have an Original  
> Motu Ultralite that sounds good and is very reliable. And small. I  
> am just curious as to the claims of sonic superiority that Apogee    
> makes.
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>