Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O MkII Thunderbolt + Pro Tools HD/Dante Audio Interface with Connect 8x8 MP and 2x6 SE Modules

The ultimate music-production centerpiece for any modern commercial, project, or personal studio, the Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O MkII Thunderbolt + Pro Tools HD/Dante Audio Interface with Connect 8x8 MP and 2x6 SE Modules is designed to deliver high-performance A/D and D/A conversion at up to 192 kHz, for mixing and mastering engineers using Thunderbolt systems, and/or Pro Tools HD systems, and/or Dante audio networks.

Equipped with the Thunderbolt card and the Pro Tools Plus card with Dante option, this interface delivers fast data transfer and low latency. The Connect 8x8 MP I/O module provides eight high-gain mic preamps (72 dB) and eight channels of pristine analog outs, plus AES, ADAT, and S/PDIF digital I/O. The 2x6 SE I/O module provides 2 line-level input and 6 line-level outputs I/O, plus AES, ADAT, and S/PDIF digital I/O. Utilizing Apogee's most advanced AD/DA conversion technology, the Symphony I/O Mk II delivers world-class 24-bit / 192 kHz resolution with exceptional detail, transparency, and dynamic range. Additional features include an intuitive front-panel touchscreen display, precision control knob, and a dedicated headphone output for critical monitoring.

The Symphony I/O Mk II from Apogee Electronics is an advanced, flexible multichannel audio interface featuring the newest flagship AD/DA conversion, modular I/O (up to 32 inputs and outputs), and an intuitive touchscreen display. The chassis provides two I/O Module slots for a variety of digital audio conversion options that form the interface side of the Symphony I/O Mk II. The front-panel touch screen offers convenient access to nearly every setting including sample rate, clock source, headphone and speaker output levels, meters for all I/O and section navigation, as well as input levels, digital I/O, and configuration settings.

The rear panel provides access to the two I/O Module slots that are capable of a combined thirty-two channels of input and output, while the two Thunderbolt connectors ensure compatibility with newer Mac computers. Also included are wordclock I/O connectors and termination, an option-card slot, and a quiet digitally controlled fan to keep everything running cool.

The Symphony I/O Mk II features a single ultrahigh-fidelity DAC and headphone amplifier with Apogee's Constant Current Drive technology, which was first introduced in the Apogee Groove. The headphone amplifier dynamically compensates for the nonlinearities of any connected headphones, providing massive power while maintaining extremely low distortion and linear frequency response.

The optional five I/O Modules allow the user to choose from standard configurations, or customize the following—channel count, analog to digital input, digital to analog output, microphone preamps (requires an analog card), and digital I/O.

Connect to Pro Tools HD with the Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O MK II Pro Tools Card, an interface option card that connects to your Pro Tools hardware allowing you to share up to 32 bidirectional channels at 96 kHz or 16 bidirectional channels at 192 kHz across postproduction, broadcast, live sound, or recording studio networks.

The system can be configured with a number of custom options ranging from 8-32 analog I/O channels. The Pro Tools card can be upgraded with Audinate's Dante Brooklyn (sold separately), a versatile and full-featured solution that delivers multichannel Dante audio networking to your Pro Tools / Symphony setup. The optional Dante card allows up to 32 channels with Pro Tools and redundant Dante connectivity to be fitted into a single two-space rack device, providing the smallest footprint available with this feature set.