Product Name:
Ensemble by Apogee
Company/Manufacturer:
Apogee Electronics – Know as industry leaders in audio digital conversion technology as applied to several of their audio interface products ranging from the single input One to their flagship Symphony I/O.
Official Company Website:
http://www.apogeedigital.com
Ensemble – Professional Digital Audio Interface Designed for the Mac Computer
Key Features:
- 36 channels of simultaneous audio
- 8 channels of Apogee’s A/D and D/A conversion
- 4 transparent digitally controlled 75db mic preamps
- 8 channels of ADAT I/O
- 2 channels of S/PDIF coax and optical I/O
- FireWire to and from the computer
The Ensemble was made for the Mac and Apple Logic. But is also compatable with Pro Tools, Ableton Live or any core audio application on your Mac.
Maestro Software
Maestro is Apogee's software that control's everything between the Ensemble and Mac operating system. It has 2 Low latency mixers for each connected device and mic preamp controls for Ensemble.
User Complaints:
Well, the following is the most negative complaint we could find…
"… I managed to get a used apogee ensemble and frankly the preamps weren't any better than my 003 rack preamps"
User Comments:
"… A/D converters are outstanding, as one would expect from Apogee"
"… Best converters I have ever heard. Im leaving my DIGI behind!"
"… The mic pres are excellent, balanced inserts are icing on the cake"
"… I have used a lot of firewire devices and the preamps, converters and the sound quality blows away any m-audio, 003, motu, presonus unit"
Place to buy it online:
Go to Amazon.com for the best prices.
