The Apogee Symphony I/O is a modular multi-channel audio interface featuring premium AD/DA conversion and world-class microphone preamps. Designed to deliver professional sound quality for audio recording, mixing and mastering on a Mac, Symphony I/O is the ultimate music production centerpiece for any modern studio.Legendary Sound Quality
Symphony I/O is the culmination of 25 years of Apogee’s award-winning design experience. Using the most advanced components available, Apogee engineers created an extremely efficient circuit and power design resulting in a significant improvement in audio clarity and transparency over any previous Apogee product.Input and Output Flexibility
There is a Symphony I/O solution everyone; the home studio, project studio, commercial recording studio and scoring stage. Choose from four base configurations, 2x6, 8x8, 16x16, or 8x8 with 8 mic preamps and easily expand as your studio grows. With two module slots and the capacity for up to 32 inputs and outputs of A/D & D/A conversion per unit, Symphony I/O offers the best per-channel value of any interface in its category. Complete Compatibility
Connect Symphony I/O to any Apple workstation; MacBook, iMac or Mac Pro via USB, Pro Tools HD, Symphony PCI or Thunderbolt. Symphony I/O is simple to set up and easy to use.Apogee Symphony I/O 8x8 Features:Complete compatibility with Audio Interface Modes (AIM):Symphony/Thunderbolt™ (connect to Symphony 64 | ThunderBridge or Symphony 64 PCIe card) Pro Tools HD (connect directly to any Pro Tools PCIe card) USB (connect to high-speed USB 2.0 port) StandAlone (Analog inputs routed directly to Digital outputs)Expand with 5 available I/O Modules and 8 channel mic preamp moduleUp to 32 channels of simultaneous analog and digital I/O per unitUltra-low latency performanceFuture-proof modular architectureSymphony I/O works with any Core Audio compatible application including: Logic, Pro Tools 9 and 10, Final Cut. Ableton LiveDesigned in California, Made in the U.S.A.Apogee Symphony I/O 8x8 Specifications:Inputs: Analog Inputs: 8 balanced inputs on 1 DSUB 25-pin connectorConnect microphones via external mic preampsConnect guitars via DI boxes or external mic preampsConnect keyboards directly to Symphony I/ODigital Inputs *AES-EBU IN: 8 inputs on 1 DSUB 25-pin connectorCoax IN: 2 channels of S/PDIF, up to 192 kHz on 1 RCA connectorOutputs: Analog Outputs: 8 balanced outputs on 1 DSUB 25-pin connectorDigital Outputs *AES-EBU OUT: 8 outputs on 1 DSUB 25-pin connectorCoax OUT: 2 channels of S/PDIF, up to 192 kHz on 1RCA connector*Dig I/O hardware switch selects AES or Optical digital I/O format