DISC Apogee Duet IOS, sE Electronics 4400A Mic + Waves Tune Lite

Full Description

Bundle Includes:

• Apogee Duet USB Audio Interface for iPad & Mac
• sE Electronics sE-4400A Condenser Mic
• Waves Tune Lite

Apogee Duet USB Audio Interface

Apogee's Duet is the most respected portable audio interface ever. Along with receiving many industry awards, Duet has also been instrumental in the creation of numerous GRAMMY winning records. While others have been trying to emulate its sound quality, ease of use and innovative design, we have been busy making an even better Duet. Duet 2 builds on the incredible success of its predecessor by incorporating customer feedback, adding advanced new features and delivering even better sound quality than the original.

Using the very latest technology and drawing upon the experience of developing Apogee's new flagship audio interface, Symphony I/O, Apogee engineers rebuilt Duet to achieve a difference you can hear.

From the mic preamps to the AD/DA converters, Duet 2 offers the best of everything Apogee, allowing you to capture your audio with even more clarity and dimension than the original Duet. This is professional sound quality you can take anywhere.

Smooth, detailed world-class mic preamps

The Duet 2 mic preamps feature a new design, all new components and seamless click-free transitions as the gain increases and decreases throughout the incredible range of 0-75dB. This unprecedented feature allows you to dial in the perfect level while delivering ultra-low noise and smooth, crisp detail. Most importantly, the Duet 2 mic preamps are optimized for any sound source, so no matter what you are recording you'll capture every detail.

Pristine, next generation AD/DA converters

Much like the mic preamps, the Duet 2 AD/DA converters are an all-new design and deliver the purest recordings and best listening experience possible. This totally new design takes the personal studio to the next level with state-of-the-art components and next-generation conversion.

Full Colour OLED Display

New to Duet 2 is a full color OLED display. This high resolution screen is the main control center for Duet 2, delivering visual feedback for multiple functions including metering, numeric value for input and output levels, input grouping, and phase, muting, phantom power and Soft Limit indication. With this display you know the status of any input and output at any given moment without having to refer to Maestro or your recording software.

Configurable Touch Pads

Duet 2 also introduces configurable touch pads. The 2 touch pads, located on either side of the encoder knob, allow you to quickly access output functions such as "Mute Outputs", "Dim Outputs", "Sum to Mono" or "Toggle Headphone Source". Each are assignable using a drop-down menu within Apogee's new Maestro 2. This unique feature allows you to select the function you want and access it directly from Duet 2 without having to look at software.

Redesigned Breakout Cable

Duet 2's new breakout cable is greatly streamlined with 2 combination mic/instrument connectors (XLR and 1/4") built into a single connector and 2 balanced 1/4" connectors for speakers. The elegant single cable-to-junction design allows for easy cable management and the locking connection to Duet 2 is robust and stylish.

Multi-function Controller Knob

Along with its sleek aluminum chassis, the multi-function controller knob is one of the most recognizable features of Duet's design. This central control feature allows you to quickly and easily toggle thru Duet 2's inputs and outputs and set levels while looking at Duet 2's dynamic OLED display.

sE Electronics 4400A

This microphone has 4 polar patterns, Cardioid, Hypercardioid, Figure of 8 and Omni. 2 bass cuts at 60Hz and 120Hz; 2 pads at 10 and 20dB. The chassis is small - very small, but still manages to house a twin diaphragm 1" capsule and all the top grade electronics and switches. This flat, round edged chassis design allows the mic to be used flat onto a drumhead or guitar cab, or pushed through into the skin of a kick drum. It is also perfect for sung vocals and voice over work, because although it's the smallest mic of its type, it still 'looks' big when used full face on. It is extremely thin at less than 3/4" and fits neatly in the palm of your hand.

The sE-4400a has a unique, black, non-reflective, non-marking, rubberised finish which is ideal for live stage, theatre, TV and broadcast applications which require lighting.

The capsule has been specially tuned after almost 2 years of pre-market tests with professional studios and broadcasters, to really be something that very few mics can; the true all-rounder. Vital in professional studio or broadcast applications where an engineer needs to know he can reach for a mic that will handle any job, and equally for the home studio user who is on a budget and needs one mic to suit every occasion. The mic is multi-functional yet uncluttered, the sound is smooth and flattering and yet, because the capsules are hand made (like all sE mics) and then individually tuned, it benefits from lacking the usual hyped top end of most modern mass produced mics from automated machines.

The sE4400 comes with a unique shock mount which allows you to fit the mounted mic into tiny spaces, or invert the shock clamp to extend the mic fully outside the shock mount for close mic-ing applications or vocals. It also comes with a full, steel re-enforced, black aluminium, signature sE flight case.

Waves Tune LT

Waves Tune Lite is the special edition of Waves Tune which delivers the same great sound as Waves Tune and uses an intuitive interface and simplified controls.

Tune Lite controls and operates in sync with host transport using ReWire. Three timeline modes include bars/beats, minutes/seconds and samples. There's also a pitch edit graph with waveform overview, timeline, piano roll and pitch editor.

Features/Specifications

Apogee Duet

• Audio Interface: USB 2.0 Mac audio interface
• Analog Inputs: Combination Line/Mic/Instrument
• Line Outputs: Balanced line outputs, +20 dBu maximum output level
• Headphone Output: 1 Independent stereo headphone output
• Preamps: 2 Microphone preamps with up to 75dB of gain
• Display: Top panel high resolution OLED display
• Controller: Multi-function controller knob
• Touch Pads: Two assignable top panel touch pads
• Mute: Mute speakers, headphones or all outputs

Compatible Software

Compatible with any Core Audio compliant application including:

• Logic
• GarageBand
• MainStage
• Soundtrack Pro
• Pro Tools 9
• Ableton Live
• Cubase

sE Electronics 4400A

• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz
• Sensitivity: 14.1mv/pa-37db ± 1dB
• Polar Pattern: Cardioid, Figure 8, Omni, supercardioid
• Impedance: 50 Ohms
• Equivalent Noise Level: 17dB(A weighted)
• Max SPL for 0.5 THD@1000Hz: 130dB
• Power Requirement: Phantom power 48V±4V
• Connector: 3-pin

Waves Tune LT

System Requirements

• MAC OS:
  • CPU: Core Duo 2.3Ghz
  • RAM: 4GB
  • Operating System: 1.6.8 - 10.8.3
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768
• Windows:
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Operating System: Windows 7 / Windows 8
  • Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit