Apogee ONE Brings Near-Studio-Quality Recording To The Mac

2:30PM June 26, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Here’s a nice one for Mac-using amateur musicians: Apogee’s ONE is a multifunctional handheld device that features a built-in mic, preamp, and dedicated input/output. It works over USB and is designed for Garage Band, Final Cut, and the like.

It’s a single input, stereo output device, offering 24-bit audio between 44.1 and 48KHz sample rates in a package around the same size (though thicker) than an iPhone. Apogee’s putting emphasis on the built-in mic (they even offer a stand so you can treat the whole thing like a handheld mic), though it’s got one input for instruments or your own mic. That input is coupled with a preamp, customizable using the ONE’s controls.

The ONE is designed to work with Apple’s range of audio software, including iTunes, Garage Band, Logic, and Final Cut, though we don’t imagine it would have trouble working with non-Apple software as well. It remains to be seen whether the built-in mic is everything Apogee claims; on such a small device, we’re skeptical but remain hopeful. It’ll be available sometime in “late July” at a pretty reasonable $US250. [Apogee]

Comments

Del Pier

June 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM

While I can’t claim to be an audiophile, if anyone is looking for their first audio interface for working with programs like Garage Band, Ableton Live and Native Instruments Guitar Rig etc, there are other options.

Personally, I have a M-Audio device:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MobilePreUSB.html

With the exception of 16 bit and the larger footprint this device offers significantly more features for less. From memory I picked mine up for Guitar Center two years ago for about $130.

Denis

October 31, 2009 at 2:42 AM

Yes you can but M-Audio’s sound quality doesn’t come close to Apogee.

It is like Casio and Yamaha Keyboards. At the same price one has more features, the other sounds better.

Depends what you are after.

Travis De Silva

April 9, 2010 at 6:13 PM

Hey I’m looking into purchasing one of these however I own a pair of KRK RP6′s. Am I able to hook them up through the single stereo output? I’m confused.

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