The Apogee Ensemble upgraded with Thunderbolt 2

Thanks to its analog and digital connections, the new Apogee Ensemble with Thunderbolt 2 offers up to 30 inputs and 34 outputs to Mac users with OS X Mavericks and above.

Specifications of the new Apogee Ensemble: 

• 8 mic preamps with up to 75dB of gain, Advanced Stepped Gain circuit, 48V phantom power, high-pass filter, Soft Limit and polarity switch
• 2 front 1/4” guitar inputs and outputs with Class A JFET inputs
• Built-in condenser mic for the talkback function with control button
• 2 front PurePower headphone outputs with dedicated level knobs
• 8 mic/line/instrument analog inputs
• 10 analog outputs: 2 × 1/4” jack and 8 on D-SUB25
• 2 analog inserts
• Up to 18 digital I/O: 16 ADAT at 44.1 / 48kHz on 2 Toslink connectors, 8 SMUX at 88.2/96kHz on 2 Toslink connectors, 4 S/PDIF up to 96kHz on 2 Toslink connectors and RCA coaxial I/O for 2 channels of S/PDIF 192kHz
• Word Clock I/O
• 2 Thunderbolt ports
• Front input and output level knobs
• 2 OLED displays with VU-meters
• 4 assignable buttons to control the talkback mic and output settings (speaker set select, mute, dim, sum to mono)
• 1.1ms latency (at 96kHz / 32-bit buffer)
• I/O complete control via the Apogee Maestro software

The new Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt 2 audio interface is expected in the coming weeks at authorized dealers for 2495€/$. Full details are online at http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ensemble.