Standalone Operation - Apogee Symphony Desktop User Manual

8. Connect audio gear equipped with optical outputs only (such as mic preamp expanders, CD players, and
other hi-fi devices) to the rear panel Optical input. Thanks to transparent sample rate conversion on the
optical input, there's no need to clock one device to the other - both may remain set to Internal clock.
● Set Symphony Desktop Optical format to match that of the connected device from the touchscreen
(p.xx) or Symphony Desktop Control (p.xx).
9. For bi-directional streaming of digital audio between Symphony Desktop and Symphony IO MkII,
interconnect Optical I/O between each interface.
● Set Symphony Desktop and Symphony I/O MkiI Optical format to ADAT or SMUX (depending on
sample rate).
● Set Symphony I/O MkII Clock source to Optical.

Standalone Operation

Symphony Desktop may be used standalone (i.e not connected to a computer) with any digital audio device
equipped with S/PDIF or ADAT/SMUX optical I/O.
To configure for standalone operation, Symphony Desktop must initially be connected to a Mac or Windows
computer and the following settings made.
● Connect Symphony Desktop Optical output to the devices's Optical in; connect the device's Optical out to
Desktop's Optical in (as shown in figure 9).
● Set Optical outputs 1-2 Routing to HW Inputs > Analog Inputs 1-2
● Set the Main, HP1, and HP2 outputs to Direct HW Inputs > Optical In 1-2
● Once settings are made, the computer isn't necessary and may be disconnected.
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