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  • Page 1 User’s Guide v1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Contents Contents Overview Introduction Features Navigating This User’s Guide In the Box Available Accessory (Sold Separately) System Requirements Register your Product Duet 3 Panel Tour Getting Started Installing Apogee Control 2 Software macOS Installer Windows 10 Installer...
  • Page 3 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Monitor/Output Section Choose Your Duet Workflow A Glossary of Important Workflow Concepts Monitoring Workflows Software Monitoring Direct Monitoring Working with Onboard Hardware DSP Configuring Your DAW Apple Logic Pro Avid Pro Tools Ableton Live Troubleshooting...

  • Page 4: Overview

    Overview Introduction In 2007, the original Apogee Duet shattered the expectations of what a home studio interface could be. Professional, personal and portable, Duet revolutionized independent recording and empowered musicians, producers and engineers with legendary Apogee sound quality, elegant design and effortless ease of use.

  • Page 5: Navigating This User's Guide

    The Controller Knob can also be set to toggle between i/o and mute outputs. (link). ● Use Apogee Control 2 software to navigate all settings, including direct monitor mixing and FX (link). ● Choose a Monitoring workflow and configure your DAW and Duet (link).

  • Page 6: In The Box

    ● Mac & Windows: 4GB minimum RAM, 8GB Recommended Register your Product ● Access Apogee’s expert Technical Support for free ● Receive important product update information by email ● Take the Customer Satisfaction Survey for a chance to win Apogee gear! Register Now: www.apogeedigital.com/support/register...

  • Page 7: Duet 3 Panel Tour

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Duet 3 Panel Tour...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Duet Installer download. macOS Installer Once downloaded, double-click the .dmg file to display the contents: ● Apogee Control 2 Software Installer ● Extras - for Symphony Desktop only ● User’s Guides ● Apogee Control 2 Uninstaller To install Apogee Control 2 Software: 1.

  • Page 9: Windows 10 Installer

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Windows 10 Installer 1. In your Downloads folder, double-click the .zip file to extract it, then double-click the .exe file to start the installation process. 2. Click Next through all steps, then click Finish at the final step.

  • Page 10: Connecting Duet

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Connecting Duet Connecting to a Mac or Windows computer Note: the supplied USB-C to USB-C/USB-A cable includes an integrated USB-C to USB-A adaptor, as shown at right. Remove the USB-A adaptor to connect to USB-C devices.

  • Page 11: Configure Os To Use Duet For Audio I/O

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Configure OS to use Duet for Audio I/O macOS To choose Duet as the audio interface for Mac applications that don’t have specific audio hardware preferences, such as Safari, Spotify, Voice Memos and others: 1. Open System Preferences by choosing Apple menu >...

  • Page 12: Windows 10

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Windows 10 To choose Duet as the audio interface for Windows applications that don’t have specific audio hardware preferences, such as Google Chrome, Spotify, and others: 1. Type Control Panel in the Windows search bar to open the Control Panel.

  • Page 13: Connecting Your Studio

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Connecting Your Studio To connect inputs and outputs using the included breakout cable, first connect the breakout cable’s multi-pin connector to the Duet 3 rear panel. A wide range of devices, including dynamic & condenser microphones, electric instruments,...
  • Page 14 ● Connect dynamic and condenser mics to XLR inputs, then set Analog Level to Mic from Apogee Control 2 (link). When using condenser mics, be sure to engage 48v phantom power. ● Connect analog line level audio gear line outputs to the XLR inputs using the appropriate adaptor if required.

  • Page 15: Duet Top Panel Features

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Duet Top Panel Features With Duet’s top panel Control knob, you have the most important settings right at your fingertips. Set Input gain plus Speaker and headphone listening level. Tap the top panel Control knob to toggle the knob focus (i.e. the parameter being controlled by the knob) through this sequence: 1.

  • Page 16: Apogee Apogee Control 2 Software

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Apogee Apogee Control 2 Software The Apogee Apogee Control 2 application provides access to all settings, including System setup, direct monitor mixing, hardware DSP and Monitor controller functionality. Primary Window The Apogee Control 2 software interface consists of the following sections:...

  • Page 17: Toolbar

    - System is ready: Hardware is connected and recognized over USB. ● 2. Device - When multiple Apogee devices are connected to the same host, select the device in focus (i.e. under control of the software) in the Device dropdown.

  • Page 18: Channel Section

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Channel Section This portion of the Primary window displays channels for Analog and Playback inputs. General Settings 1. Channel View Button - click to show/hide Playback channels. The Analog In channels are always shown. 2. Channel Label - Indicates the channel type - Analog In or Playback. Analog IN labels are transmitted to your DAW.

  • Page 19: Playback Channels

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide 7. Gain Control - Adjust the gain of the preamp, when Analog Level is set to Mic or Instrument. Gain Control is hidden when Analog Level is set to +4dBu or -10 dBV line input.

  • Page 20: Mixer Section

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Mixer Section The mixer section provides a mixer for blending Analog and Playback inputs. ● Route mixer outputs to Main and headphone outputs for low latency direct monitoring while recording; ● Route mixer outputs directly to audio software inputs.

  • Page 21: Monitor/Output Section

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Monitor/Output Section In the Monitor/Output Section, select the signals to be routed to the Main and Headphone outputs, then control their volume. Output Level Meters display the presence of signal at the outputs, useful as a diagnostic tool.

  • Page 22: Choose Your Duet Workflow

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Choose Your Duet Workflow In the previous sections of this User’s Guide, the individual components of Duet have been described in detail. This section describes howk these components work together to form a sophisticated and efficient audio production environment.
  • Page 23 CPU processing power to perform the required DSP, and are said to be native plugins. If you’ve set the DAW Buffer to it’s maximum setting, you can run virtually thousands of Apogee plugins from a reasonably recent computer - there’s really a lot of native DSP processing power available from your computer!

  • Page 24: Monitoring Workflows

    To configure your system for software monitoring: 1. In Apogee Control, set the Speaker and HP outputs to Playback 1-2. 2. Configure your DAW for software monitoring, as described here. 3. Set up a DAW channel for recording, then use the DAW mixer to create the desired balance...

  • Page 25: Direct Monitoring

    Buffer setting that causes disruptive latency, Direct monitoring lets performers hear themselves through a separate mixer running on hardware DSP and controlled in Apogee Control 2 software. The Direct mixer avoids the latency-inducing round trip through the DAW. To avoid double monitoring, the DAW must be configured so incoming audio to be recorded is NOT monitored through the DAW.

  • Page 26: Working With Onboard Hardware Dsp

    Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Working with Onboard Hardware DSP With the ECS Channel Strip running on onboard hardware DSP, it’s possible to add EQ, compression and saturation directly to Duet analog inputs. ECS processing is printed to the audio that’s sent to your DAW for recording and to streaming apps for online communication.
  • Page 27 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide 1. EQ Section In/Out - Toggle the EQ section on or off 2. High Pass to EQ or Side Chain - toggle the high pass filter between two possible signal paths. ● HP > EQ - The high pass filter is inserted into the EQ signal chain, processing audio throughput.
  • Page 28 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide 9. High Shelf Gain - Set the gain of the High Shelf band in the range of -15 dB to +15 dB. 10. High Shelf Frequency - Set the frequency of the High Shelf band.

  • Page 29: Configuring Your Daw

    ● On the Logic channel strip, click the Direct button to engage Direct monitoring. ● For Software monitoring, leave the Direct button off. 4. In Apogee Control 2, set Main and Headphone Sources to Playback 1-2 regardless of Software or Direct monitoring.
  • Page 30 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide To access Duet inputs & outputs in Logic Pro: 1. From the Logic Pro menu bar, choose Mix > I/O Labels. 2. Choose the Provided by Driver labels by clicking on the first label, dragging your mouse down until all Duet labels are highlighted, then unclick.

  • Page 31: Avid Pro Tools

    1. In the Pro Tools menu bar, set Options > Low Latency Monitoring. ● Uncheck Low Latency Monitoring for Software monitoring. ● Check Low Latency Monitoring for Direct monitoring. 2. In Apogee Control 2, set Mixer View in the System Settings column. ● Set to Off for Software monitoring.
  • Page 32 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide Pro Tools Preference Setting 1. To use native reverb while Direct monitoring, choose Pro Tools > Preferences to open the Preferences window; click the Mixing tab, then check “Allow Sends to persist during LLM” under...

  • Page 33: Ableton Live

    In/Out is checked. 3. In each channel, set Monitor to Auto for Software monitoring or Off for Direct monitoring. 4. In Apogee Control 2, set Main and Headphone Sources. ● Set to Playback 1-2 for Software monitoring.
  • Page 34 Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide To set channel Input & Output list labels: ● Choose Live > Preferences and click the Audio tab. ● Under Audio Device, click the Input Config and Output Config buttons. ● Activate inputs & outputs by clicking the numbered buttons.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    12 months. The term of this warranty begins on the date of sale to the purchaser from an authorized Apogee dealer (proof of purchase in the form of a receipt may be required). Units returned for warranty repair to Apogee or an authorized Apogee warranty repair facility will be repaired or replaced with a functional equivalent product that is new or refurbished at the manufacturer’s option, free of charge.

  • Page 36: Declarations Of Conformity

    Règlement sur le matérial brouilleur du Canada. Declaration of Conformity – CE Apogee Electronics Corporation hereby declares that the product, Duet 3, to which this declaration relates, is in material conformity with the following standards or other normative documents: (EN50081-1/EN55022;...

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