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Posted by: sounds2me Fri 19 Oct 2007, 23:05

Hello....

I will be running Logic Studio on iMac 20" 2.16. Korg keyboard, Kirtzweil Micro Piano, and possibly the Yamaha Drum machine.

Has anyone had experience with Logic Studio and Apogee Duet?
The Duet does not have faders... looks like a knob..
Apple says it is designed for Logic...

I am also looking at PreSonus Firebox with Alpha Track USB controller..

Will appreciate your ideas.

Also... What firewire external Hard drive is the Best for audio production on the iMac?
(Firewire, 7200, size GB? manufacturer?)

Thanks,

sounds2me

Posted by: Mac Daddy Sat 20 Oct 2007, 15:14

Dear "sounds2me",

Sounds like a nice set-up. Can't say I've seen your configuration discussed, Logic Studio and Apogee Duet? Apogee Duet.?! If Apogee makes it, it's good, and it does work with Mac. I just "Googled" the Apogee Duet. Awesome. Sounds like a winning set-up. All you need now is time to become acquainted with Logic Studio and play good music. Final question, this is a "Dream Wish Gear Thing" you don't actually have any of this? Hence, you asked if anyone knew if, how and why, it could, should work? Right?
I really can't recall seeing your situation mentioned here. I know I'll be corrected if wrong.

Your "Dream Wish Gear Thing" sound like it will do the job for sure.

Let us know what happens. Be sharp, don't Bb.

Posted by: lepetitmartien Sun 21 Oct 2007, 04:08

For the hard drive have a look in the hard drive sub forum, there's things to read.

The Duet has nice converters from the first users.

Posted by: sounds2me Sun 21 Oct 2007, 15:32

QUOTE (Mac Daddy @ Sat 20 Oct 2007, 09:14)

QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Sat 20 Oct 2007, 22:08)

Posted by: mortalengines Sun 21 Oct 2007, 19:18

ANYTHING Apogee makes is generally top notch. www.pacificproaudio.com has some very reasonably priced FW drives that are made specifically for audio recording (much cheaper than Glyph drives and work just as well).

Good Luck!

www.myspace.com/mortal_engines

Posted by: sounds2me Sun 21 Oct 2007, 19:51

QUOTE (mortalengines @ Sun 21 Oct 2007, 13:18)

Posted by: Mac Daddy Mon 22 Oct 2007, 17:05

Dear Members,

Just got the latest issue of Sound On Sound. They are featuring 'Apple Logic 8'.

Price, £319.

No XS Key is required. Only a serial number.

Comes with 10 DVD's. Installation can take over a hour.


Pros: Intuitive single-window interface makes Logic easier and faster to use.

Improved mixer and audio engine, with better surrond support annd the ability to record busses internally.

Many long-standing issues heve been addressed such as sample-accurate region editing.

Cons:

Many long standing issues still haven't been addressed such as the tick-based MIDI delays and the lack of full support for Macs with more than two processing cores.

MIDI functionality has stayed much the same, with no improved editing for composing music.

Surrond functionality has improved, but is still lagging behind some of the competiton.

Summary:

Logic Pro 8 is a significent achievement. It makes advanced music production tools accessible, both in terms of features and price, without alienating exsisting users.

Never thought I would leave Logic 5. Then I said the same for 6 and 7. Looks like I will be making the move to 8. It's the move to 10.4.9 or later that I'm concerned about.

Too much info for this Post and my weak typing.

For full details, go to soundonsound.com

Posted by: mickazoid Mon 22 Oct 2007, 19:44

Hi guys! First post, I think.

I am loving my new Duet (4 days old)! It's flawless, in combination with Logic Studio, the PreSonus FaderPort and a whopping 200gb FW800 external drive.

All my Logic Studio sessions sound wonderful, the stereo mix is a lot clearer and distinct than my old M-Audio box. Works very well with Studio and I figured out Maestro's control panel so it's all good there as well.

The mic pres are pretty clear and there's a lot of gain. If you don't push the gain into the stratosphere, the noise level is eminently usable. I found using more than 50db (for ribbon mics, as an example) was a bit noisier than I liked. I started having to think about applying noise reduction, which is something I try to avoid.

So for most stuff, I find Duet amazing. With a really good outboard preamp matched to your mics, Duet is nothing less than astonishing. When they make a similar multi-channel device that is portable (maybe a 'Symphony Mobile/Octet'-style device, I'll be in line to buy one.

Here's a link to some of my music for those who may be interested:
http://nav.440network.com/out.php?mmsc=forums&url=http://www.icompositions.com/artists/mickazoid

Posted by: emgcarra Tue 23 Oct 2007, 16:05

Hi:
Regarding Logic Studio 8....I have mine resting on a table until I spare some time between proyects...It is kind of install-panic......But it will come and for sure, it would be great (I hope...).

Talking about Duet.... I don´t know....all those cable hanging around with lots of female connectors from older days.....that little multipin al the back, remembering Adats.....and it is no a cheap device...US$ 495,00... !

Maybe the new TC Electronic´s Konnekt Live could be a better choice..... No doubt that there is a reputation
when we think in Apogee.....But I´m still not so convinced.....or articulated...

I just wish that the guy with the FW410 problem could solve it and make music in peace..

Posted by: lepetitmartien Wed 24 Oct 2007, 04:37

It's not just a reputation, there's better converters but… price then is one of a Space Shuttle, and Apogee itself is not cheap. In fact it's the first time Apogee makes a converter for the rest of us without you having to pay the extra price for the brand name. Now, Apogee has this reputation of being b…y good for a reason: very good converters, and very good controlling clocks. If something is to say against them, it's sometimes you can wonder if they think people using their high end converters should have a rocket science doctorate to survive the menus and settings…

To bring to an accessible price level such product has been a great move from them, now if you want it you can have Apogee sound and it's a good thing!

Posted by: mortalengines Wed 24 Oct 2007, 05:05

QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Wed 24 Oct 2007, 03:37)

It's not just a reputation, there's better converters but… price then is one of a Space Shuttle, and Apogee itself is not cheap. In fact it's the first time Apogee makes a converter for the rest of us without you having to pay the extra price for the brand name. Now, Apogee has this reputation of being b…y good for a reason: very good converters, and very good controlling clocks. If something is to say against them, it's sometimes you can wonder if they think people using their high end converters should have a rocket science doctorate to survive the menus and settings…

To bring to an accessible price level such product has been a great move from them, now if you want it you can have Apogee sound and it's a good thing!

Posted by: lanning Sun 26 Oct 2008, 17:36

Sorry to intrude (I am a very new member) but I do have a couple of things I can say about Duet:

1) If you have a FW800 disk or anything else on the FW800 port (I have iMac24) Duet may not work very well if connected to the FW400 port - apparently 800 and 400 share the bus ... I found it worked well when I daisy chained it to the FW400 PORT on my FW800 Disk.

2) It seems that Duet or its drivers my have memory leaks - I find that after a couple of hours the Duet's output starts to stutter and give out all kinds of unpleasant noises. Rebooting the computer fixes the problems. I only have 2GB RAM.

Posted by: lepetitmartien Mon 27 Oct 2008, 02:52

Never heard of these memory issues before, you're using the Duet with what software? There' the Due and there's the host…

I'd like to know too if someone had a go at aggregating 2 or more Duets…

Posted by: mortalengines Mon 27 Oct 2008, 07:13

I haven't noticed this with my Macbook Pro. I have a Firewire hard drive on my 800 port and the Duet on the 400 port. I generally record with Ableton Live. It has been relatively trouble free to operate.


www.myspace.com/mortal_engines

Posted by: lanning Mon 27 Oct 2008, 09:25

Citation (lepetitmartien @ lun 27 oct 2008, 02:52)

Posted by: jean emar Wed 2 Jan 2013, 23:05

hello, i know it's a bit late but i recovered a Duet Firewire and i'm looking for the first driver /Installer (from 2007, no the update from 2009) the guys from Apogee are taking ages in reply me, if one days they does. if someone could upload this driver in a cloud .. ! THANKS

Posted by: anustus Wed 28 May 2014, 17:29

recently updated to mavericks


still have firewire duet

but now midi encoder is no longer supported - bummer

Posted by: houstonmusic Thu 29 May 2014, 15:13

bummer. have you installed the most recent driver?
http://nav.440network.com/out.php?mmsc=forums&url=http://www.apogeedigital.com/support/duet-2

Posted by: anustus Sun 1 Jun 2014, 15:03

QUOTE (houstonmusic @ Thu 29 May 2014, 15:13)

Posted by: houstonmusic Wed 4 Jun 2014, 16:57

oops. i see.