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With ONE, you can record a single channel of audio using the specially tuned enclosure microphone, an instrument input for guitar, bass, or keyboard, or a world-class microphone preamp input. Listening with ONE is an entirely new experience as well. Hear your recordings and your iTunes library with incredible dimension and clarity through ONE's studio-quality stereo output.
There's a Mic Inside:Tuned Aperture Microphone Technology
Unlike any interface in its class, ONE features an internal reference condenser microphone that has been fine-tuned by professional recording engineers to create Apogee's Tuned Aperture Microphone technology. ONE with its tuned aperture microphone and fitted with the optional custom mic mount is the ultimate portable recording solution for quickly capturing musical ideas, recording high quality demos, rehearsals, podcasts, lectures, interviews, voice-overs and more.
Choose your Mic: World-Class Mic Pre input
For those who prefer the sound of their favorite microphone, ONE features a worldclass microphone preamp with phantom power and a gain range of +10 to 63 dB. Based on the award winning mic preamps in Apogee's Ensemble and Duet, ONE's preamp is digitally controlled by the encoder knob. Level can also be set from within Apogee's Maestro, or your Mac's Sound and Audio MIDI Setup control panels.
Guitar, Bass and Keyboards: Instrument Input
Plug-in and play is made easy with ONE's instrument input. Perfect for guitar, bass, and keyboard, ONE's instrument input has extremely low noise and a transparent signal path making it the ideal solution for recording or performing live with your Mac.
Product Description
There's a Mic Inside: Tuned Aperture Microphones Technology Unlike any interface in its class, ONE features an internal reference condenser microphone that has been fine tuned by professional recording engineers to create Apogee's Tuned Aperture Microphone technology. ONE with its tuned aperture microphone and fitted with the optional custom mic mount is the ultimate portable recording solution for quickly capturing musical ideas, recording high quality demos, rehearsals, podcasts, lectures, interviews, voice overs and more. For those who prefer the sound of their favorite microphone, ONE features a world class microphone preamp with phantom power and a gain range of +10 to 63 db. Based on the award winning mic preamps in Apogee's Ensemble and Duet, ONE's preamp is digitally controlled by the encoder knob. Level can also be set from within Apogee's Maestro, or your Mac's Sound and Audio MIDI Setup control panels. Headphones or Speakers: Studio Quality Stereo Output Hear your recordings in their truest form and rediscover your iTunes library with ONE's studio quality stereo output. Controlled by the encoder knob, the output of ONE is supplied by the 1/8" jack on the front allowing connection to either headphones or powered speakers. Guitar, Bass and Keyboards: Instrument Input Plug in and play is made easy with ONE's instrument input. Perfect for guitar, bass, and keyboard, ONE's instrument input has extremely low noise and a transparent signal path making it the ideal solution for recording or performing live with your Mac.
From the Manufacturer
I bought this specifically to use as part of a reamping chain, to send a guitar DI signal from a passive DI box into my DAW and out to a passive reamp box (the Radial JCR). My signal chain for this is simply guitar > DI box - split to the Apogee (dry) and to an Axe-Fx II (wet).
My primary interface is a MOTU 828mk2, and I was having some noise/level issues with it. When recording direct guitar, the signal needs to be as clean and noise free as possible, because when you send it back out to a regular amplifier any noise present in the source gets amplified as well. The 828 has fairly good mic pres in it, but nothing like this. I can record a crystal clear DI track with it at much higher levels (-3db of headroom or so) and when I send it back out through my reamp chain the signal is immaculate. No noise, no hiss, no crackles - exactly the way it should be.
I'm extremely happy with it - it does exactly what I wanted it to do, and was worth every penny. Crystal clear signal quality with no noise. 5 stars.