hey folks...i am a long time lurker here and felt obliged to chime in....after the few recording interfaces (including the Digi002, presonus,m-audio..blahblah...) that i have used in the past, I can safely say that the duet is in a class that is very much commendable at this price point...this should be a recommended product to anybody using a Mac product...it gets you in a realm of professionalism that in the past was unheard of and unacheivable at this kinda dough...i have some outboard gear (UA, manley...)that really comes to life through the duet but i recently did some recording in a cabin setting with just the duet and my mac with a shure sm57 mic, a couple of basses (Marcus Miller fiver & a seventies Japanese jazz copy with ole grimy flats) and an ole piece o crap hollowbody guitar...everything direct using the Duet's pre's...solid and clean as a whistle...with this unit there are no excuses to have at the very least a quality mp3 recording the rest is up to one's ability...sure you may seek out some alternative pre's, compressors and so forth but the AD/DA is not to freakin far from top notch...ultra-highly recommended from a dude that has used a few interfaces in a home project studio setting and been in a few higher end facilities that must be feeling the affects of these type of high quality home user interfaces...a mac (w/garageband) and the duet is a beautiful starting point for anybody looking to get into recording and to this point there has not been any combo of products for $500ish that gives this kind of value...and NO...i don't work for Apogee...i just really recommend this setup to anyone that anyone that will listen...can't go wrong!! Cheers TBers!!!
Something still small enough for the backpack, with the same great sound quality, but with (in my case) a few more outs---I take my laptop to do remote drum programming in other studios and with 6 outs I'm in good shape. I wouldn't mind seeing MIDI in/out on it too.
