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Your personal, professional audio production studio
Showcase your talent—from first note to final mix. Designed for musicians and audio post pros, Pro Tools | Quartet makes it easy to create and mix music and movie/TV soundtracks. Discover infinite creative possibilities with Pro Tools software. Connect your entire studio to your computer for recording. Plus, get a free year of Pro Tools upgrades and two additional studio-essential plug-ins included at no extra charge. Don’t blend in—stand out from the crowd with Pro Tools | Quartet.
Get the creative edge
Pro Tools | Quartet gives you the best of both worlds—award-winning Pro Tools software, used by the world's top artists, producers, and engineers, and the legendary sound of the Quartet by Apogee audio interface. You get a complete and truly portable music and audio production system that delivers exceptional performance, quality, and value—in your studio and on the go.
Dial in amazing sound
Take hands-on control of your mix using the multifunction controller knob and nine touchpads. Toggle through inputs and outputs. Tweak volume levels. Get quick access to output functions. Select speaker sets. With convenient control right at your fingertips, you can eliminate time spent clicking around with your mouse.
Scope your status
Keep an eye on your mix with the dual high-resolution, full color OLED displays. With visual feedback for everything from metering, I/O details, and input grouping, to phantom power and other status indicators, you'll always know exactly where your session stands.
Capture amazing sound
Capture and monitor high-quality audio through professional-level I/O. Connect any combination of up to four mics, guitars, basses, and synths for recording. And monitor your sound using up to three speaker sets, 5.1 surround, or send audio to outboard gear using six line/speaker outputs.
Get the advanced I/O you need
Bring in up to eight channels of digital ADAT/SMUX audio through two Toslink optical inputs. Optimize your audio by syncing an external A/D converter to the Word Clock output. And create and interact with your mix hands-on using a MIDI keyboard or DJ controller connected to the USB MIDI I/O port.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
| System | Avid-qualified Mac or Windows-based computer for Pro Tools use (see details) |
COMPATIBILITY
| Pro Tools | Quartet Interface | Works with Pro Tools, Pro Tools IO Control, and any other DAW software that supports ASIO, Core Audio, WDM, MME, or multi-client drivers |
| Pro Tools Plug-ins | Supports a wide range of 64-bit Avid and third-party AAX Native virtual instruments, effects, sound processors, and utility plug-ins |
| Third-party Plug-ins | Supports the associated plug-in formats when using the Pro Tools interface with third-party DAWs |
SPECIFICATIONS
| INPUTS, PREAMPS & OUTPUTS | |
| Analog Inputs | Four combo mic/instrument/line connections (XLR and 1/4"): |
| Combination line inputs: balanced, +20 dBu max | |
| Mic/instrument inputs: +20 dBu/+14 dBu max | |
| Mic Preamps | Four mic preamps: |
| Gain: Up to 75 dB | |
| EIN: 128 dB (unweighted) @ 60 dB, 150 Ohm input | |
| Max input level: +20 dBu | |
| Input impedance: 3K Ohm | |
| Hi-Z | Max input level: 14 dBu Input impedance: >2M Ohm |
| Digital Inputs | Eight channels of ADAT/SMUX input via two Toslink connections (44.1–96 kHz) |
| Eight analog outputs: | |
| Six 1/4" TRS balanced line/speaker outputs (+20 dBu max output level) | |
| One 1/4" stereo headphone output | |
| Digital Output | Word Clock output (BNC) |
| FEATURES | |
| Connections | High-speed USB 2.0—For connecting to a Mac or Windows-based computer |
| MIDI I/O (USB-A type connector)—For connecting a CoreMIDI-compatible keyboard, synth, or DJ controller | |
| Max Audio Resolution | 24-bit/192 kHz |
| Max input level (+4 dBu ref): +20 dBu | |
| Max input level (-10 dBV ref): +6 dBV | |
| Input impedance: 5K Ohm | |
| Frequency response (20 Hz–20 kHz): > +/-0.2 dB @ 44.1 kHz | |
| Relative THD + N: -106 dB @ 96 kHz | |
| Dynamic range: 114 dB, A-weighted | |
| D/A Conversion | Max output level (+4 dBu ref): +20 dBu |
| Max output level (-10 dBV ref): +6 dBV | |
| Line output impedance: 90 Ohm | |
| Max headphone level output: 19 dBu | |
| HPH output impedance: 30 Ohm | |
| Frequency response (20 Hz–20 kHz): > +/- 0.05 dB @ 44.1 kHz | |
| Relative THD + N: -113 dB @ 96 kHz | |
| Dynamic range: 123 dB, A-weighted | |
| Phantom Power | 48V, selectable on analog inputs |
| Soft Limit | Selectable on analog inputs |
| Phase invert | Selectable on analog inputs |
| Low-latency Monitoring | Complete input/output control with Pro Tools IO Control software (works on Mac and Windows) |
| Control Knob | Controller knob enables you to set input and output levels |
| Meter Display | Two full color, high-resolution OLED displays for viewing input and output levels and settings |
| Touchpads | Three configurable touchpads enable you to: |
| Mute outputs | |
| Dim outputs | |
| Sum to mono | |
| Clear meters | |
| Engage speaker set (enables monitoring of up to three speaker sets or 5.1 surround) | |
| Six QuickTouch pads for selecting inputs and outputs |
| GENERAL | |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 10.2 x 5.3 x 3 in (25.9 x 13.5 x 7.6 cm) |
| Weight | 3.1 lb (1.4 kg) |
| Power | DC power supply required (included) |
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