Apogee Quartet User manual

Apogee Quartet
User’s Guide
V1, September, 2012

Contents
QuickStart!6
Introduction!6
Quartet!6
Professional audio interface and studio control center for Mac!6
What you can do with Quartet:!6
Package contents!7
The following items are included in the Quartet box:!7
Software, firmware and the Quartet User’s guide are available online only.!7
Please download the latest installer here:!7
Quartet panel tour!8
Top panel!8
Rear panel!9
Side panel!9
Display and touchpad tour!10
Input display and touchpads!10
Output display and touchpads!10
Connecting to your Mac!11
System Requirements!11
Install Quartet Software!11
Choosing Quartet for Mac Sound I/O!12
Connect to Headphones or Speakers!13
Check Audio Playback in iTunes!13
Adjusting Volume!14
Speaker Output level!14
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Headphone Output level!15
Configuring the Input!16
Open Apogee Maestro 2 software and select the Input tab.!16
Operation!17
Controller Knob!17
Quartet’s OLED Displays!17
Adjusting Input & Output Levels!18
Input level!18
Speaker Output level!19
Headphone Output level!20
Multiple Speaker Set Operation!21
2 Speaker Sets!22
3 Speaker Sets!23
Custom Output Routing!24
Assignable Touchpads!25
Mute outputs!26
Dim outputs!26
Sum to Mono!27
Engage Speaker Set!27
Clear Meters!28
MIDI Input/Output !29
To setup a MIDI device with Quartet:!30
OS X System Preferences!31
OS X Audio MIDI Setup!31
Setting Sample Rate!32
Maestro 2!33
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Devices Sidebar!33
Device Icon & ID Button!34
Input Tab Window!35
Output Tab Window!36
Device Settings Tab Window!38
Output Routing Tab Window!39
System Setup Window!41
Menu Bar Menus!42
Low Latency Mixing!45
Maestro Low Latency mixing!45
Maestro Low Latency mixing (continued)!46
Working with the Maestro Mixer!48
Do I need the Maestro Mixer?!48
Recording software settings!48
Software monitoring!48
Playback mix!49
Maestro Output Routing Tab!49
Maestro Mixer Settings!50
Applications!51
Using Quartet with Logic!51
Using Quartet with Logic (continued)!52
Using Quartet with Logic (continued)!53
Using Quartet with Logic (continued)!54
Using Quartet with GarageBand!55
Using Quartet with Avid Pro Tools (9 or greater)!56
Using Quartet with Ableton Live!57
Using Quartet with Apple Final Cut Pro!58
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Using Quartet with Steinberg Nuendo!59
Troubleshooting!60
Further Troubleshooting Resources!62
Apogee Website!62
Apogee Support!62
Apogee Product Repair!62
Specifications!63
System Requirements:!64
Warranty & Notifications!65
Registration and Warranty Information!65
Service Information!66
Warnings!66
Copyright Notice!66
Software Notice!67
Declarations of Conformity!67
Industry Canada Notice!68
Declaration of Conformity – CE!68
Declaration of Conformity – Japan!68
Declaration of Conformity – Australia!68
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QuickStart
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Quartet. This QuickStart guide describes how to set up Quartet with your
Mac, connect speakers or headphones to play back music and connect mics and instruments to record
your own creations with Apple’s Logic Pro or Avid’s Pro Tools.
Quartet
Professional audio interface and studio control center for Mac
For over 25 years, Apogee has been an award-winning industry leader in digital recording. Quartet
expands upon this award-winning legacy with next generation sound quality and groundbreaking
new features that will raise the bar for the personal recording studio. With Quartet, you have a
powerful studio tool that’s easy to use and designed to deliver a difference you can hear.
Quartet features the very latest in Apogee conversion and mic preamp technology. Compact and
simple to use, Quartet lets you capture your best take anywhere with ease and without compromise.
What you can do with Quartet:
•Record up to 4 analog inputs simultaneously (microphone, line-level or instrument)
•Connect up to 8 additional inputs digitally via ADAT/SMUX optical for a total of 12 inputs
•Connect and power any compatible MIDI USB device
•Connect up to 3 sets of powered monitors
•Mix and monitor in 5.1 surround
•Record with any popular audio software on a Mac; Logic Pro, Final Cut, GarageBand, Pro Tools,
Ableton Live, or any Core Audio compatible application
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Package contents
The following items are included in the Quartet box:
•Quartet
•QuickStart Guide
•Power Supply
•USB 2.0 Cable
USB 2.0 CableQuickStart Guide Power Supply
Software, firmware and the Quartet User’s guide are available online only.
Please download the latest installer here:
http://www.apogeedigital.com/downloads
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Quartet panel tour
Top panel
Input Meters Output Meters
User Assignable
Touchpads
Controller Knob
Durable Cast
Aluminum Body
Input Selection Touchpads
Output Selection Touchpads
Quartet panel tour
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Rear panel
Analog OutputsAnalog Inputs
DC Power
Word Clock OUT
USB 2.0
Digital Inputs
MIDI (USB)
Side panel
Headphone Output
(on right side)
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Display and touchpad tour
Input display and touchpads
Output display and touchpads
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