Level up your home studio recordings, or bring the studio wherever you go with Duet 3 LE. Clean up your desk with the streamlined dock for inputs and outputs, and finesse your sound with Apogee’s best EQ and reverb plugins. 

Let’s Be Transparent

With +65dB of gain and Apogee’s legendary conversion quality, you won’t find a better pair of mic preamps in this class of audio interfaces.

Inspired Workflow

The Duet 3 is a powerhouse when it comes to a portable pro audio interface. However, when paired with the Duet Dock, the overall experience is elevated. The angled positioning and rear panel connectors of the Duet Dock help tidy up your desk.

Collaborate in Harmony

Connecting the Duet and Duet Dock introduces an extra headphone jack, enabling seamless collaboration and focused creativity.

Features

• Best-in-class Apogee conversion and mic preamp technology
• Up to 24 bit / 192kHz recording
• 2×4 USB-C audio interface
• 2 USB Type-C Ports
• 2x ¼” Instrument input
• 2x ¼” Balanced outputs
• 1/4” Headphone output
• Low profile design with aluminum body
• Bus powered
• On-board hardware DSP for low-latency recording with Apogee FX
• Symphony ECS Channel Strip – Hardware DSP FX (Native plugin sold separately)

Specifications

MIC PRE

• Gain: Up to 65dB
• EIN: 128dB (un-weighted) @ 60dB, 150 Ohm input
• Max Input Level: +18dBu
• Input Impedance: 4k Ohm

HI-Z

• Max input level: 14dBu
• Input Impedance: 3.2kOhm (Pad on), 1MOhm (Pad off)

A/D CONVERSION

• Max input level +4dBu: +18dBu
• Max input level (-10dBV ref): +6dBV
• Input impedance: 6.4KOhm
• Freq resp 20 Hz -20Khz: > +/-0.2dB (@44.1Khz)
• Rel. THD + N: -101dB
• Dyn. Range: 122dB (A-weighted)

D/A CONVERSION

• Max output level (+4dBu ref): +18dBu
• Max output level (-10dBV ref): +6 dBu
• Line output impedance: 50 Ohm
• Freq resp 20Hz -20 Khz: > +/- 0.05dB
• Rel. THD+N : -110dB
• Dyn Range: 125dB (A-weighted)

HEADPHONE OUT

• Max output level headphones: +18dBu
• Headphone output impedance 0 Ohm
• Rel. THD+N : -109dB with 300 Ohm Load
• Dyn Range: 124dB (A-weighted)

PRODUCT SIZE

• Weight: 2lbs. / 0.95 kg
• Dimensions: 8.85” x 7” x 3.54” / 22.5cm x 18cm x 9cm

Compatibility

• macOS: 10.15 and later
• iOS / iPad OS: 15 and later*
• PC: Windows 10 Anniversary update or later
• *All iPads with an USB-C port are compatible with BOOM.
• Devices with a Lightning port require the camera connection kit and a powered USB-A hub