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Eugene Sharikov

Producer, Musician, Engineer

Recent Projects:
Vision Of Sound

"For nearly ten years, Apogee has helped me to realize my musical ideas. I could not imagine my studio today without my AD/DA-16X or Big Ben. Apogee's close cooperation with Apple has allowed me to forget about technical problems and concentrate on my music only. I spend a lot of time away from the studio on the road, and at my concerts and festivals, on stage with my arsenal, I use lots of effects for my bass guitar. Additionally, I use electronic keyboard bass. Recently, I got my hands on a wonderful device - the Apogee GiO. Since this device seems great for guitar, I thought why not use it for bass and keyboards? The quality of preamp and converters are so high that it allowed me to get a quality bass sound directly from the output. Using Apple's MainStage, I can now use my studio favorite hi-end plugins for processing bass guitar on stage and at the same time use a keyboard bass with my favorite virtual synths. Today I would be proud to acquire two more names to go with my GiO -- BiO and KiO."

Mat Mitchell

Producer, Musician

Recent Projects:
Puscifer

"Since we are already using MainStage live, the GiO is a great addition. It allows me to switch through my amps and all my pedals through MainStage. Another thing we discovered is that you can assign buttons to create a new track and arm that track. It's the integration that Apogee has with Apple products that makes it so wonderful. You don't have to have separate applications open; everything is integrated and meant to work together, and it does so quite well. Both live and in the studio, the GiO is really a good addition."

James Valentine

Guitarist

Recent Projects:
Maroon 5

"The GiO really helps ideas move forward as it frees up my hands to stay where they belong: on my guitar. The GiO allows you to take full advantage of all of the best new guitar features of Logic. This could have some really great applications in a live setting as well. . ."

Tony Berg

Producer

Recent Projects:
Simon Dawes, Jakob Dylan, Pete Yorn, Bruce Hornsby, Phantom Planet

"Apogee's new GIO is that rare animal; everything you wanted and more. Imagine a pedalboard that accesses all of the new amps and effects pedals (and brother, there's plenty) found in Apple's steroidal new iteration of Logic and in its suddenly-no-longer-kidding-around little brother, Garage Band. Now add all the transport controls at your...toe-tips. House it in a beautiful wedge of aluminum; one that Frank Gehry might've designed. Add a brilliant line-in that further enhances that "amp" feel...and go."

Corey Taylor

Musician

Recent Projects:
Stone Sour / Slipknot

"Using GIO opened up a whole realm of different possibilities for me to use with GarageBand. Now, instead of finding creative ways to make quick demos, all I do is stomp on my GIO and write away. The tones are great. The combinations are endless. And I have a lot of fun too!"

Giles Martin

Grammy-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Engineer

Recent Projects:
The Beatles' Love Album, The Beatles: Rock Band, Hayley Westenra, Celine Dion

"I pretty much own every product Apogee makes. I was really excited about GiO because I knew what level of quality to expect from an Apogee product. I was blown away with how cool this interface was once I started to play around with it. It's what recording guitarists have been waiting for. From my AD&DA-16Xs and Big Ben to my new ONE and GiO, I use Apogee on every project I work on. Nothing on the market compares."