What Do you Get with Symphony Desktop?
Hybrid DSP/Native Plugins + Superior Workflow for Recording, Monitoring & Mixing

Symphony Desktop is designed to work with a full suite of plugins for recording, mixing and mastering.

6 Hardware DSP plugins are included with Symphony Desktop

• Symphony ECS Channel Strip – EQ, Compression and Saturation
• Pultec EQP-1A – Program Equalizer
• Pultec MEQ-5 – Mid-range Equalizer
• Opto-3A – Vintage Compressor/Limiter
• ModEQ 6 – Modern 6 Band Visual Equalizer
• ModComp – Modern Visual Compressor/Limiter

All of the Hardware DSP plugins are free when you register your Symphony Desktop and install the firmware. You can control Hardware DSP plugins from the Symphony Desktop touch screen and print and monitor through FX for zero latency recording.

2 Native plugins are included with Symphony Desktop

• Symphony ECS Channel Strip – EQ, Compression and Saturation (hardware DSP/native plugin)
• Clearmountain’s Spaces – Bob Clearmountain’s Personalized Reverb Spaces (native only plugin)

The Symphony ECS Channel Strip is a DualPath plugin allowing you to unlock the powerful hybrid DSP/Native plugin workflow that is unique to Symphony Desktop. With hybrid plugins you can print from hardware DSP or record/monitor from your DAW without printing using hardware DSP/native plugins. And you can run Apogee hybrid plugins natively in your DAW while you mix – no hardware required.

Get 50% off the Complete Apogee FX bundle for Symphony Desktop 

When you purchase Symphony Desktop, you can get the entire suite of Apogee FX DualPath native plugins at a 50% discount and unlock the complete hybrid DSP/Native plugin workflow. Customers that already have the Apogee FX bundle can get 50% off premium Clearmountain Series plugins as well (Clearmountain plugins are native only).

Workflow that Works for You

With Symphony Desktop, the Apogee Control Software and the Apogee Channel FX plugin, you can set up a variety of workflows that offer low-latency recording, maximum CPU efficiency, easy collaboration and the option to print or just monitor plugins in your projects. Plus, you can use Apogee plugins with or without Symphony Desktop connected to your computer.

DSP + Native Plugins for Hybrid Recording

Apogee’s hybrid DSP workflow approach addresses the specific challenge of low-latency recording in a way that does not impose restrictions. The DSP plugins running on the Symphony Desktop are only engaged to provide near-zero latency monitoring on the tracks currently being recorded, but after recording the tracks, seamlessly switching to native plugins running on the computer in your DAW allows you to scale your session to the huge track counts that are typical in modern music production.