Element Reviews

“I’ve been in love with Apogee products ever since I was introduced to the Apogee Duet2. I owned 2 of them for several years and admired them and their sound quality. I recently upgraded to the Apogee Element Series, and I can honestly say the DIFFERENCE IS INCREDIBLE! The sound out of the element 88 is round with tons of depth. The top end gives air and pristine clarity WITHOUT EVER becoming harsh or sterile. The midrange and bottom end is round, clear, and tight.  These sound characteristics remain true through out the entire element interface, whether it be recording or playback. Essentially everything just sounds better with an Apogee element interface, much BETTER.     

The Element 88’s design is simple, functional and made with precision to detail. The build quality is sturdy and seems bullet proof! 

The Apogee Control software is user friendly, intuitive, and just looks flippin sweet on Mac or iPhone. I love the minimalist design and color schemes. The intergration between Logic and Apogee is impressive and makes recording much easier and more efficient. OH and did I mention ZERO LATENCY?? 

I’ve had to wait several years to purchase this product and I can honestly say it was WORTH IT. THANK YOU APOGEE for making excellent products, and for being a company that cares about quality and their customers. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the FUTURE! “

Thanks,

-Luke

Apogee Element Customer

“I purchased my Element 24 to replace my old interface from another company. I honestly did not expect such a big difference in sound quality, but Element 24 is a lot cleaner and without any distorting or harsh frequencies.

Apogee’s tight integration with macOS is really something that stands out from the competition. For example, the fact that you can easily change the output volume with the volume keys on your keyboard without reaching over to the interface is super convenient. Personally, I do not miss having any knobs on the interface especially because the potentiometer on my old interface was the first thing that broke.”

Oliver Wosnitza
Apogee Element Customer

“The Element 24 offers me the amazing sounding D-A that Ive always loved from Apogee. This makes it an amazing output for my ITB mixes. Using optical inputs I can  seamlessly use my rig when dry hiring tracking rooms. The software control is simple, elegant and intuitive. It’s the perfect interface for my needs.”

James Aparicio
Apogee Element Customer

“The Apogee Element 88 is a true game-changer. Despite owning a collection of top-level preamps and other outboard gear, I find myself frequently using Element’s onboard preamps for a reliably massive and honest sound. It’s true to life, just warmer. The intuitive layout of Apogee Control’s GUI has instantly streamlined my workflow at tracking which suits both me and my clients. The unit itself is constructed like a beast and I smile every time I look at it — not a single knob or digital display to ever fail on me, and I feel totally at ease bringing the unit around for location work. As expected, setup was a total breeze and the deep integration with my Mac and with Logic is worth about a million bucks to me. ”

Matthew James
Apogee Element 88 Customer

“I purchased Element24 to replace my old rosetta-Big Ben combo, I  thought I was settling for a slightly lesser converter but boy I was so wrong!  Don’t be fooled by the price, Element 24 is one hell of a device and for the price-point it’s really silly cheap. The only workaround in this unit is the almost-nihilistic front panel, they don’t compromise with the AD/DA, and you should check out the headphone amps, bloody stellar! Usually other manufacturers overlook this section, but not Apogee.

Sound wise, obviously it has that Apogee sound that people love dearly, compared to my mastering DAC from another company, I dare say that Apogee is musical, while my mastering DAC is critical, I need musical converters to inspire me from the get go. Oh well, I guess I’m bound to this company for life, LOL.”

Reyner Ferdinand

Apogee Element  24 Customer

“I have used my Element 24 for a couple of weeks now and I am very satisfied with everything about it. I absolutely love the software and its “easy to understand layout” no problems for me at all. Just working. The preamps and the way they response to anything i put in there sounds fantastic even if i push them really hard. My money well spent and if it gets stolen I will buy a new unit as soon as the music store opens.”

Johan Edman

Apogee Element 24 Owner

“Clear and full preamps. Detailed and articulate sound that’s also astonishingly smooth — there’s no frequency smearing here, nor congested low mids or abrasive upper mids. I have yet to play through a better hi-Z instrument/bass DI. My Duet 2 was very good, and the Element is even better.

I came back to Apogee after owning an interface from another company; I loved my Duet 2 but had wanted to have an interface that supported DSP. The other interface, while costing four times the amount of the Duet, just didn’t sound as good.

Coming back to Apogee was the best studio move I’ve ever made. The Element’s sound is so clear and yet is in no way clinical or sterile… I can only describe it as full, smooth, balanced and musical. Outstanding.”

Jay Swartzfeger
Apogee Element 24 Customer

“The mic preamps are the usual high-quality from Apogee: very clean and plenty of low-noise gain, but now I have more of them.  At first I was concerned about not having any physical control knobs or switches, but I found the Control software is very well designed; you simply hop from one channel to another with the left-right arrow keys, and adjust the mic gain in 1 dB increments using the up-down arrow keys. Very simple, efficient, and precise.  Or, you can control mic gain directly from within Logic.  As a result, the Element 88 takes up even less space on my cramped workspace desk than the Duet – since I never need to touch it, I keep it on a shelf underneath my desk. Awesome!”

Colm Boran

Apogee Element 88 owner

“Apogee Element series removes the latency issue when playing guitar with amp emulation software.  Combine Apogee’s super high quality pre-amp circuits and easy to use mixer software and you have a benchmark that’s hard to beat.  I use a lot of different audio interfaces in my work and I can honestly say that I was blown away by the performance of the Element 24.  We recently used the Apogee Element 24 to demonstrate our guitar amp emulation software at a trade show in Germany, we’ll be using the device again at Winter NAMM. 

Mike Scuffham

Apogee Element Customer

“The first time I plugged Element 88 at my studio, I already felt the sound with exceptional quality, and that’s something I will never give up!! What for me was something liberating, being accustomed to analog equipment, was the fact that Element 88 works perfectly in my workflow even if it has no knobs at all!!! I’ve been using Element 88 live and in the studio and today I no longer see myself having to go to the interface to make adjustments, I think when a product improves the way your work flows, without giving up the sound quality, it’s worth every penny!!!”

Daniel (Faadiah)

Apogee Customer

“The Apogee Element 88 is exactly what I needed. I wanted a simple, streamlined interface with eight built-in mic preamps so I could record my drums, or a combination of other instruments, without having to hook up additional devices—and the Element 88 is the perfect fit.

I’m also digging the Element Control software. Since I normally set levels from my computer anyway, using Element Control makes perfect sense. I love being able to access Element Control from my tablet and smartphone—that’s especially handy when I’m positioned a little too far from the computer.

Most importantly, the Element sounds great. The preamps are among the best I’ve used. And the output quality is excellent, just as it is with all my Apogee products. I’m very happy with the purchase.”

Greg Thomas
Apogee Element Customer

“Great product, I use it every single day and have yet to have an issue”

Jeff Hammell
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