At the 2013 Winter NAMM Show: Apogee Electronics announced that its updated Quartet USB audio interface is now compatible for use with the iPad.
The Quartet is a 4 input, 8 output USB audio interface and can make a direct digital connection to the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac.
Quartet for iPad and Mac features Apogee’s Maestro control software, iOS device charging, MIDI connectivity, advanced monitor control and ‘professional sound qualit’y. Quartet is designed to be an ‘ideal studio control center’ for multi-channel music recording and mixing on iPad and Mac.
When used with iPad or an iOS device, Apogee Quartet works with any Core Audio compliant app like GarageBand, Auria and MultiTrack. For recording on a Mac, Quartet works with Logic, Pro Tools, GarageBand, Ableton Live and any Mac Core Audio compliant application.
The Apogee Quartet is forecast to retail for $1,295, and is expected to be commercially available in February 2013. Features, system requirements, and iOS compatibility information available at the Apogee website.
Or I could get the iConnectMIDI2+ and save $1200. Next please…
How are you going to get audio in/out with the iConnectMidi2+?
The Quartet looks like a nice device if you want to do multichannel audio.
My question is whether any iOS apps can do 8-channels of audio out.
I don’t have a need for audio in, but it looks like the iCM2 will take audio in from a USB device. I would try connecting my Zoom H1 if I really needed some audio in.
I recently got an ipad mini for my birthday and went to town at the appstore. Well, not really to town. Just down the block. I’ll primarily use it when I’m on travel or away from my primary setup. But seriously, most of us have an ipad as a secondary device. If I were gonna spend a whopping 1400USD (after taxes) it would be spent on my primary setup. I ain’t rich, biatch!
you do understand that this is a normal hi-end interface? it is just compatible with the ipad. not exclusive to.
no pc 🙁