Apogee Quartet User manual

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Apogee Quartet

QuickStart Guide

V1, September, 2012

Contents

Overview!3

Introduction!3

Package contents!4

Quartet panel tour!5

Display and touchpad tour!7

Connecting to your Mac!8

Adjusting Input & Output Levels!10

Conﬁguring the Input!13

Software Setup!14

Using Quartet with Logic!14

Using Quartet with GarageBand!18

Using Quartet with Avid Pro Tools (9 or greater)!19

Using Quartet with Ableton Live!20

Using Quartet with Apple Final Cut Pro!21

Using Quartet with Steinberg Nuendo!22

Overview

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Quartet. This QuickStart guide describes how to set up Quartet with your

Mac, connect speakers or headphones to play back music and connect mics and instruments to record

your own creations with Apple’s Logic Pro or Avid’s Pro Tools.

Quartet

Professional audio interface and studio control center for Mac

For over 25 years, Apogee has been an award-winning industry leader in digital recording. Quartet

expands upon this award-winning legacy with next generation sound quality and groundbreaking

new features that will raise the bar for the personal recording studio. With Quartet, you have a

powerful studio tool that’s easy to use and designed to deliver a diﬀerence you can hear.

Quartet features the very latest in Apogee conversion and mic preamp technology. Compact and

simple to use, Quartet lets you capture your best take anywhere with ease and without compromise.

What you can do with Quartet:

•Record up to 4 analog inputs simultaneously (microphone, line-level or instrument)

•Connect up to 8 additional inputs digitally via ADAT/SMUX optical for a total of 12 inputs

•Connect and power any compatible MIDI USB device

•Connect up to 3 sets of powered monitors

•Mix and monitor in 5.1 surround

•Record with any popular audio software on a Mac; Logic Pro, Final Cut, GarageBand, Pro Tools,

Ableton Live, or any Core Audio compatible application

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Package contents

The following items are included in the Quartet box:

•Quartet

•QuickStart Guide

•Power Supply

•USB 2.0 Cable

USB 2.0 CableQuickStart Guide Power Supply

Software, ﬁrmware and the Quartet User’s guide are available online only.

Please download the latest installer here:

http://www.apogeedigital.com/downloads

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Quartet panel tour

Top panel

Input Meters Output Meters

User Assignable

Touchpads

Controller Knob

Durable Cast

Aluminum Body

Input Selection Touchpads

Output Selection Touchpads

Quartet panel tour

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Rear panel

Analog OutputsAnalog Inputs

DC Power

Word Clock OUT

USB 2.0

Digital Inputs

MIDI (USB)

Side panel

Headphone Output

(on right side)

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Display and touchpad tour

Input display and touchpads

Output display and touchpads

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Connecting to your Mac

System Requirements

•Intel Mac 1.5 GHz or faster

•Mac OS X 10.6.8, 10.7.4 or greater

•2 GB minimum RAM, 4 GB recommended

Install Quartet Software

1. Remove the protective ﬁlm from the front panel, otherwise the Touchpads will not work.

2. Connect Quartet’s Power Supply to the DC power input on the rear panel of Quartet and the

appropriate IEC cable to a wall outlet.

3. Connect Quartet’s USB port to a USB port on your Mac using the supplied USB 2.0 cable.

4. Go to http://www.apogeedigital.com/downloads

5. Locate and download the latest Quartet Installer package.

6. Once you have downloaded the package, double-click the open box icon to run the installer.

7. You will be required to restart your computer after the install is complete.

Quartet is powered through the external power supply but must also be connected to your Mac via

USB in order to power on. Once both connections are made, Quartet’s OLEDs and Touchpads will

illuminate, indicating that it is powered on.

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Choosing Quartet for Mac Sound I/O

After connecting Quartet to your Mac, a dialog box will prompt you to choose Quartet for Mac sound

input and output. Click Yes.

Connect to Headphones or Speakers

Connect headphones to the headphone output on the right side of Quartet.

Connect Quartet’s 1/4” speaker outputs 1-2 to the inputs (balanced or

unbalanced) of your active (powered) studio monitors or ampliﬁer.

Check Audio Playback in iTunes

To verify Quartet’s output, open iTunes (found in your Mac’s Applications folder), choose a song, and

click Play.

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Adjusting Input & Output Levels

!

Input level

To change Quartet’s input level (i.e the preamp gain of microphones and instruments):

1) Press the Touchpad corresponding to the desired input.

The ring around the selected icon will be brighter than the others after you select it.

Input Display - Home view

2) Turn the Controller Knob until the desired recording level is obtained.

Input Display - Detail view

The controller knob operates in parallel with Maestro’s input controls.

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