Please go through these steps to ensure that everything is set up properly:
Setting up Duet's inputs:
Mics
- Connect your Mic using only an XLR cable (no 1/4" adapters or cables) to the XLR input 1 or 2 of Duet's breakout cable.
- Launch 'Apogee Maestro 2' or 'Apogee Control 2' (whichever one you're using) from your Applications folder, locate the input channels, select the 'Analog Level' drop-down menu for whichever input you're using and confirm it's set to 'Mic'.
- If you're using a condenser mic that requires phantom power, engage the '48' button on the input you're using.
- Gradually bring the input level in the Maestro/Control software up until you get a good level from your input source. Make sure the meter isn't going into the red.
Guitars, Basses, Keyboards, Hi-Z Mics that have 1/4" cables, such as harmonica mics:
- Connect your Instrument using only a 1/4" instrument cable to the 1/4" input 1 or 2 of Duet's breakout cable. If using Duet2 or Duet for iPad & Mac, make sure you're plugging into one of the input connectors (the fat ones that are dual XLR and 1/4") and not the 1/4" output connectors. Duet 3 will have separate 1/4" connectors for its Instrument inputs- make sure not to use the output ones.
- Launch 'Apogee Maestro 2' or 'Apogee Control 2' (whichever one you're using) from your Applications folder, locate the input channels, select the 'Analog Level' drop-down menu for whichever input you're using and confirm it's set to 'Instrument'.
- Gradually bring the input level in Maestro up until you get a good level from your input source. Make sure the meter isn't going into the red.
Sending Line-Level audio to Duet and bypassing Duet's mic-pres
- Connect the output from your line-level piece of gear (such as a compressor or external mic-pre) to the XLR input 1 or 2 of Duet's breakout cable. If your device only has 1/4" outputs, you will need to use balanced 1/4" to male XLR cables. You can't use the 1/4" input jacks on Duet's breakout cable.
- Launch 'Apogee Maestro 2' or 'Apogee Control 2' (whichever one you're using) from your Applications folder, locate the input channels, select the 'Analog Level' drop-down menu for whichever input you're using and confirm it's set to oneo of the 'Line-level' settings: '+4dBu' (for use with professional audio gear) or '-10dBv' (for use with consumer audio gear).
Setting up Duet's outputs:
Using Duet with DAW or audio playback software:
- Launch 'Apogee Maestro 2' or 'Apogee Control 2' (whichever one you're using) from your Applications folder, locate the output channels (in the 'Output' tab of Maestro or in the right-side 'Monitor Sidebar' of Control2) and set the Speaker output and Headphone output to 'Out 1-2' (the drop-down menus under the software output knobs)
- Confirm that the mute or dim buttons aren't engaged in Maestro's output tab or Control2's Monitor Sidebar.
Using Duet without any software- input directly to output:
- Launch 'Apogee Maestro 2' or 'Apogee Control 2' (whichever one you're using) from your Applications folder, locate the output channels (in the 'Output' tab of Maestro or in the right-side 'Monitor Sidebar' of Control2) and set the Speaker output and Headphone output to 'Mixer' (the drop-down menus under the software output knobs)
- Confirm that the mute or dim buttons aren't engaged in Maestro's output tab or Control2's Monitor Sidebar.
For more on using the Maestro Mixer, see this article: Read More
For more on using the Control2 Mixer, see page 21 of the Duet3 users guide