Pro Tools | Quartet

Your personal professional music studio

For musicians, engineers, producers, sound designers, and audio post professionals who demand a complete
audio/MIDI creative solution, Pro Tools® | Quartet enables you to turn your Mac or PC into a high-performance yet
portable music and audio production studio. Featuring industry-standard Pro Tools software and the best-in-class
Quartet by Apogee 12x8 audio interface, Pro Tools | Quartet provides everything you need to create professional-
level productions that will help you stand out from the crowd—from first note to final mix. And now it’s more affordable
and an even better value than ever—bundle the interface with a full Pro Tools license and get a free year of upgrades
included at no additional charge, or choose a lower cost 1-year Pro Tools subscription and get all upgrades included
throughout your subscription. Plus, both options come with your choice of two additional premium Avid plug-ins at no
extra charge.

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Create with industry-standard Pro Tools Sound Amazing® with Quartet

• Work with the award-winning toolset trusted by audio pros worldwide
• Write, play, practice, record, edit, mix, and master music faster
• Get seamless integration with Quartet by Apogee for optimized control
• Create large, richly detailed sessions easily with 64-bit performance
• Track vocals, guitars, and other instruments in high-resolution audio
• Compose with virtual instruments and full MIDI and notation tools
• Edit and mix tracks with Elastic Time/Pitch and over 60 AAX plug-ins
• Get access to settings and a low-latency mixer with Pro Tools IO Control
• Play HD video in the timeline to work on stereo music videos and audio post
• Share sessions and collaborate with other Pro Tools users and studios
• Get the sounds you want with your choice of one Avid Tier 2 plug-in and
one Tier 3 plug-in
• Stay up to date with a free year of upgrades included with the Avid upgrade
plan, or the 1-year subscription, both renewable annually
• Record performances in 24-bit/192 kHz resolution
• Connect mics, instruments, and more to high-quality I/O:
o Four combination mic/instrument/line inputs
o Eight channels of ADAT/SMUX input via Toslink
o Six 1/4” balanced line outputs for three speaker sets
or 5.1 monitoring
o One stereo headphone output
o USB MIDI I/O for a MIDI keyboard or DJ controller
• Experience the difference of Apogee’s legendary sound quality:
o Premium AD/DA conversion delivers sonic fidelity and precision
o Dynamically optimized mic preamps provide up to 75 dB of
transparent gain
o Selectable Soft Limit® protects against digital distortion
from clipping
• Take control with three configurable touchpads and a multifunction
controller knob
• Keep an eye on levels and settings with two full color OLED displays
• Achieve better sounding audio tracks, virtual instruments, and plug-ins

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Pro Tools | Quartet—Your personal professional music studio
Create with a complete solution—from
first note to final mix
Pro Tools | Quartet gives you the best of both worlds—multi
award-winning Pro Tools software and the legendary sound of
the Quartet by Apogee audio interface, providing everything you
need to compose, play, practice, record, edit, mix, and master
music and audio. Take your creativity to the next level with a
comprehensive yet compact system that delivers exceptional
performance, quality, and value—in your studio and on the go.

Put Pro Tools power in the palm of your hand

Pro Tools is the longtime industry-standard digital audio

workstation used and trusted by just about every top artist, Get two plug-ins and one year of
musician, producer, mixer, sound designer, recording studio, Pro Tools upgrades on us
and post-production facility around the world for music, film, and
television. It’s also been honored by the industry with Grammy®, When you purchase Pro Tools | Quartet, you’ll also get your
Oscar®, and Emmy® awards. With Pro Tools, you can work with choice of two incredible Avid plug-ins—one Tier 2 high-quality
the same tools the pros use to create your favorite songs and plug-in and one Tier 3 premium plug-in—at no additional charge.
soundtracks—with unparalleled speed and ease. Whether you want to smooth, improve, shape, warm up, beef
up, or dirty up your mixes, these plug-ins give you the power
Get premium sound quality, designed by Apogee you need to take your production to the next level. Plus, get
one free year of Pro Tools upgrades, including the innovative
The multichannel, best-in-class Pro Tools | Quartet USB Cloud Collaboration and Marketplace features coming soon to
desktop audio interface features cutting-edge technology that Pro Tools 12, through the included annual Avid upgrade plan,
delivers a difference you can hear. State-of-the-art A/D and renewable annually. You’ll be able to connect and collaborate
D/A conversion renders every detail of your audio recordings, with friends, bandmates, engineers, and producers in real time—
plug-ins, and virtual instruments, delivering sonic fidelity anywhere in the world.
and precision. And the dynamically optimized mic preamps,
featuring Apogee’s Advanced Stepped Gain Architecture, Compatibility
provide superior bandwidth, ultra-low noise, and up to 75 dB • Pro Tools | Quartet interface: Works with Pro Tools, Pro Tools IO
of stunningly transparent gain, so your recordings retain the full Control, and any other DAW software that supports ASIO, Core Audio,
impact, warm detail, and lifelike dimension of the original. WDM, MME, or multi-client drivers

• Plug-ins:
See it, select it, dial it in o Pro Tools—Supports a wide range of 64-bit Avid and third-party
AAX Native virtual instruments, effects, sound processors, and
utility plug-ins
With the included EUCON™-enabled Pro Tools IO Control
software, you can take direct control of your recording and o Third-party—Supports the associated plug-in formats when using
monitoring experience through the software control panel, from the Pro Tools | Quartet interface with third-party DAWs
the Pro Tools | Quartet audio interface, or using any Artist Series
controller. Plus you’ll also experience the same tight integration What’s included
between Pro Tools software and Pro Tools | Quartet as you • Pro Tools | Quartet audio interface
would with any Avid audio interface. • Pro Tools, bundled either as a perpetual license, which never expires, or
1-year subscription, renewable annually (requires activation and down-
load)
Get portability with reliability for the road • AAX plug-in bundle with over 60 virtual instruments and effects
(requires download)
Pro Tools | Quartet is solidly built with die-cast aluminum, steel, • Choice of one Tier 2 plug-in and one Tier 3 plug-in
and a scratch-resistant display panel hardened by UV processing, • Avid upgrade plan for Pro Tools (includes support)
providing a sleek yet robust chassis for added protection against • Pro Tools IO Control EUCON-enabled software (requires download)
• iLok 2 USB key (for Pro Tools authorization)
daily abuse and the unpredictability of travel. Plus, its compact size • USB cable
makes it an easy fit in any desktop studio environment, or tuck it • Universal power supply with 3-pin IEC cable
into your bag or backpack for on-the-go creation. • Quick Start guide

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and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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