The story
Apogee Electronics was founded in December 1985 by former Soundcraft USA president Betty Bennett, audio engineer Bruce Jackson, and digital electronics designer Christof Heidelberger, after the three set out to improve the sound quality associated with early digital audio devices.
Apogee initially made its name designing anti-aliasing filters that solved many of the early problems associated with digital audio. Apogee's 944 filters could be used to upgrade the stock filters of Sony PCM-3324 24-track digital tape recorders, and later Mitsubishi ProDigi decks and DAT recorders. As an OEM, Apogee also provided low-jitter clocks and their UV22 encoder to other manufacturers.
In 1991, Apogee introduced its first outboard analog-to-digital (A-D) and digital-to-analog (D-A) converters, the AD-500 and AD-1000, each earning TEC Awards, as did the UV-1000 mastering processor and FC-8 digital format converter.
In 1998, the company continued to garner TEC awards with the AD8000, an 8-channel, 24-bit A-D converter with built-in low-jitter clock and UV22 encoder, and optional Apogee Multimedia Bus (AMBus) cards for interfacing with Pro Tools, or via ADAT or TDIF-equipped digital audio equipment. The Big Ben digital clock, Trak 2, AD16, and Mini-Me converter followed.
By 2005 the company had 25 employees, and relocated to a new headquarters on Berkeley Street in Santa Monica.
In 2006, Apogee began introducing a series of audio interfaces for Mac, beginning with the Symphony and Ensemble multi-channel interfaces. The following year, a 2-channel desktop audio interface, Duet, was introduced, followed by the 4-channel Quartet in 2012.
In November 2025, Apogee Electronics was acquired by Rockforce Tech Holding Inc.
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