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American audio equipment manufacturer
Apogee Electronics Corp.
[REDACTED] Logo as of 30 January 2010
IndustryConsumer and professional audio electronics
FoundedDecember 1985; 39 years ago (1985-12)
Founders
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Key peopleBetty Bennett (CEO)
Number of employees35
Websiteapogeedigital.com

Apogee Electronics is an American manufacturer of audio interfaces, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, USB & iOS microphones, and audio production software.

History

Apogee Electronics was founded in December 1985 by 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.The company moved to their new headquarter on Berkeley Street in Santa Monica in 2005. Apogee is now a manufacturer of digital audio converters and digital audio interfaces; dithering, limiting and filtering technologies; digital clocking technologies and all-in-one digital recording solutions.

TEC awards

Apogee Electronics won NAMM Foundation and Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (TEC Awards) in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1992 and 1988

Apogee Studio

Apogee Studio is a recording studio located within Apogee Electronics' Santa Monica headquarters. Mixing engineer Bob Clearmountain, husband of Apogee's CEO Betty Bennett and consultant to the company, collaborated with Apogee in 2005 to convert unused space into a recording studio and performance venue.

Beginning in 2010, Santa Monica radio station KCRW began hosting live music performances in the venue, called KCRW Apogee Sessions and later KCRW Live from Apogee Studio, with Clearmountain handling the audio engineering. Artists for these KCRW sessions have included David Gray, Ryan Adams, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Regina Spektor, Glen Hansard, the Shins, k.d. lang, Shelby Lynne, Leon Bridges, Norah Jones, the Avett Brothers, Mayer Hawthorne, Alabama Shakes, Belle & Sebastian, John Legend, Beck, John Mayer, Common, and Queens of the Stone Age. In 2024, Cory Henry recorded his album Live at the Piano at the studio; the first recorded there to receive a Grammy Award nomination.

Philanthropy and environment

Apogee Electronics supports non-profit organizations, including Corazón de Vida, CARE, Amnesty International, Plastic Pollution Coalition, the ONE Campaign, Save the Children, AmeriCares, MusiCares, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF and Conservation International.

Apogee Electronics is a corporate partner of UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability, and is recognized as a Santa Monica certified Green Business. and won the Sustainable Quality Award.

Apogee is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

Apogee has a certificate of compliance from the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive). The WEEE Directive addresses the end-of-life (EOL) phase of products and contributes to the reduction of wasteful consumption of natural resources. The company has been solar powered since 2020.

External links

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