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Apogee Electronics Corporation
Company type Limited liability company
Industry Recording studio hardware and software
FoundedDecember 1985; 38 years ago (1985-12)
Headquarters Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people
Betty Bennett, CEO [1]
Number of employees
35
Website apogeedigital.com

Apogee Electronics is an American manufacturer of audio interfaces and audio converters, USB & iOS microphones [2] as well as audio production software.

History

Apogee Electronics was founded in December 1985 by Soundcraft USA president Betty Bennett, [3] audio engineer Bruce Jackson, [4] and digital electronics designer Christof Heidelberger. [5] Apogee initially made its name [6] designing anti-aliasing filters that solved many of the early problems associated with digital audio. [7] The company moved to their new headquarter on Berkeley Street in Santa Monica in 2005. [8] Apogee is now a manufacturer of digital audio converters [9] and digital audio interfaces; dithering, limiting and filtering technologies; digital clocking technologies and all-in-one digital recording solutions. [10]

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 [11]

Apogee studio

Apogee Studio is a recording studio in Santa Monica located at the headquarters of Apogee Electronics and is owned by Apogee Electronics and producer and mixer Bob Clearmountain, [12] the husband of Apogee's CEO Betty Bennett. [13] KCRW hosts shows [14] in the venue, called KCRW Apogee Sessions. [15]

Philanthropy and environment

Apogee Electronics supports non-profit organizations: Corazon de Vida, [16] Care. [17]

Apogee Electronics is a corporate partner of UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability. [18]

The company is a Santa Monica certified Green Business [19] and won the Sustainable Quality Award. [20]

Apogee is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). [21]

Apogee has a certificate of compliance from The WEEE Directive ( Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). The WEEE Directive addresses the End of Life (EOL) phase of products and contributes to the reduction of wasteful consumption of natural resources.

A portion of Apogee Electronics’ profits has been distributed among the following charities: [22]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Business Week Company Overview, 30th January, 2010". Archived from the original on September 28, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  2. ^ Bridge, The Broadcast (2015-07-24). "Sennheiser and Apogee Bring Professional Audio to Apple Devices - The Broadcast Bridge - Connecting IT to Broadcast". www.thebroadcastbridge.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. ^ Peterson, George (October 1, 2005). "Apogee Electronics at 20". Mix Online. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "Bruce Jackson". Mixonline. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Heidelberger, Christof". The Wall Street Transcript. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-12-24). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{ cite book}}: |last= has generic name ( help)
  7. ^ "Apogee Electronics at 20". Mixonline. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  8. ^ "Apogee Moves to Berkeley Street". Mixonline. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  9. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-12-03). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{ cite book}}: |last= has generic name ( help)
  10. ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks. U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. 2005.
  11. ^ "TEC Awards Past Winners". legacy.tecawards.org. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  12. ^ "Music Engineering University of Miami".
  13. ^ "AES New York 2019 » Presenters: Bob Clearmountain". www.aes.org. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  14. ^ Singh, Sonya (2015-01-22). "Photos: Belle and Sebastian Kick Off KCRW's Apogee Sessions Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  15. ^ "Apogee Sessions". KCRW. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  16. ^ "Partners". www.corazondevida.org. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  17. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2020-04-23.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  18. ^ "Corporate Partners Program". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  19. ^ "Directory | Apogee Electronics Corporation". gbc.boldarray.net. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  20. ^ "Santa Monica Sustainable Quality Awards -". sqa.secure-platform.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  21. ^ "Apogee Electronics - Company". Apogee Electronics. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  22. ^ "Apogee Electronics - Company". Apogee Electronics. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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