Cutting to the chase, Universal Audio’s new Apollo interface represents the unification of UA’s analogue design heritage with their renowned UAD powered plug-ins. Apollo, with it’s onboard powered plug-ins, means engineers can now track with UAD’s stable of processors in real time, in an 18 x 24 firewire/thunderbolt interface that can record at 24-bit/192k. It’s Core Audio and ASIO compliant, and comes with Apollo’s console application as well as the companion Console Recall plug-in to provide control and recall of all interface and UAD plug-in settings within individual DAW sessions. The on-board UAD-2 powered plug-ins have a nearly instant sub-2ms latency, which is as good as it gets without being analogue. And with the optional Thunderbolt, it’s a powerhouse combination with a Macbook Pro.
Input-wise, the Apoloo features four digitally controlled analogue mic pres, eight balanced line inputs and outputs, dual front panel JFET DIs, digitally-controlled analogue monitor outputs, eight channels of ADAT, two channels of S/PDIF, word clock I/O, Firewire 800 and a Thunderbolt expansion bay. You can also opt for the Duo core model, $2499 RRP, or Quad core model, $2999 RRP.
