Apollo FireWire
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Apollo FireWire
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M. Palms
Apollo Quad - nice product
The Apollo has been a great improvement for me. Works very smoothly with the Mac OS and manages to handle all audio output functions for the other programs as well. The UA plug-in take a little homework to get used to, but the sound quality and the 'fine-tuning" aspect of the controls are worth the effort to learn about - at least so far that's my feeling about it. Rather than the new digital controls that offer more graphics than "audio" measures. In other words, the vintage plug-ins tend to force the use of "your ears" rather than a graphic image as a guide. Thats what I find with regard to the U.A. EQ's and compressors I've played with. I actually think it's a better practice.
D. Oppl
Dreamteam
I got my Apoolo Quad with TB working from day one without any crash or drop out. First time ever to say something like that *g* Connected to it is a Dangerous Music D-Box - and - together it´s a beautiful and powerful team. I´m in love with the pre-amps. Mostly used with a Brauner Phanthera - fantastic. MINUS - I am one of those guys waiting for an update to maybe get more possibilities for the audio routing. My advise - save a little money and make a decision ;-)
P. Braux
Top !!
Une satisfaction dès la première écoute !
Un bonheur de précision !
Bravo Universal Audio !
D. Geidatzis
Windows 8 driver
Hi there,
It´s perfect under Mac.
It's A pity that there is no driver for Windows 8.
I´m not so happy about that.
Kind regards
Dimi
B. Gaddy
UA Apollo
It sound and performance has exceeded my expectations. Easy to use and built to last.
M. Sikkerboel
worthy of its name.
this is one great unit...and that's coming from a guy who's had a few.
i'm coming from a pro tools hd system and wanted to have a more manageable system for my personal use and/or travelling as well as recording on location.
i'm used to being able to run plugins while recording without having to think about latency. now i still can.
i want an interface that sounds as good as it looks and i want to have great preamps on board, so i won't have to bring a lot of extra units - although a solo 610 always comes along.
my only complaint is that the thunderbolt card should have been included - the firewire option is simply not good enough.
B. Tonak
Loving it so far
Got my Apollo Duo about a month ago. I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm setting up a mobile recording rig with it. The DA sounds as good as my previous interface from a well-regarded company that makes Mac-only products. The included plugins are great. I've really enjoyed mixing with it so far. I haven't been able to get out and try out all of the functions in a multitrack recording setting yet, but I'm sure I'll love it. With so many of UAD's new plugins being very power hungry, my only thing is I wish I had gotten the Quad instead. Once you start using their stuff, you won't be able to quit. The plugins are expensive, but trying a few of them out, I know I'll find it hard to resist buying some more.
R. Barone
Where did that come from?
I had been using a MOTU Traveler for about 8 years and was pretty happy with the sound quality. I upgraded to the Apollo because I wanted the additional features like realtime processing and UAD Plugins. When I plugged in the Apollo to do a sound comparison my mouth dropped. All this low end suddenly appeared in the room that I was missing from the Traveler. This is for me totally a game changer!
P. Galobardes
FANTASTIC
Fa poc que estic en aquest món, sempre com a músic he estat a l'altre banda de l'estudi, però l'Apollo quad és el millor que he sentit ens els darrers anys, marca un nou nivell en el mon digital...sense dir la gran aportació dels pluginns de la uad.
Esperem que es converteixi en un nou referent dins el món de l'audio, crer que entrem en una nova època.
gràcies
G. Golembiewski
Incredible Sound
I am totally impressed by the quality of the converters, The low end is incredibly precise, even on headphones. And it doesn't blur the sound or hide/add any harmonics like some other high end converters i have used in the past. I listened to some of my old mixes and found mistakes that i would never have done with the apollo.
I bought the apollo mainly for location recordings with a 13" mac and the console doesn't fit the screen, this little problem doesn't even matter, i m blown away by the sound quality.
B. Callaway
Love this interface....on a Mac
On my macbook pro, setup was a breeze. The preamps along are worth the price of admission. Add in the latency, A/D conversion, and UAD.....this device is just an incredible bang for your buck. Volume knobs unfortunately feel a little cheap, and the green light that gets brighter as you increase levels is a bit imprecise but obviously look really cool. Overall, I absolutely love it and find the Apollo to be one of the sonically speaking greatest recording purchases I've made in 15 years.
The only other complaint I have is the Win 7 drivers. I had pops and clicks on playback, not recording despite having a fast system, supported FW card and following all instructions. On my MacBook Pro though it runs like a champ!
M. Perminov
Apollo QUAD
Personally for me is the best equipment in the world!
Thanks to developers and all personnel! Yours faithfully to you and bashy business, Michael Perminov. (Russia)
D. Kane
I love my Apollo!
I've only been using my Apollo for about 2 weeks now and so far, so good! The converters are stellar, which is worth the price of admission alone, but once you factor in the UAD 2, the Console mixer and the incredible plug ins, well, it's officially a quantum leap into a professional workflow .Some notable faves: I love that the Mic Preamps are on the back and that there's no sharing with TRS inputs 1-8. Similarly, the monitor outs aren't shared by TRS outs 1-8. These are really nice touches. The plug ins are of such amazing quality! I've a/b'd some of these to their hardware counterparts and I'm blown away at how close they are to the "real" deal. Then, the Console mixer - a real godsend. If you're thinking about getting one - do it!
W. Harald
only real-time for Plugins
The apollo is a very sexy and well build interface with nice preamps and good and very good plug-Ins. UA are also very good in making mony and in marketing (499,-- Euro for that little pice of thunderbolt option card).
But what is realy worth: Apollo got lousy routing options. - Real time UAD Processing is only ment for their console, a tool that can be used without DAWs. But you cannot use anything realtime inside your DAWs and you cannot combine the real time plug-Ins with external hardware because of little routing options). A realy bad thing is that the support workers cannot tell you if or when this issue is going to be solved - unbelievable but true...
...But they call it a non compromising Soundcard :-))
A Satellite with Preamps..
M. Jacobs
Great Cornerstone for Any Project Studio
Great piece of gear - Does what they say, as advertised, easily and without a glitch. I bought this together with a 4710-d and an API 3124+ to give me a palette of everything from extremely clean mic pres to very colored ones, This set up gives me a 12 channel analog-to-digital studio in a 4U form factor! Plus I'm left with 4 line-in's to add another four mic pres! The digital processing and converters are pristine, and very easy to set up. Thanks UA for putting a piece of quality gear out there that works, and works well.
S. Puente
Apollo QUAD
Excelente interfaz. Preamplificadores muy transparentes y su conversión es de primera categoria. Su ultima version de controladores funciona perfecto con Windows 8, y los plugins de regalo (Studer800, Lexicon 224 y Neve RS88 me hicieron muy feliz.
Excellent interface, very transparent preamps and conversion is top notch. His latest drivers works perfect with Windows 8, and plugins gift (Studer800, Lexicon 224 and RS88 Neve made ??me very happy.
Grettings from Chile - Sudamerica
Sebastian Puente
J. Ludwig
My dreams come true!
I just love it! You plug the "Apollo" in your environment, install the driver and it work! I never have had one system crash! My Mac is running and running and i just produce music without a headache! The sound is incredible! The handling is as easy as playing with toy blocks! The plugins are unbelievable! You buy a "Neve" or "SSL" plugin for peanuts and have the original sound of this legendary audio tools for less! You get every plugin for 14 days for free. So you can test and enjoy all the functions of every plugin to check out what you need! Hey folk, this is a dream wich coming true for me. It's true, this Interface is a revolution and i'm sure this item will change the world of music production! For me it's clear, i want a second one!
C. Lennon
More than pleased
I switched from an Apogee Ensemble to an Apollo Quad. I already have a quad card on a Mac so I instantly gained Octo processing power. I was basically trying this out as I was really leaning to a Pro Tools Hdx system. The near zero latency completely sold me. I was amazed to take tracks that were already processed and be able to add more tracks and basically run them through whatever plugs with no problems.
The sound quality is a few steps ahead of the Ensemble in terms of the audio spectrum clarity. The console app takes a little getting used to but it's nothing difficult. I was better off just experimenting with it. You won't be disappointed with this as it's money well invested.
W. Nagy
Killed my ProTools interface-now I'm spoiled!
Had to upgrade my system (running a upgraded Mac Mini) and saw this at NAMM.
I've had it for 7 months now and this is one solid performer. It NEVER has a problem (only driver error) and sounds pristine. I have it going into a Dangerous 2Buss and my mixes are ridiculously improved over anything previous.
Using a Mac Mini, I don't have the power of a tower, so resources are limited but with everything running on the Apollo (plugin wise) there is never any issues with the CPU.
Of course the plugins speak for themselves and they are my new addiction! My faves are the Shadow Hills, Lex 224 and EMT 250,1176 and Neve 2 buss compressor. just started messing with the Brainworx, and it's pretty impressive as well.
This can't be beat at any price!
M. Wagner
Can't get enuff!
I have been a UAD user for 10 years now, and I can't get enuff! I have 13 cores of UAD now, and I simply CANNOT work without them!
The Apollo is SICK, tracking with my favorite comps and eq's, don't know how we recorded without you UAD!
THANK YOU!
Matthew von Wagner
Producer/Engineer/Mixer
Crystal Castles
U.S.S.
Ko
Alpha Galates
Most Non Heinous