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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
M. Fenton
Amazing
This device is amazing and the effects truly have a warm analog sound.
R. Mcentee
Apollo Quad - The Apollo is awesome.
Superb implementation of newer technology. Awesome.
I had the good fortune to have worked some legendary rooms back in the golden age of 2" machines. But I had given up on being able to ever experience that kind of satisfaction within the realm of digital audio in my project studio. So, it's truly inspiring to be able to digitally record tracks that sounds that good and solid again.
Anyone can recreate an old faceplate, but UA deserves accolades and praise and money for digging as deep as they have to come up with such accurate sounding plugs and interfaces. Hard work and patience in the sampling, measuring and programming pays off. I haven't been this thrilled about technology since 1979.
A. Lanzillotta
Apollo Duo
Great product, very high quality right out of the box. Ran some mixes I did through an RME and a dbox straight through the apollo and the difference was very noticeable. Not to mention the plugins - this is my first experience with UAD plugins and ill never look back. Wish the apollo would've came with a few more plugins though, and they aren't exactly cheap.
All in all - great product, my only complaint is after spending over 2k for the unit it sucks to spend another 2k on plugins just to see what it can really do!
M. Roberts
Does Not Have True Thunderbolt Capabilities
I had a problem with the first Apollo. The firmware update did not allow the software apps to open when connected to the thunderbolt card. UA did a very good job of sending me another Apollo and everything is working now. I am somewhat disappointed with the fact that the thunderbolt option is really only passing firewire 800 speeds, not the true bandwidth we all want. I think this a little miss leading and makes the 500.00 card almost unnecessary. UA says it does help with the plugins on the Apollo, but I really was hoping we would see much lower latency buffer sizes aka a Pro Tools HD system.
Overall the it is built well and everything works as it should. The converters are a step up from the Focusrite Saffire 56, 003, etc....
A. Ageli
Wonderful device
A wonderful sound quality exciting Mixer is distinguished comfortable ..I have a note about plugins .. price is relatively high, but professional
A. Mcmaster
Apollo is Utter Shite
Apollo is garbage on windows - basically a useless BRICK - do not buy it - complete and utter waste of money
Also UAD support is beyond lame - you will wait 2 weeks for some cut-n-paste BS reply - they dont care - terrible company that makes garbage products
L. Ramos
The Apollo Rocks!!
This thing is amazing!! The clarity of the mic pres, the real time uad processing, built in dsp, I don't know how any could complete with the Apollo. I had a digi 002 for many years and the Apollo is like night and day. I am so happy with the Apollo, best investment I ever made!!
R. Valle
I sold my Avid HD OMNI today!
Nice unit.
What more is there to say?
Looking forward to the possibility to use more than one unit in my ProTools rig.
Make it happen, UA!
T. Van
my UA apollo quad
This uadio interface is brandnew (1 week).
I'm still working and trying...
I hope that my homestudio can deliver 'professional'output.
As i listen to 'older recordings', i already hear a better sound than i was used to before.
The installation is easy and the interconnectivity goes semi-automatic!
I use' mac pro' and now ' cubase 7'.
I bought some plug-ins from UA,some really good (a bit expensive maybe).
I gavr 4 stars because i'm still working on it.
After some experience, i'll come back to you to tell you about my findings.
phil,belgium/ band: TOY, pop rock.
O. Nissen
All-in-one-wonder
The Apollo replaces the most of my older Hardware (except my loved LA-610). It makes my studio compactly and - importantly - the sound is absolutely great.
If you don't make your mix sounding great with the Apollo you will make it never.
O. Nissen
All-in-one-wonder
The Apollo replaces the most of my older Hardware (except my loved LA-610). It makes my studio compactly and - importantly - it sounds really great.
R. Eggenberger
One piece to rule them all
Wanted to get rid of my semi professional outboard equipment. Guess what - all is replaced with single fine piece of gear. I absolutly love the low latency ability for monitoring. And the best thing is, that all the settings are saved with the individual DAW projects.
M. Kiraly
Love it, but would change 1 or 2 things....
I think this is an amazing interface and I couldn't be happier with this purchase. I've owned a few Apogee's (Ensemble and Duet) and I don't think I would go back. The only thing I would like to see is the ability to put plug-ins on the outputs - at the very least, the main monitor output. I like to keep certain UAD plugs on my DAW output at all times (Ampex, Precision Limiter, etc) and it would be nice if I could offload that output chain to the Apollo console.
Otherwise, I am extremely pleased and would buy again without a second thought!
B. Brown
Apollo Quad
LOVE IT! The functionality of it is much like my MOTU 828mk2, which I loved. But with 2 extra mic pres and 1 extra HP. .......... The UAD Plug-ins are AMAZING!!!!!!
J. Shanks
Great Front End
Having used other brands' interfaces over the years, I've never had too many complaints with their products. The Apollo has really changed what I expect in my front end. I don't think I could go back to an interface that doesn't include processing.
Plug-in power isn't the only selling point, though. The conversion is solid and I like monitoring off UAD's Console.
M. Duchesne
Apollo duo
I had an ensemble and switched to the Apollo. I had heard the built pre's were so so, let me tell you they are top notch and I love them. Real time effect during tracking is a god sense. The bands recording live are just inspired and deliver top performance. I will have to purchase another one now that two units will be chainable. ProTools Mac.
M. Knutsson
Great product - sound & price
I think this is a great product that meets my needs as a professional producer. Sound quality and price is unbeatable. Works great with Pro Tools.
S. Cable
New Favorite
This unit has seriously become my favorite piece of gear to date. I've only given it 4 out of 5 stars, because with the Thunderbolt option (which I've also installed), The DSP portion of the unit connects over Thunderbolt's PCIe connection, while the AUDIO is still routed over FireWire 800 over Thunderbolt. I hope that in future firmware updates, they fix this issue (Are you listening out there Universal Audio?) so that EVERYTHING connects via Thunderbolt's ample PCIe connection, INCLUDING the audio portion of the Thunderbolt card.
That said, I almost immediately purchased the Studer and the Ampex plugs, and was very pleased with the immediate difference the plugins have made on my tracks and in my mixes. Very clean converters and preamps
T. Blondet
amazing
Apollo has completely changed my sound for the better!