Apollo FireWire
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Apollo FireWire
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p. rabinovich
An ideal system for a complete production!
Apollo FireWire really simplifies my work, without subtracting quality. In fact, adding quality in each process, allowing me to obtain a complete production under a single environment.
M. Williams
Great Purchase
Still can't believe the capabilities of this piece of equipment
r. dallas
Apollo FireWire Interface
Unsupported MBox Pro on a fully loaded old Mac to Apollo’s FireWire (still supported and long may it continue) interface...no brainier, sonically way way better and with the UAD plugins, my studio has improved above and beyond expectations. Thanks Guys.
v. brenici
APOLLO
Hello. I would like to know when I get my satellite fire wire. I already wrote to you but I will not get an answer in any way. What is the problem ? Thank you.
J. Yven
Pre-amp INPUTS and Latency incredible, but the outputs matrix.... :-/
I've changed my RME Fireface 802 to Apollo FW. I very enjoying all the input section, really, the no latency fonction is reall incredible... But about the output matrix ?!!! I'm a french sound designer/composer for TV & film products and work very often in surround mode and it's realy tricky to me, switch from music stereo config to film surround config, with all level differances between the two.
Pay attention : I/O Matrix or Core audio menu doesn't exists on the FW model.
NO grouping feature
NO outputs faders
NO output signal visu
NO MIDI fonctions, ex: prg change for presets, ctrl for levels... only tap tempo :-)
ONLY 4 virtual outputs, 6 for surround would be great !
Please UAD team : have a look on Fireface TotalMix... :-). Can't you program a togle button INPUT/OUTPUT, with their own visualisation and faders ?
Thank's a lot. And mostly for the good work on all the plugs, SSL, Oxford... They are my daily co-workers.
v. brenici
STAR
UA is a very high-quality product, stable work, preamps and design. 21 century - midi is not necessary. I and my friends are happy. I look forward to receiving my bonus satellite satellite fire wire, but I do not know how long this will happen.
v. brenici
STAR
UA is a very high-quality product, stable work, preamps and design. 21 century - midi is not necessary. I and my friends are happy. I look forward to receiving my bonus satellite satellite fire wire, but I do not know how long this will happen.
v. brenici
STAR
UA is a very high-quality product, stable work, preamps and design. 21 century - midi is not necessary. I and my friends are happy. I look forward to receiving my bonus satellite satellite fire wire, but I do not know how long this will happen.
J. Yven
No latency, but output management could be better
Apollo FW :
Input management very cool. No latency at all, with all recommandate plugs. Great pre-amp. Nothing to say. MIDI ? AES outs ? :)
Console v2 :
Very good for stereo output works like stereo music.
BUT :
If you are a broadcast worker like me : forget working in surround mode or multi-outputs. Absolutly no signal output visualisation (except monitoring).
No group. Not enough virtual outputs (6 shoud be the less =>5.1).
Everything must be done on your DAW
Dear UAD, please, see RME Totalmix for "pro" inspiration !!
Too BAD :-/
J. Yven
No latency, but output management could be better
Apollo FW :
Input management very cool. No latency at all, with all recommandate plugs. Great pre-amp. Nothing to say. MIDI ? AES outs ? :)
Console v2 :
Very good for stereo output works like stereo music.
BUT :
If you are a broadcast worker like me : forget working in surround mode or multi-outputs. Absolutly no signal output visualisation (except monitoring).
No group. Not enough virtual outputs (6 shoud be the less =>5.1).
Everything must be done on your DAW
Dear UAD, please, see RME Totalmix for "pro" inspiration !!
Too BAD :-/
M. Sonnek
Testbericht sehr gut
Schnelle Lieferung, das Produkt ist einfach unbeschreiblich nice.
Die Qualität und die zusätzlichen Plugins sind einfach der Hammer. Empfehlenswert.
d. manca
Brillant
Excellent
T. Walker
From Focusrite pro 40 to Universal Apollo Firewire 8
I had always heard from friends that I should try your products man I am sure glad I did. Purchased the Firewire Apollo 8 I cant even put in words how much I love this unit. It's like going from driving a VW to a Bugatti it is so incomparable that it's not funny this is the best purchase I have ever made.
X. Chen
Very Good
My English is not very good, so I write in Chinese, the following is a translation (software translation may not be accurate) :
Apollo FireWire is a very good audio interface for home studios. It has four preamp for analog hardware, which makes it easy for me to record, and saves money to buy real hardware analog microphone amplifiers. 10 analog audio outputs allow me to use multiple listening devices for remixing. The built-in 4 core DSP card is enough for me to shrink the 40 rails of the separation project. In general, this is a very cost-effective and very useful audio interface.
X. Chen
Very Good
My English is not very good, so I write in Chinese, the following is a translation (software translation may not be accurate) :
Apollo FireWire is a very good audio interface for home studios. It has four preamp for analog hardware, which makes it easy for me to record, and saves money to buy real hardware analog microphone amplifiers. 10 analog audio outputs allow me to use multiple listening devices for remixing. The built-in 4 core DSP card is enough for me to shrink the 40 rails of the separation project. In general, this is a very cost-effective and very useful audio interface.
X. Chen
The Apollo FireWire is very good！
My English is not very good, so I write in Chinese, the following is a translation (software translation may not be accurate) :
Apollo FireWire is a very good audio interface for home studios. It has four preamp for analog hardware, which makes it easy for me to record, and saves money to buy real hardware analog microphone amplifiers. 10 analog audio outputs allow me to use multiple listening devices for remixing. The built-in 4 core DSP card is enough for me to shrink the 40 rails of the separation project. In general, this is a very cost-effective and very useful audio interface.
X. Chen
The Apollo FireWire is very good！
我的英文不太好，所以就用中文写评论了。Apollo FireWire作为一个音频接口，非常适合Home Studio使用，4个模拟前级话放帮我省去了购买硬件话放的钱，效果也相当不错。10个模拟输出接口也让我可以使用多套监听设备进行混音工作。内置4核的DSP运算卡也可以满足我做30轨左右的分轨的缩混。总体来说是一个非常好用，并且性价比非常高的音频接口。
j. medina
Love it !!!
I bough this because I used one on a studio that I went to records keys and guitar I was amazed by the power this monster have!!! The plugins super awesome...I used it whit protools 12 and I would definitely going to by another one soon for my other studio !!
B. Arrindell
Sounds Great But Not Really 24 independent out put
I like the sound and love the plugins, But
I thought i could have 24 out puts to my sony dmx r100 but to my surprise the second 8Adat's digital i/o's only mirror the first. so not really true independent outs.
Sooo Disappointed. I don't know that's the info i found in the pdf.
J. Cohn
Not perfect but excellent for what it can do
The strength of the Apollo is generally due to its Unison technology capability. To my ear it also has clean and clear sound from the outputs and preamps, very pleasant. I also was very happy with the headphone amps though I haven't had experience with higher end headphone preamps so cant compare.
Its not a perfect interface though, and to my mind based on a couple of important gripes it doesn't currently deserve a 5 star rating:
1) Crashes/Out of PGM memory, with certain plugins: I own both the Apollo Firewire Duo and the Octo PCIe card. I use Windows 7 and generally have a smooth running system. In Console 2.0 unfortunately there are certain key plugins that can only be loaded once and once they are loaded they prevent me using others. For example Lexicon 244, once loaded into an insert slot in Console, will crash my EMT250 and other reverbs from loading after it. I get error message 'out of program memory/dsp'. This is of course absurd as I haven't even maxed out DUO dsp, let alone my beefy Octo. Same with Oceanway though that room reverb modeler is littered with problems as it is. This naturally makes me recoil from wanting to use Console and just stick to using inserts in my DAW. Not a good thing when I cant get my workflow to work for me. Bugs need to be fixed and never seem to be with my problematic UAD plugins. Now Console 2.0 errors too.
2) Clunky disorganised Console interface: Apart from the fairly ugly interface which doesnt have modern look and feels decidedly old and slow, I cant filter plugins owned or filter out plugins I do not wish to have displayed. This is a surprisingly annoying bother which makes it a tiring and unnecessary flow stopper to have to browse their menus to try find my plugin. Would be a great start to have the option to remove plugins I do not own so I can focus on what I want, not what they want to try sell.
3) Main Volume dial increments not fine enough: Trying to optimise my listening levels using the main volume dial is frustrating as the dial clicks between levels which are crude and not fine enough - so if its slightly too soft, the next click is way too loud. Really disappointing and requires the use of an external passive volume attenuater if I want smooth and fine volume gradations.
I hope this review is helpful mainly for UAD to see what is stopping them from having a top notch product. Hopefully its been helpful for those sitting on the fence. As much as we all want UAD to do well, they seem to be behind certain curves considering the money the charge and likely have to allocate towards fixing longstanding issues