Apollo Twin X
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Apollo Twin X
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T. Zander
Cheap Converters
I really had to return it! I am using tons of UAD Plugins, own a Octo Card and actually I ordered an Apogee Symphony Desktop first when it was announced. But since delivery times are being delayed like crazy I was thinking about trying the Apollo X Quad as a replacement. Thinking maybe I could keep it but hell no. Even my old Apogee Duet 2 converters were way better both on the AD and DA side. I am not a noob, been producing and mixing for 15yrs now and you can not fool me. I owned many converters from Burl, Crane Song, Avid, Apogee, Prism and even cheaper ones like Ssl, Rme. Only Ssl and Rme were even worse. The AD is just plastic sounding, with no depth, very 2D and the DA has some very ugly mids, stereo image is narrow af. No comparison to the Burl B2 AD or Crane Song Avocet IIA DA converters I love to work with. I mean even my old Duet 2 is better sonically. Avid, Apogee, Prism are all way above this unit. For me it is on a level like these old Avid Mbox 3 units, I tried from a friend. Absolutely not worth the price. Your better off with external UAD Card and an interface from Apogee. Sorry UA. But you f’d it up big times!!
S. Son
best advantage is...
Any other way.
The best advantage is the improved converter.
M. Lainchbury
Great Product. Poor Plug-In Policy.
Great piece of hardware. Unison plug-ins are brilliant. DSP is good but an Octo version would be nice. I would have loved to have given 5 stars but I'm annoyed that, as an Ultimate 8 owner, my free plug-in choice consists of any 4 from a bunch I already have. What kind of offer is that? That is not how a loyal client with multiple devices and a very expensive plug-in collection should be rewarded.
R. Weldam
What a wonderfull night
What can I say. I used focusrite before which was nice but this Apollo Twin X Quad is making everything so easy and got me back to making music instead of trying to figure out how things work.
T. Burnham
Apollo twin x (
This is one of my best purchases in a long time .. I’m an artist who likes to record at any given time and this helps me so much that it’s insane. It’s very easy to operate and the quality is unmatched for the price. I’m super happy about this. I recommend to everyone I know who loves to record or record other people on the go.. it’s a power move.
J. Aoun
Great upgrade
I upgraded to Apollo Twin X from the Scarlett 6i6 and never looked back. What a difference not only in sound quality but features as well. Hardware is well built and compact which doesn't take up much space on my desk. The volume knob is nice and smooth yet aggressive which I like. The buttons feel nice and sturdy not cheap and I like the features they provide.
j. mcall
My Apollo Twin X quad
So happy with the quad. Ive recorded the best stereo acustic piano sound ive ever achieved. Also a clear warm vocal sound, just from the preamps. The onboard plugins are magic.
M. Poletti
excellent
I use it mainly to sing live (during rehearse in my home studio) and record something.
The audio is excellent, the quality of the preamps really made my ksm9 microphone shine! I'm so happy. the plugins are really valuable
C. Pedersen
Perfect
Sounds amazing and works great out of the box. Perfect for light desktop recording and mixing. Do not regret it at all!
l. jones
Hear The Difference
I upgraded from Arrow mainly for the additional outputs and for a little improvement in the preamps. There was a huge improvement in the preamps and I was really not expecting the huge improvement when playing back both my own recordings and commercially recorded material.
A. Greening
Sounds amazing but wish i ordered the quad
Love my UA Apollo and it sounds fantastic, especially for recording with the unison preamps and a couple of things in the channel to help boost it. Worth noting however if you're planning to use it for primarily mixing and want it to power your plugins, I'd advice strongly getting at least the quad. Should also note as well if you're maxing you your UA's CPU, bouncing a track (in my case podcasts) can take well over an hour.
M. Gregg
Easy to get started with
I was already in a learning curve w Logic Pro X when I purchased the Apollo Twin X. I'm happy to say I was able to begin tracking right away after unboxing and using plugins even though I didn't totally understand everything. After about 3 weeks I have a pretty good handle on it and how to either monitor or record the plugins. The big knob is great for levels for recording or monitoring and the Unison preamp plugins that control the physical characteristics of the pre's and impedance is super cool, as is the instrument level plug on the front having the proper impedance for guitar and bass. Smart and convenient. I don't need hardware in front of it. I'm not using Luna yet as I was already well into a Logic Pro X project but the Console was really easy to figure out and navigate. All in all, I anticipate growing with this really cool hardware and software. My singer sure loves hearing no latency compression and reverb when tracking and I like the ability to record it or not so I'm not stuck with it. This came highly recommended by pro engineers and is living up to its reputation. It's nice to know the clocks and converters are all tops in this range and the sound quality is about as good as it gets. I anticipate expanding my studio rigs with more of the Apollo line in the near future.
G. Kenedy
Excellent!
Got the Arrow last year and liked it so much that I upgraded to this one less than six months later.
J. Heng
Long awaited update to the rig
Been using the Apollo (Silverface) with the UAD2 PCIe cards in my 2009 MacPro for the longest time. Also had an Arrow for a bit and loved the way things sounded. With the Twin X Quad, it's taken the home rig to a whole other level for number of plugins I can open. The Twin X also lives on my pedalboard and I use that with my BiasFx2 for "live" playing. Couldn't be happier with the results.
A. Hicks
Don’t Look Back
The UA Apollo Twin X Duo has changed my project studio in so many ways. Thanks to the UAD plugins my sound is incredible when mixing. Sure the DSP power is minimal, however, you have the ability to print the audio & bring it back in. This opens up DSP power for another plugin. I have a Mac Mini Hexa-Core Intel i5 with 32GB DDR4 RAM. I’ve never had an issue with it. If you’re serious about music, this is the next level.
M. Hughen
New To UAD
This has got to be the best audio interface i have owned.
The plug-ins that came with sound amazing - 0 latency when playing Guitar too!
Doesn't come with a thunderbolt 3 lead & some of the plug-ins are way too expensive which is a shame.
(Dont be like Apple ) :)
S. McGoogan
Twin-X Not ready for Windows
I bought the Twin-X to work with the most powerful laptop ever built, the Alienware 51-m. 32GB ram, i9900k. In a laptop. Thunderbolt 3 compatible, top of the line, best cables, everything up to date. Can't even listen to music or watch tutorials at 44.1 Khz without getting drops, crackling sound and glitching within 3 seconds, and and I'm not exagerating.
Before you buy, check out the reviews and the tons of problems people are having under Windows. I ignored them, thinking I was better than them because I have been tech support before, I work in IT and never in my life there's been a problem I cannot solve. But this, this is something else.
Their Windows driver is horrendous and has been like this for years. It's ok for some users, and not ok for some. If you want to use this in a Windows laptop, wait a couple years. Don't count on support. My ticket has been open for close to two months now. They can take 14 days to reply to your problem with a message like "did you update to the latest driver?".
I really wanted to recomment the product, but until they fix their windows issues (I've been told it's on thunderbolt but also USB), I cannot give this more than 2 stars, and tell you.... TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. And try it quick when you get it. Try all buffer sizes, all sample rates, because you may very well have to return it.
Using it in asio is not as bad as in WDM, but you still get glitching unless you disable wifi, networking, overclocking. So, what's the point in having 1500$ in plugins and DSP, converters, if you are going crazy asking yourself if the glitch is in your sound or in the card output?
Months. Months with this.
Save yourself time. Get something else.
UAD should really understand that you should not release a disfuntional product that only works for some people with Macs or specific Windows configurations, and then let them wait for support until the return date runs out so they get stuck with it.
With a lot of work, you can make the glitching and crackling better, but it's never gone, and it will make you insane. 7 weeks of this is way more than I expected and it's still going on.
UAD. Get better, or get out of the Windows market.
We will spread the word.
k. preka
nice product but come without cables
it comes without cables makes me very unhappy when you buy something must come completely not parts that's so crazy
k. preka
nice product but come without cables
it comes without cables makes me very unhappy when you buy something must come completely not parts that's so crazy
C. Banet
Clean interface
This thing works great and is a step up from my Digi 002 I used for the past decade haha. The inputs sound very clean and solid. Its such a plus having the extra DSP which is basically like having 2 computers. Probably the biggest plus for me has to be no-latency. The UA plugins are some of the best quality I've experienced and there's plenty of exceptional ones included. All of these little things add up to help make produce better music more often.