User Manual

Apollo 8 Hardware Manual Welcome 2
A Letter from Bill Putnam Jr.
Thank you for deciding to make an Apollo High-Resolution Interface part of your music
making experience. We know that any new piece of gear requires an investment of time
and money — and our goal is to make your investment pay off. The fact that we get to
play a part in your creative process is what makes our efforts meaningful, and we thank
you for this.
In many ways, the Apollo family of audio interface products represent the best examples
of what Universal Audio has stood for over its long history; from UA’s original founding in
the 1950s by my father, through our current vision of delivering the best of both analog
and digital audio technologies.
Starting with its high-quality analog I/O, Apollo’s superior sonic performance serves as
its foundation. This is just the beginning however, as Apollo products are the only au-
dio interfaces that allow you to run UAD plug-ins in real time. Want to monitor yourself
through a Neve® console channel strip while tracking bass through a classic Fairchild or
LA-2A compressor? Or how about tracking vocals through a Studer® tape machine with
some added Lexicon® reverb?* With our growing library of more than 90 UAD plug-ins,
the choices are limitless.
At UA, we are dedicated to the idea that this powerful technology should ultimately serve
the creative process — not be a barrier. These are the very ideals my father embodied as
he invented audio equipment to solve problems in the studio. So as you begin to incorpo-
rate Apollo into your creative process, we hope that the excitement and pride that we’ve
built into it comes through. We believe Apollo will earn its way into your creative work-
flow by providing stunning fidelity, great ease-of-use, and rock-solid reliability for years to
come.
As always, please feel free to reach out to us via our website www.uaudio.com, and via
our social media channels. We look forward to hearing from you, and thank you once
again for choosing Universal Audio.
Sincerely,
Bill Putnam Jr.
*All trademarks are recognized as property of their respective owners. Individual UAD Powered Plug-Ins sold separately.