User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A Letter from Bill Putnam Jr.
- Introducing Apollo Solo USB
- Getting Started
- Hardware Controls & Connectors
- Apollo Solo USB System Overview
- Working With Apollo Solo USB
- Essential Apollo Solo USB Concepts
- Setting the DAW to use Apollo Solo USB I/O
- Accessing Apollo Solo USB’s I/O in the DAW
- Input Monitoring with the DAW
- Using Console with the DAW
- UAD Plug-Ins: Console versus DAW
- Virtual I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB for System Sound I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB Without Audio Software
- Console Overview
- What is Console?
- Console Functions
- Global Functions
- When To Use Console
- Interactions Between Console and Apollo Solo USB
- Accessing Console
- Console Layout
- Global Window Elements
- Meter Bridge Overview
- Info Bar Overview
- Current Bank Overview
- View Column Overview
- Monitor Column Overview
- Channel Strips Overview
- Console Plug-In Inserts Overview
- Insert Effects Overview
- Popover Windows
- HP Cue Overview
- Sends Overview
- Console Sessions Overview
- Console Settings Overview
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- Keyboard Focus & Control
- Adjusting Console Controls
- Controls Shortcuts
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Console Reference
- Console Plug-In Inserts
- Insert Types
- Inserts Signal Flow
- Inserting UAD Plug-Ins
- Removing UAD Plug-Ins
- Editing UAD Plug-Ins
- Insert Assign Popover
- Inserts Display
- Insert State Indicators
- Insert Hover Options
- Insert Options Menu
- Channel Insert Effects
- Plug-In Editor Window
- Channel Strips
- Presets Manager
- Presets Manager Popover
- Save Preset Popover
- Console Settings
- Unison
- Console Recall Plug-In
- UAD Meter & Control Panel
- Using UAD Plug-Ins
- Tempo Sync
- UA Account & Store
- Latency & Apollo Solo USB
- Device Drivers
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Hardware Block Diagram
- Universal Audio History
- Notices
- Technical Support
Apollo Solo USB Manual Unison 172
Top Panel Channel Selection
Level Knob Switch
In addition to the rotary control, Apollo Solo USB’s top panel level knob has a switch
function when the knob is pressed. The function of this switch varies depending on the
active mode (either Channel Select Mode or Gain Stage Mode), as described below.
Channel Select Mode (standard operation)
Channel selection determines which input channel can being adjusted with Apollo Solo
USB’s top panel preamp controls. This is the standard behavior when a channel is not in
Unison mode (top panel channel selection is not related to Unison functionality).
Either of these methods can be used for channel selection with Apollo Solo USB
hardware:
• Preamp Switch – After the PREAMP switch has been pressed at least once
to switch the unit to Input mode, pressing the PREAMP switch alternates the
currently selected input channel (CH1 or CH2).
• Level Knob – After the PREAMP switch has been pressed at least once to switch
the unit to Input mode, pressing the LEVEL knob alternates the currently selected
input channel (CH1 or CH2).
An Apollo Solo USB channel is selected for adjustment when its channel selection
indicator LED (CH1 or CH2, above the input meters) is lit. If stereo linking is active, both
indicators LEDs (CH1 and CH2) are lit.
Gain Stage Select (Unison operation only)
When the currently selected Apollo Solo USB channel is in Gain Stage Mode, pushing
the hardware level knob changes the Unison plug-in’s gain parameter that is being
controlled.
The color of Apollo Solo USB’s top panel level indicator (the LED ring around the knob)
changes to reflect the gain stage being controlled, and the gain stage is also indicated
by the matching color of the indicator dot within the Unison plug-in’s interface. For
complete details, see Gain Stage Mode.