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 173
Gain Stage Mode
Unison plug-ins have either two or three gain parameters. By activating Gain Stage Mode,
each of these gain stages can be independently adjusted using Apollo Solo USB’s top
panel gain knob.
Note: Gain Stage Mode can only be active on one preamp channel at a time.
Initially, when Unison is activated (before entering Gain Stage Mode), Apollo Solo USB’s
top panel gain knob controls the first gain parameter within the Unison plug-in. However,
when Gain Stage Mode is active, pressing Apollo Solo USB’s knob cycles through the
available gain parameters in the plug-in.
Activating Gain Stage Mode
To enable Apollo Solo USB’s Gain Stage Mode when using a Unison plug-in:
1. In Console, confirm a Unison plug-in is inserted in the Unison insert of the Apollo
Solo USB preamp channel to be controlled.
2. Using Apollo Solo USB’s top panel hardware, select the input channel to be
controlled using Top Panel Channel Selection.
3. Press AND HOLD Apollo Solo USB’s top panel knob for at least two seconds.
The state of Gain Stage Mode is indicated on Apollo Solo USB and in the Unison plug-in,
as detailed below.
Gain Stage Mode – Apollo Solo USB Top Panel Indication
Apollo Solo USB’s top panel channel selection indicator (CH1 or CH2) flashes when Gain
Stage Mode is active for the currently selected input channel.
Gain Stage Mode – Unison Plug-In Indication
A colored dot appears within the Unison plug-in interface on the target parameter being
controlled by the hardware knob.
See Gain Stage Colors for related information.
Gain Stage Mode indications — Hardware (left) and Software (right)
Apollo Solo Top Panel:
Flashing Channel Selection
Unison Plug-In:
Gain Parameter Outline